diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
index 7d0b8ecf..d38be558 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
@@ -175,17 +175,28 @@ jobs:
           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.
+          # MinGW runtime DLLs (libssp-0, libwinpthread-1) — the wallet libs
+          # are dynamically linked against these. MrCyjaneK's prebuilt
+          # release-bundle.zip does NOT ship them (only the wallet *.dll +
+          # *.dll.a import libs), so we source them from Git Bash's bundled
+          # MinGW-w64 distribution, which ships the same x86_64-w64-mingw32
+          # ABI used to build the wallet libs.
+          RUNTIME_PATHS=(
+            "$SRC"                                  # monero_c bundle (preferred if present)
+            "/c/Program Files/Git/mingw64/bin"      # Git for Windows / Git Bash
+            "/mingw64/bin"                          # MSYS2 mingw64 fallback
+          )
           for runtime in libssp-0.dll libwinpthread-1.dll; do
             src=""
-            for candidate in "$SRC/$runtime" "$SRC/${runtime#lib}"; do
-              if [[ -f "$candidate" ]]; then src="$candidate"; break; fi
+            for d in "${RUNTIME_PATHS[@]}"; do
+              if [[ -f "$d/$runtime" ]]; then
+                src="$d/$runtime"
+                break
+              fi
             done
             if [[ -z "$src" ]]; then
-              echo "FATAL: $runtime not in bundle (looked at $SRC)"
-              ls "$SRC"
+              echo "FATAL: $runtime not found in any of:"
+              printf '  %s\n' "${RUNTIME_PATHS[@]}"
               exit 1
             fi
             cp -v "$src" "$MONERO_DST/x86_64-w64-mingw32_${runtime}"