diff --git a/.github/scripts/install-all-deps.sh b/.github/scripts/install-all-deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..33d154453795c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/install-all-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+here="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+os_name="$1"
+
+# shellcheck source=.github/scripts/install-openssl.sh
+source "$here/install-openssl.sh" "$os_name"
+# shellcheck source=.github/scripts/install-proto.sh
+source "$here/install-proto.sh" "$os_name"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/install-openssl.sh b/.github/scripts/install-openssl.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1bbcbd01a3773b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/install-openssl.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+os_name="$1"
+
+case "$os_name" in
+"Windows")
+  choco install openssl --version 3.3.2 --install-arguments="'/DIR=C:\OpenSSL'" -y
+  export OPENSSL_LIB_DIR="C:\OpenSSL\lib\VC\x64\MT"
+  export OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR="C:\OpenSSL\include"
+  ;;
+"macOS") ;;
+"Linux") ;;
+*)
+  echo "Unknown Operating System"
+  ;;
+esac
diff --git a/.github/scripts/cargo-clippy-before-script.sh b/.github/scripts/install-proto.sh
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 79%
rename from .github/scripts/cargo-clippy-before-script.sh
rename to .github/scripts/install-proto.sh
index bba03060877434..478847562fdc0f
--- a/.github/scripts/cargo-clippy-before-script.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/install-proto.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ os_name="$1"
 
 case "$os_name" in
 "Windows")
-  vcpkg install openssl:x64-windows-static-md
-  vcpkg integrate install
   choco install protoc
   export PROTOC='C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\protoc\tools\bin\protoc.exe'
   ;;
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cargo.yml b/.github/workflows/cargo.yml
index e64852e42835e6..fc0d7b9418298b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cargo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cargo.yml
@@ -40,11 +40,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: "v0.8.1"
 
-      - shell: bash
-        run: .github/scripts/cargo-clippy-before-script.sh ${{ runner.os }}
+      # took the workaround from https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/issues/2149
+      - name: Set Perl environment variables
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          echo "PERL=$((where.exe perl)[0])" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append -Encoding utf8
+          echo "OPENSSL_SRC_PERL=$((where.exe perl)[0])" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append -Encoding utf8
 
       - shell: bash
         run: |
+          source .github/scripts/install-all-deps.sh ${{ runner.os }}
           source ci/rust-version.sh nightly
           rustup component add clippy --toolchain "$rust_nightly"
           scripts/cargo-clippy-nightly.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
index de32cee71dfc97..ed5eab0325bda1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-artifacts.yml
@@ -39,14 +39,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git checkout ${{ inputs.commit }}
 
+      # took the workaround from https://github.com/sfackler/rust-openssl/issues/2149
+      - name: Set Perl environment variables
+        run: |
+          echo "PERL=$((where.exe perl)[0])" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append -Encoding utf8
+          echo "OPENSSL_SRC_PERL=$((where.exe perl)[0])" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append -Encoding utf8
+
       - name: Build
         id: build
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          vcpkg install openssl:x64-windows-static-md
-          vcpkg integrate install
-          choco install protoc
-          export PROTOC="C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\protoc\tools\bin\protoc.exe"
+          # install all deps
+          source .github/scripts/install-all-deps.sh ${{ runner.os }}
+
           source /tmp/env.sh
           echo "tag=$CI_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           eval "$(ci/channel-info.sh)"
diff --git a/storage-bigtable/Cargo.toml b/storage-bigtable/Cargo.toml
index fafacf0292da72..4234cf3eec234a 100644
--- a/storage-bigtable/Cargo.toml
+++ b/storage-bigtable/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ http = { workspace = true }
 hyper = { workspace = true }
 hyper-proxy = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
+# openssl is a dependency of the goauth and smpl_jwt crates, but explicitly
+# declare it here as well to activate the "vendored" feature that builds OpenSSL
+openssl = { workspace = true, features = ["vendored"] }
 prost = { workspace = true }
 prost-types = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
@@ -36,16 +39,6 @@ tokio = { workspace = true }
 tonic = { workspace = true, features = ["tls", "transport"] }
 zstd = { workspace = true }
 
-# openssl is a dependency of the goauth and smpl_jwt crates, but explicitly
-# declare it here as well to activate the "vendored" feature that builds OpenSSL
-# statically...
-[target."cfg(not(windows))".dependencies]
-openssl = { workspace = true, features = ["vendored"] }
-# ...except on Windows to avoid having to deal with getting CI past a build-time
-# Perl dependency
-[target."cfg(windows)".dependencies]
-openssl = { workspace = true, features = [] }
-
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["lib"]
 name = "solana_storage_bigtable"