diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-ci.yml
index 3fb76fba..dabd2a11 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       os-version:
         description: 'OS version to run the workflow'
         required: false
-        default: 'windows-2022'
+        default: 'windows-2019'
         type: string
       vs-toolset:
         description: 'Visual Studio toolset to use (Default: v141 and v142)'
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       # It would be desirable to have a matrix of windows OS for this job, but due to the issue opened in this ticket:
       # https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/128118 , it has been set as a single OS job.
-      os-version: ${{ inputs.os-version || 'windows-2022' }}
+      os-version: ${{ inputs.os-version || 'windows-2019' }}
       vs-toolset: ${{ inputs.vs-toolset || matrix.vs-toolset }}
       label: ${{ format('windows-{0}-ci-{1}', matrix.vs-toolset, inputs.fastcdr-branch || github.ref) }}
       colcon-args: ${{ inputs.colcon-args }}