diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 473817f..9b2b248 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -84,20 +84,29 @@ jobs:
           echo "/usr/lib/llvm-20/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
           rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
           pipx install cargo-xwin
+          echo "CARGO_XWIN_VERSION=$(cargo xwin --version | awk '{print $NF}')" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
       - name: Cache CEF
+        id: cache-cef
         uses: actions/cache@v6.1.0
         with:
           path: ~/.local/share/cef
           key: cef-cross-windows-${{ hashFiles('Cargo.toml') }}
 
+      # Like the native jobs, export the distribution ahead of the build so the cache
+      # holds only the extracted files and not the downloaded archive as well.
+      - name: Export CEF
+        if: steps.cache-cef.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: cargo run -p export-cef-dir -- --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc "$HOME/.local/share/cef"
+
       # Only the SDK itself: cargo-xwin symlinks `clang-cl` to the `clang` found on PATH
-      # next to it, and that must be recreated for the toolchain installed above.
+      # next to it, and that must be recreated for the toolchain installed above. The
+      # SDK and CRT versions come from the cargo-xwin release, so key on it.
       - name: Cache Windows SDK
         uses: actions/cache@v6.1.0
         with:
           path: ~/.cache/cargo-xwin/xwin
-          key: cargo-xwin-sdk-${{ runner.os }}
+          key: cargo-xwin-sdk-${{ runner.os }}-${{ env.CARGO_XWIN_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Build
         run: CEF_PATH="$HOME/.local/share/cef" cargo xwin build -p cefsimple --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc --verbose
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 35d2dc8..7d0405a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ anyhow = "1"
 ash = "0.38"
 bindgen = "0.72"
 cargo_metadata = "0.23.1"
-cc = "1"
+cc = "1.2.8"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 cmake = "0.1.52"
 convert_case = "0.11"