diff --git a/.circleci/continue_config.yml b/.circleci/continue_config.yml
index 176aa21f..6f2ff431 100644
--- a/.circleci/continue_config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/continue_config.yml
@@ -462,7 +462,8 @@ jobs:
 
   build-offline-chat-installer-windows:
     machine:
-      image: windows-server-2022-gui:current
+      # we use 2024.04.01 because nvcc complains about the MSVC ver if we use anything newer
+      image: windows-server-2022-gui:2024.04.1
       resource_class: windows.large
       shell: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
     steps:
@@ -553,7 +554,7 @@ jobs:
 
   sign-offline-chat-installer-windows:
     machine:
-      image: windows-server-2022-gui:current
+      image: windows-server-2022-gui:2024.04.1
       resource_class: windows.large
       shell: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
     steps:
@@ -586,7 +587,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-online-chat-installer-windows:
     machine:
-      image: windows-server-2022-gui:current
+      image: windows-server-2022-gui:2024.04.1
       resource_class: windows.large
       shell: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
     steps:
@@ -684,7 +685,7 @@ jobs:
 
   sign-online-chat-installer-windows:
     machine:
-      image: windows-server-2022-gui:current
+      image: windows-server-2022-gui:2024.04.1
       resource_class: windows.large
       shell: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
     steps:
@@ -784,7 +785,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-gpt4all-chat-windows:
     machine:
-      image: windows-server-2022-gui:current
+      image: windows-server-2022-gui:2024.04.1
       resource_class: windows.large
       shell: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
     steps:
@@ -1047,7 +1048,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-py-windows:
     machine:
-      image: windows-server-2022-gui:current
+      image: windows-server-2022-gui:2024.04.1
       resource_class: windows.large
       shell: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
     steps:
@@ -1244,7 +1245,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-bindings-backend-windows:
     machine:
-      image: windows-server-2022-gui:current
+      image: windows-server-2022-gui:2024.04.1
       resource_class: windows.large
       shell: powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
     steps: