diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e3c050a23561..401cc7fa5bda 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -105,11 +105,13 @@ def download_SNI():
         download_url: str = file["browser_download_url"]
         machine_match = download_url.rsplit("-", 1)[1].split(".", 1)[0] == machine_name
         if platform_name in download_url and machine_match:
+            source_url = download_url
             # prefer "many" builds
             if "many" in download_url:
-                source_url = download_url
                 break
-            source_url = download_url
+            # prefer the correct windows or windows7 build
+            if platform_name == "windows" and ("windows7" in download_url) == (sys.version_info < (3, 9)):
+                break
 
     if source_url and source_url.endswith(".zip"):
         with urllib.request.urlopen(source_url) as download: