diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
index ede54b0f..7d0b8ecf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
@@ -146,10 +146,53 @@ jobs:
           set -x
           MONERO_C_TAG=$(cd scripts/monero_c && git describe --tags)
           BUNDLE_DIR="scripts/monero_c/release/$MONERO_C_TAG"
-          echo "=== windows-ish subdirs ==="
-          find "$BUNDLE_DIR" -maxdepth 1 -type d \( -name '*mingw*' -o -name '*windows*' -o -name '*-win-*' -o -name '*-pc-windows*' \) 2>/dev/null
-          echo "=== any DLL anywhere? ==="
-          find "$BUNDLE_DIR" -name '*.dll' 2>/dev/null | head -20 || true
+          echo "=== full mingw32 dir contents ==="
+          ls -la "$BUNDLE_DIR/x86_64-w64-mingw32" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+      # ---- Stage monero_c DLLs into the layout windows/CMakeLists.txt expects
+      # Upstream Cake's Windows build cross-compiles monero_c on Linux via
+      # scripts/windows/build_all.sh, which lays files out as:
+      #     scripts/monero_c/release/<coin>/<triple>_<basename>.dll
+      # The CMakeLists.txt at windows/CMakeLists.txt:84-94 hardcodes those
+      # paths in install(FILES ...) rules — it copies + RENAMEs them to the
+      # final names (monero_libwallet2_api_c.dll etc.) in the Release dir.
+      #
+      # We're using the prebuilt bundle from MrCyjaneK's release, which has
+      # a different layout:
+      #     scripts/monero_c/release/<TAG>/<triple>/lib<coin>_wallet2_api_c.dll
+      # So we restage the bundle's files into the upstream-build-all-style
+      # layout before flutter build windows runs.
+      - name: Stage monero_c bundle into upstream cross-compile layout
+        run: |
+          set -x -e
+          MONERO_C_TAG=$(cd scripts/monero_c && git describe --tags)
+          SRC="scripts/monero_c/release/$MONERO_C_TAG/x86_64-w64-mingw32"
+          MONERO_DST="scripts/monero_c/release/monero"
+          WOWNERO_DST="scripts/monero_c/release/wownero"
+          mkdir -p "$MONERO_DST" "$WOWNERO_DST"
+
+          # The wallet C-API DLLs, one per coin
+          cp -v "$SRC/libmonero_wallet2_api_c.dll"  "$MONERO_DST/x86_64-w64-mingw32_libwallet2_api_c.dll"
+          cp -v "$SRC/libwownero_wallet2_api_c.dll" "$WOWNERO_DST/x86_64-w64-mingw32_libwallet2_api_c.dll"
+
+          # MinGW runtime DLLs the wallet libs depend on. CMakeLists.txt
+          # references both under release/monero/, so single-source under
+          # monero/ is enough. Source file may or may not have a `lib` prefix.
+          for runtime in libssp-0.dll libwinpthread-1.dll; do
+            src=""
+            for candidate in "$SRC/$runtime" "$SRC/${runtime#lib}"; do
+              if [[ -f "$candidate" ]]; then src="$candidate"; break; fi
+            done
+            if [[ -z "$src" ]]; then
+              echo "FATAL: $runtime not in bundle (looked at $SRC)"
+              ls "$SRC"
+              exit 1
+            fi
+            cp -v "$src" "$MONERO_DST/x86_64-w64-mingw32_${runtime}"
+          done
+
+          echo "=== final staged layout ==="
+          ls -la "$MONERO_DST/" "$WOWNERO_DST/"
 
       # ---- Configure: pubspec.yaml + per-coin enablement -------------------
       # Mirror of hashwallet.bat — drives tool/configure.dart with the same
@@ -207,6 +250,11 @@ jobs:
           flutter config --enable-windows-desktop
           flutter build windows --dart-define-from-file=env.json --release --verbose
 
+      # NOTE: monero/wownero DLLs land in Release dir automatically via
+      # CMake's install(FILES ... RENAME ...) rules in windows/CMakeLists.txt
+      # — the staging step above puts them at the source paths CMake reads.
+      # No post-build copy needed.
+
       # ---- Bundle MSVC runtime DLLs with the .exe --------------------------
       # Standalone Windows builds need msvcp140.dll + vcruntime140.dll +
       # vcruntime140_1.dll next to the .exe (or installed via vc_redist on