diff --git a/.github/workflows/github.yml b/.github/workflows/github.yml
index 6033f0d8f..de380433d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ jobs:
 
           - platform: msvc-x64
             arch: x64
+            toolset: '14.29'
             os: windows-2025
             pack: 1
             upload: 0
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
           - platform: msvc-x86
             arch: x86
+            toolset: '14.29'
             os: windows-2025
             pack: 1
             upload: 0
@@ -178,6 +180,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
       with:
         arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+        toolset: ${{ matrix.toolset }}
 
     # ensure the cache for each PR is separate so they don't interfere with each other
     # fall back to cache of the vcmi/vcmi repo if no PR-specific cache is found
diff --git a/CI/install_conan_dependencies.sh b/CI/install_conan_dependencies.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 69c96b1e1..f9d618188
--- a/CI/install_conan_dependencies.sh
+++ b/CI/install_conan_dependencies.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-RELEASE_TAG="2025-08-24"
+RELEASE_TAG="2025-10-12"
 FILENAME="$1.tgz"
 DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi-dependencies/releases/download/$RELEASE_TAG/$FILENAME"
 
diff --git a/dependencies b/dependencies
index b6f03bd54..c0e4b540e 160000
--- a/dependencies
+++ b/dependencies
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b6f03bd541f19ad441ffb930a2cbd000222a50bf
+Subproject commit c0e4b540e926c732621a0938e31cf3c181247c6c