diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a9c6044077..4181fb2fdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Build Windows wheels
+        env:
+          TF_NEED_CUDA: 0
+          BAZEL_VC: "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio/2019/Enterprise/VC/"
         shell: bash
         run: |
           python -m pip install wheel setuptools