diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 1b0d4650c..c1dc6927d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare for CPAN cache
         run: |
           perl -V > perlversion.txt
-          echo "20240906" >> perlversion.txt
+          echo "20240906b" >> perlversion.txt
           dir perlversion.txt
 
       - name: Cache CPAN modules
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ jobs:
       #    cpanm --quiet --notest Env::ShellWords
       #    cpanm --quiet --notest Test2::Suite
 
+      - name: Install dependencies Sereal
+        run: |
+          echo $PERL5LIB
+          cpanm --installdeps Sereal::Decoder
+          cpanm --verbose Sereal::Decoder
+          echo $PERL5LIB
+          cpanm --installdeps Sereal::Encoder
+          cpanm --verbose Sereal::Encoder
+#          cpanm Test::LongString
+#          cpanm --verbose Sereal
+
       - name: Install dependencies Alien::MSYS
         run: |
           cpanm Alien::Build::Plugin::Fetch::Cache
@@ -105,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo $env:PATH
           cpanm --notest --installdeps Alien::sqlite
-          cpanm -v Alien::sqlite~1.05
+          cpanm -v Alien::sqlite
 
       - name: Install dependencies Alien::proj
         run: |