diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-test-lint-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/api-test-lint-deploy.yaml
index 9ab57577d29..0039d94a998 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-test-lint-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-test-lint-deploy.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: [lint]
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: ['windows-latest', 'ubuntu-18.04', 'macos-latest']
+        os: ['windows-2019', 'ubuntu-18.04', 'macos-latest']
     runs-on: '${{ matrix.os }}'
     steps:
       - uses: 'actions/checkout@v2'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/app-test-build-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/app-test-build-deploy.yaml
index 9e0e86d0eb1..12c9b957088 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/app-test-build-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/app-test-build-deploy.yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
     # to run cross-platform just like builds, might as well do them in the same job
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: ['windows-latest', 'ubuntu-18.04', 'macos-latest']
+        os: ['windows-2019', 'ubuntu-18.04', 'macos-latest']
     name: 'opentrons app backend unit tests and build'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/shared-data-test-lint-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/shared-data-test-lint-deploy.yaml
index 271ff39756f..0d9f17aa7d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/shared-data-test-lint-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/shared-data-test-lint-deploy.yaml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ on:
       - 'shared-data/*/**'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: bash
@@ -45,14 +44,14 @@ jobs:
           project: 'shared-data/python'
       - name: Lint
         run: make -C shared-data/python lint
-  
+
   python-test:
     name: 'shared-data package python tests'
     timeout-minutes: 20
     needs: [python-lint]
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: ['windows-latest', 'ubuntu-18.04', 'macos-latest']
+        os: ['windows-2019', 'ubuntu-18.04', 'macos-latest']
     runs-on: '${{ matrix.os }}'
     steps:
       - uses: 'actions/checkout@v2'
diff --git a/app-shell/Makefile b/app-shell/Makefile
index 4a94a6a5355..d6e20929a21 100644
--- a/app-shell/Makefile
+++ b/app-shell/Makefile
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ dist-ubuntu-latest: dist-linux
 .PHONY: dist-ubuntu-18.04
 dist-ubuntu-18.04: dist-linux
 
-.PHONY: dist-windows-latest
-dist-windows-latest: dist-win
+.PHONY: dist-windows-2019
+dist-windows-2019: dist-win
 
 # copy distributable artifacts to the publish directory
 # update files will not exist for all OSs, so noop if cp errors