diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 56ce634..2279125 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         path: dftcalc
     - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ jobs:
         java-version: 17
         distribution: microsoft
     - name: Checkout yaml-cpp
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         repository: jbeder/yaml-cpp
         path: yaml-cpp
     - name: Checkout DFTRES
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         repository: utwente-fmt/DFTRES
         path: DFTRES
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ jobs:
       if: steps.cache-yaml-cpp.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       run: |
         & "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\Tools\Launch-VsDevShell.ps1"
-        mkdir yaml-cpp/build | Out-Null
-        cd yaml-cpp/build
-        cmake -G Ninja -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl -DYAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
-        ninja yaml-cpp.dll
+        cd yaml-cpp
+        cmake -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl -DYAML_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+        cmake --build build --parallel
         copy yaml-cpp.dll,yaml-cpp.lib ..
     - name: Cache DFTRES
       id: cache-dftres