diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 560b5eea..00c2b81c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         fail-fast: false
-        os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest", "windows-latest"]
+        os: ["windows-latest", "macos-latest", "ubuntu-latest"]
         python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
         include:
           # adding some specific/older versions to the matrix