diff --git a/script/lib/download-file.sh b/script/lib/download-file.sh
index 5e78896..87110c3 100644
--- a/script/lib/download-file.sh
+++ b/script/lib/download-file.sh
@@ -14,9 +14,21 @@ function download_to {
   debug_log "about to download"
   URL="$1"
   OUTPUT_FILE="$2"
-  echo "doing curl of: '$URL', saving in $OUTPUT_FILE"
+  debug_log "doing curl of: '$URL', saving in $OUTPUT_FILE"
 
-  HTTP_CODE="$(curl --silent --output "$OUTPUT_FILE" --write-out "%{http_code}" --location "$URL")"
+  if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "Darwin" ]] || [[ "$(uname -m)" == "Linux" ]]; then
+    HTTP_CODE="$(curl --silent --output "$OUTPUT_FILE" --write-out "%{http_code}" --location "$URL")"
+  else
+  # temp workaround for curl 8.8.x error on windows gha runners
+  # https://github.com/curl/curl/issues/13845
+    curl --silent --output "$OUTPUT_FILE" --location "$URL"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      error "Unable to download file at url ${URL}"
+      exit 1
+    else
+      HTTP_CODE=200
+    fi
+  fi
   debug_log "did curl, http code was '${HTTP_CODE}'"
   if [[ "${HTTP_CODE}" -lt 200 || "${HTTP_CODE}" -gt 299 ]] ; then
     error "Unable to download file at url ${URL}"