diff --git a/crates/samples/components/json_validator_client/Cargo.toml b/crates/samples/components/json_validator_client/Cargo.toml
index cf321c95da..ca6dbe9b69 100644
--- a/crates/samples/components/json_validator_client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/samples/components/json_validator_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ publish = false
 [build-dependencies]
 cc = "1.0"
 
+[dependencies.windows-targets]
+path = "../../../../crates/libs/targets"
+
 # TODO: this causes a warning about lack of linkage target. The point is to ensure that this binary dependency is built first but 
 # Cargo doesn't respect cdylib targets. https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/7825
 [dependencies.sample_component_json_validator]
diff --git a/crates/samples/components/json_validator_client/build.rs b/crates/samples/components/json_validator_client/build.rs
index 7b2d8601e0..f00fa757d3 100644
--- a/crates/samples/components/json_validator_client/build.rs
+++ b/crates/samples/components/json_validator_client/build.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/client.cpp");
-    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=ole32");
+    println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=windows.0.52.0");
 
     cc::Build::new()
         .cpp(true)