diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_steps.yml b/.github/workflows/build_steps.yml
index 2b058c2cb47..b06c505eabf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_steps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_steps.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ jobs:
           HOME=~ . build_tooling/vcpkg_caching.sh # Linux build-python-wheels needs another call in CIBW
           echo -e "VCPKG_BINARY_SOURCES=$VCPKG_BINARY_SOURCES
           VCPKG_ROOT=$PLATFORM_VCPKG_ROOT
+          VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_VERSION=14.41
+          CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.41.34120\\bin\\Hostx64\\x64\\cl.exe'
+          CMAKE_C_COMPILER='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.41.34120\\bin\\Hostx64\\x64\\cl.exe'
           ${{matrix.envs || ''}}" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
           cmake -P cpp/CMake/CpuCount.cmake | sed 's/^-- //' | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
         env:
@@ -131,12 +134,13 @@ jobs:
         env:
           CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER: "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.41.34120\\bin\\Hostx64\\x64\\cl.exe"
           CMAKE_C_COMPILER: "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2022\\BuildTools\\VC\\Tools\\MSVC\\14.41.34120\\bin\\Hostx64\\x64\\cl.exe"
+          VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_VERSION: "14.41"
         # We are pinning the version to 10.6 because >= 10.7, use node20 which is not supported in the container
         uses: lukka/run-cmake@v10.6
         with:
           cmakeListsTxtPath: ${{github.workspace}}/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
           configurePreset: ${{env.ARCTIC_CMAKE_PRESET}}
-          configurePresetAdditionalArgs: "['-DVCPKG_INSTALL_OPTIONS=--clean-after-build', '-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{env.CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}}']"
+          configurePresetAdditionalArgs: "['-DVCPKG_INSTALL_OPTIONS=--clean-after-build', '-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{env.CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}}', '-DVCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_VERSION=14.41']"
           buildPreset: ${{env.ARCTIC_CMAKE_PRESET}}
 
       - name: Compile C++ tests