diff --git a/.github/workflows/.craft.ps1 b/.github/workflows/.craft.ps1
index bc7639e70..b3b555258 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/.craft.ps1
+++ b/.github/workflows/.craft.ps1
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# enable handling of exit codes in powershell
+$PSNativeCommandUseErrorActionPreference=$true
+
+# define which python to use
 if ($IsWindows) {
     $python = (Get-Command py).Source
     $python=(py -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index b9c843118..f4600c6c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -40,14 +40,14 @@ jobs:
         matrix:
             include:
             - target: windows-cl-msvc2022-x86_64
-              os: windows-latest
+              os: windows-2022
               container:
             - target: macos-clang-arm64
               os: macos-latest
               container:
             - target: linux-gcc-x86_64
               os: ubuntu-latest
-              container: invent-registry.kde.org/sysadmin/ci-images/craft-appimage:latest
+              container: invent-registry.kde.org/sysadmin/ci-images/craft-appimage-alma9:latest
 
     name: ${{ matrix.target }}
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
         } elseif($IsLinux) {
             & "${env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.github/workflows/.craft.ps1" -c dev-utils/linuxdeploy
             # ensure we have fuse3-devel installed
-            dnf install -y fuse3-devel
+            dnf install -y fuse3-devel file
         }
 
     - name: Install dependencies