diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4632022a..eebd1e39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
         # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
         shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.13.3/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.14.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
       # sure would be cool if github gave us proper conditionals...
       # so here's a doubly-nested ternary-via-truthiness to try to provide the best possible
       # functionality based on whether this is a pull_request, and whether it's from a fork.
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install cargo-dist
         shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.13.3/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.14.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
       # Get all the local artifacts for the global tasks to use (for e.g. checksums)
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           submodules: recursive
       - name: Install cargo-dist
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.13.3/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.14.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
       # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage
       - name: Fetch artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
           repository: "aiken-lang/homebrew-tap"
           token: ${{ secrets.HOMEBREW_TAP_TOKEN }}
       # So we have access to the formula
-      - name: Fetch local artifacts
+      - name: Fetch homebrew formulae
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           pattern: artifacts-*
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 918f9d5c..934e0f23 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ tag-name = "v{{version}}"
 # Config for 'cargo dist'
 [workspace.metadata.dist]
 # The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
-cargo-dist-version = "0.13.3"
+cargo-dist-version = "0.14.1"
 # CI backends to support
-ci = ["github"]
+ci = "github"
 # The installers to generate for each app
-installers = ["shell", "powershell", "npm", "homebrew", "msi"]
+installers = ["shell", "powershell", "npm", "homebrew"]
 # A GitHub repo to push Homebrew formulas to
 tap = "aiken-lang/homebrew-tap"
 # Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
diff --git a/crates/aiken/wix/main.wxs b/crates/aiken/wix/main.wxs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e3b67cf..00000000
--- a/crates/aiken/wix/main.wxs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,228 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version='1.0' encoding='windows-1252'?>
-<!--
-  Copyright (C) 2017 Christopher R. Field.
-
-  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  limitations under the License.
--->
-
-<!--
-  The "cargo wix" subcommand provides a variety of predefined variables available
-  for customization of this template. The values for each variable are set at
-  installer creation time. The following variables are available:
-
-  TargetTriple      = The rustc target triple name.
-  TargetEnv         = The rustc target environment. This is typically either
-                      "msvc" or "gnu" depending on the toolchain downloaded and
-                      installed.
-  TargetVendor      = The rustc target vendor. This is typically "pc", but Rust
-                      does support other vendors, like "uwp".
-  CargoTargetBinDir = The complete path to the directory containing the
-                      binaries (exes) to include. The default would be
-                      "target\release\". If an explicit rustc target triple is
-                      used, i.e. cross-compiling, then the default path would
-                      be "target\<CARGO_TARGET>\<CARGO_PROFILE>",
-                      where "<CARGO_TARGET>" is replaced with the "CargoTarget"
-                      variable value and "<CARGO_PROFILE>" is replaced with the
-                      value from the "CargoProfile" variable. This can also
-                      be overridden manually with the "target-bin-dir" flag.
-  CargoTargetDir    = The path to the directory for the build artifacts, i.e.
-                      "target".
-  CargoProfile      = The cargo profile used to build the binaries
-                      (usually "debug" or "release").
-  Version           = The version for the installer. The default is the
-                      "Major.Minor.Fix" semantic versioning number of the Rust
-                      package.
--->
-
-<!--
-  Please do not remove these pre-processor If-Else blocks. These are used with
-  the `cargo wix` subcommand to automatically determine the installation
-  destination for 32-bit versus 64-bit installers. Removal of these lines will
-  cause installation errors.
