diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index cf577cb39..c6cefb283 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This is a basic workflow
-
+# cspell: ignore winget
 name: ci
 
 # Controls when the action will run. Triggers the workflow on push or pull request
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ on:
       - "v*.*"
   pull_request:
     branches: ["main", "devel/*"]
+  pull_request_target:
+    branches: ["main", "devel/*"]
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 0 * * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -67,37 +69,49 @@ jobs:
         name:
           - docs
         include:
-          - name: lint
-            task-name: lint
-            os: ubuntu-22.04
-            env:
-              SKIP_PODMAN: 1
-              SKIP_DOCKER: 1
-
-          - name: test (linux)
-            task-name: test
-
-          - name: test (macos)
-            task-name: test
-            os: macos-13-large
-            env:
-              SKIP_PODMAN: 1
-              SKIP_DOCKER: 1
-            # only until we fix some broken tests, as we need it to pass
-            # in order to enable the caching
-            continue-on-error: true
+          # - name: lint
+          #   task-name: lint
+          #   os: ubuntu-22.04
+          #   env:
+          #     SKIP_PODMAN: 1
+          #     SKIP_DOCKER: 1
+
+          # - name: test (linux)
+          #   task-name: test
+
+          # - name: test (macos)
+          #   task-name: test
+          #   os: macos-13-large
+          #   env:
+          #     SKIP_PODMAN: 1
+          #     SKIP_DOCKER: 1
+          #   # only until we fix some broken tests, as we need it to pass
+          #   # in order to enable the caching
+          #   continue-on-error: true
 
           - name: test (wsl)
             # runner does not support running containers
             task-name: als:test-without-ee
             log-name: als-test-without-ee
             # https://github.com/actions/virtual-environments/issues/5151
-            os: devtools-win-x64
+            os: [self-hosted, bmw10]
             shell: "wsl-bash {0}"
             env:
               SKIP_PODMAN: 1
               SKIP_DOCKER: 1
     steps:
+      # Custom Windows runners might not even have git installed
+      - name: Windows prepare
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          $gitVersion = git --version 2>$null
+          if (-not $?) {
+              winget install --id Git.Git -e --silent >$null 2>&1
+              $gitVersion = git --version 2>$null
+              if (-not $?) { Exit 1 }
+          }
+        shell: pwsh
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # we need tags for dynamic versioning