diff --git a/.github/actions/install-dependencies/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-dependencies/action.yml
index c4d011619..81c3330e9 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install-dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install-dependencies/action.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ inputs:
     description: "Used only on linux distro type: debian, fedora, suse, arch"
     required: false
 
-  mac-qt-version:
-    description: "The verison of Qt to install on mac os"
+  qt-version:
+    description: "The version of Qt to install (Windows & macOS)"
+    required: false
+
+  qt-install-dir:
+    description: "The path to install Qt into (Windows & macOS)"
     required: false
 
 outputs:
@@ -67,13 +71,13 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Install Qt
-      if: ${{runner.os == 'macOS' }}
+      if: ${{runner.os != 'Linux' }}
       uses: jurplel/install-qt-action@v4
       with:
-        dir: "/Users/runner"
-        version: ${{inputs.mac-qt-version}}
+        dir: ${{inputs.qt-install-dir}}
+        version: ${{inputs.qt-version}}
         cache: true
-        cache-key-prefix: ${{matrix.target.os}}-${{env.qt-version}}
+        cache-key-prefix: ${{matrix.target.os}}-${{inputs.qt-version}}
 
     # Install Ninja with an action instead of using Chocolatey, as it's more
     # reliable and faster. The Ninja install action is pretty good as it
diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 0ba6dbe37..fa8cd86cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -133,17 +133,20 @@ jobs:
             runs-on: "windows-2022"
             timeout: 120 #Windows can take while if it has to build vcpkg cache
             config-args: "-G Ninja"
+            qt-install-dir: "C:"
 
           - name: "macos-14-arm64"
             runs-on: "macos-14"
             timeout: 10
             arch: arm64
             config-args: "-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=\"arm64\""
+            qt-install-dir: "/Users/runner"
 
           - name: "macos-13-x64"
             runs-on: macos-13
             timeout: 20
             config-args: "-DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=\"x86_64\""
+            qt-install-dir: "/Users/runner"
 
           - name: "debian-13-x86_64"
             runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -255,7 +258,8 @@ jobs:
         id: get-deps
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-dependencies
         with:
-          mac-qt-version: 6.8.2
+          qt-version: 6.8.2
+          qt-install-dir: ${{matrix.target.qt-install-dir}}
           like: ${{ matrix.target.like }}
 
       - name: Get version