diff --git a/.github/workflows/upload-win-installer.yml b/.github/workflows/upload-win-installer.yml
index 843293071c..9d92a973d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upload-win-installer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upload-win-installer.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     env:
-        FETCH_BASE_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}
+      FETCH_BASE_URL: ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}
     steps:
     - name: Consolidate dryrun setting to always be true or false
       id: actual_dryrun
@@ -78,12 +78,11 @@ jobs:
     # The podman release process requires a cross-compile of the windows binaries be uploaded to
     # the release page as a hard-coded filename.  If non-existent, this workflow will fail in
     # non-obvious ways with a non-obvious error message.  Address that here.
-    # TODO: Remove this in a future PR once verified to not cause artifact issues
-    #- name: Confirm upload_asset_name is non-empty
-    #  if: steps.check.outputs.upload_asset_name == '' && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-    #  run: |
-    #      Write-Output "::error::check.ps1 script failed to find manually uploaded podman-remote-release-windows_amd64.zip github release asset for version ${{steps.getversion.outputs.version}}."
-    #      Exit 1
+    - name: Confirm upload_asset_name is non-empty
+      if: steps.check.outputs.upload_asset_name == ''
+      run: |
+        Write-Output "::error::check.ps1 script failed to find manually uploaded podman-remote-release-windows_amd64.zip github release asset for version ${{steps.getversion.outputs.version}}."
+        Exit 1
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       # N/B: already-exists may be an empty-string or "false", handle both cases.
@@ -95,12 +94,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup Signature Tooling
       if: steps.Check.outputs.already-exists != 'true' || steps.actual_dryrun.outputs.dryrun == 'true'
       run: |
-          dotnet tool install --global AzureSignTool --version 3.0.0
-          echo "CERT_NAME=${{secrets.AZ_CERT_NAME}}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
-          echo "VAULT_ID=${{secrets.AZ_VAULT_ID}}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
-          echo "APP_ID=${{secrets.AZ_APP_ID}}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
-          echo "TENANT_ID=${{secrets.AZ_TENANT_ID}}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
-          echo "CLIENT_SECRET=${{secrets.AZ_CLIENT_SECRET}}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+        dotnet tool install --global AzureSignTool --version 3.0.0
+        echo "CERT_NAME=${{secrets.AZ_CERT_NAME}}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+        echo "VAULT_ID=${{secrets.AZ_VAULT_ID}}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+        echo "APP_ID=${{secrets.AZ_APP_ID}}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+        echo "TENANT_ID=${{secrets.AZ_TENANT_ID}}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
+        echo "CLIENT_SECRET=${{secrets.AZ_CLIENT_SECRET}}" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append
     - name: Pandoc Setup
       uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
       with:
@@ -109,10 +108,16 @@ jobs:
       id: build
       if: steps.check.outputs.already-exists != 'true' || steps.actual_dryrun.outputs.dryrun == 'true'
       run: |
-        .\winmake.ps1 podman
-        .\winmake.ps1 win-gvproxy
-        .\winmake.ps1 docs
-        .\winmake.ps1 installer
+        Push-Location contrib\win-installer
+        .\build.ps1 ${{steps.getversion.outputs.version}} prod
+        $code = $LASTEXITCODE
+        if ($code -eq 2) {
+          Write-Output "artifact-missing=true" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Append
+          Pop-Location
+          Exit 0
+        }
+        Pop-Location
+        Exit $code
     - name: Artifact
       if: steps.check.outputs.already-exists != 'true' || steps.actual_dryrun.outputs.dryrun == 'true'
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4