diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pr-mac.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-pr-mac.yaml
index 979a6f8..8859bd2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-pr-mac.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pr-mac.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
   build-kernel:
     runs-on: macos-15
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v20
         with:
           extra-conf: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pr-windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-pr-windows.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2eb11e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pr-windows.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+name: Build PR (Windows)
+on:
+#  push:
+#    branches: ['windows-build-*']
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**/README.md"
+
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build-kernel:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ windows-2022 ]
+        python: [ 3.11, 3.12 ]
+        torch: [
+          #          { version: '2.9.1', cuda: '12.6.3', wheel: '126' },
+          { version: '2.9.1', cuda: '12.8.1', wheel: '128' },
+#                    { version: '2.9.1', cuda: '13.0.1', wheel: '130' }
+        ]
+
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Validate kernel directory
+        id: validate
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $PR_TITLE = "${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}"
+          $KERNEL = python .github/workflows/validate-kernel-pr.py "pr" "$PR_TITLE"
+          if ($LASTEXITCODE -eq 0) {
+            echo "kernel=$KERNEL" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "skip=false" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          } else {
+            echo "skip=true" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          }
+
+      - name: Kernel Info
+        if: steps.validate.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $KERNEL = "${{ steps.validate.outputs.kernel }}"
+          Write-Output "Building Kernel: $KERNEL"
+
+      - uses: Jimver/cuda-toolkit@v0.2.29
+        if: steps.validate.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        id: setup-cuda-toolkit
+        with:
+          cuda: ${{ matrix.torch.cuda }}
+
+      - name: Setup Python
+        if: steps.validate.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+
+      - name: Install PyTorch
+        if: steps.validate.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        run: pip install torch --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu${{ matrix.torch.wheel }}
+
+      - name: Checkout kernel-builder
+        if: steps.validate.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        id: checkout-kernel-builder
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          repository: huggingface/kernel-builder
+          ref: 3b6264ec69ef7d336ba7be6d86a137ef238f7e30  # todo(mfuntowicz): remove this when merged in kernel-builder
+          path: kernel-builder
+
+      - name: Cache Rust build
+        if: steps.validate.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            kernel-builder/build2cmake/target
+            ~/.cargo/registry
+            ~/.cargo/git
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-rust-debug-${{ hashFiles('kernel-builder/build2cmake/Cargo.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-rust-debug-
+
+      - name: Build build2cmake
+        if: steps.validate.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        working-directory: kernel-builder/build2cmake
+        run: cargo build
+
+      - name: Build kernel
+        if: steps.validate.outputs.skip == 'false'
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $KERNEL = "${{ steps.validate.outputs.kernel }}"
+          & "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE\kernel-builder\scripts\windows\builder.ps1" -Backend cuda -SourceFolder "$KERNEL" -BuildConfig Release -Build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-pr.yaml
index 6793080..b419c7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pr.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on:
       group: aws-highmemory-32-plus-nix
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
         with:
           extra-conf: |