--->
-<?if $(sys.BUILDARCH) = x64 or $(sys.BUILDARCH) = arm64 ?>
-    <?define PlatformProgramFilesFolder = "ProgramFiles64Folder" ?>
-<?else ?>
-    <?define PlatformProgramFilesFolder = "ProgramFilesFolder" ?>
-<?endif ?>
-
-<Wix xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi'>
-
-    <Product
-        Id='*'
-        Name='aiken'
-        UpgradeCode='288B160D-418A-4558-91B9-7C38CFD789C7'
-        Manufacturer='Lucas Rosa; Kasey White; KtorZ'
-        Language='1033'
-        Codepage='1252'
-        Version='$(var.Version)'>
-
-        <Package Id='*'
-            Keywords='Installer'
-            Description='Cardano smart contract language and toolchain'
-            Manufacturer='Lucas Rosa; Kasey White; KtorZ'
-            InstallerVersion='450'
-            Languages='1033'
-            Compressed='yes'
-            InstallScope='perMachine'
-            SummaryCodepage='1252'
-            />
-
-        <MajorUpgrade
-            Schedule='afterInstallInitialize'
-            DowngradeErrorMessage='A newer version of [ProductName] is already installed. Setup will now exit.'/>
-
-        <Media Id='1' Cabinet='media1.cab' EmbedCab='yes' DiskPrompt='CD-ROM #1'/>
-        <Property Id='DiskPrompt' Value='aiken Installation'/>
-
-        <Directory Id='TARGETDIR' Name='SourceDir'>
-            <Directory Id='$(var.PlatformProgramFilesFolder)' Name='PFiles'>
-                <Directory Id='APPLICATIONFOLDER' Name='aiken'>
-                    
-                    <!--
-                      Enabling the license sidecar file in the installer is a four step process:
-
-                      1. Uncomment the `Component` tag and its contents.
-                      2. Change the value for the `Source` attribute in the `File` tag to a path
-                         to the file that should be included as the license sidecar file. The path
-                         can, and probably should be, relative to this file.
-                      3. Change the value for the `Name` attribute in the `File` tag to the
-                         desired name for the file when it is installed alongside the `bin` folder
-                         in the installation directory. This can be omitted if the desired name is
-                         the same as the file name.
-                      4. Uncomment the `ComponentRef` tag with the Id attribute value of "License"
-                         further down in this file.
-                    -->
-                    <!--
-                    <Component Id='License' Guid='*'>
-                        <File Id='LicenseFile' Name='ChangeMe' DiskId='1' Source='C:\Path\To\File' KeyPath='yes'/>
-                    </Component>
-                    -->
-
-                    <Directory Id='Bin' Name='bin'>
-                        <Component Id='Path' Guid='4EB8FCD6-261B-4F6C-B7DB-CFA67B4E6960' KeyPath='yes'>
-                            <Environment
-                                Id='PATH'
-                                Name='PATH'
-                                Value='[Bin]'
-                                Permanent='no'
-                                Part='last'
-                                Action='set'
-                                System='yes'/>
-                        </Component>
-                        <Component Id='binary0' Guid='*'>
-                            <File
-                                Id='exe0'
-                                Name='aiken.exe'
-                                DiskId='1'
-                                Source='$(var.CargoTargetBinDir)\aiken.exe'
-                                KeyPath='yes'/>
-                        </Component>
-                    </Directory>
-                </Directory>
-            </Directory>
-        </Directory>
-
-        <Feature
-            Id='Binaries'
-            Title='Application'
-            Description='Installs all binaries and the license.'
-            Level='1'
-            ConfigurableDirectory='APPLICATIONFOLDER'
-            AllowAdvertise='no'
-            Display='expand'
-            Absent='disallow'>
-            
-            <!--
-              Uncomment the following `ComponentRef` tag to add the license
-              sidecar file to the installer.
-            -->
-            <!--<ComponentRef Id='License'/>-->
-
-            <ComponentRef Id='binary0'/>
-
-            <Feature
-                Id='Environment'
-                Title='PATH Environment Variable'
-                Description='Add the install location of the [ProductName] executable to the PATH system environment variable. This allows the [ProductName] executable to be called from any location.'
-                Level='1'
-                Absent='allow'>
-                <ComponentRef Id='Path'/>
-            </Feature>
-        </Feature>
-
-        <SetProperty Id='ARPINSTALLLOCATION' Value='[APPLICATIONFOLDER]' After='CostFinalize'/>
-
-        
-        <!--
-          Uncomment the following `Icon` and `Property` tags to change the product icon.
-
-          The product icon is the graphic that appears in the Add/Remove
-          Programs control panel for the application.
-        -->
-        <!--<Icon Id='ProductICO' SourceFile='wix\Product.ico'/>-->
-        <!--<Property Id='ARPPRODUCTICON' Value='ProductICO' />-->
-
-        <Property Id='ARPHELPLINK' Value='https://github.com/aiken-lang/aiken'/>
-        
-        <UI>
-            <UIRef Id='WixUI_FeatureTree'/>
-            
-            <!--
-              Enabling the EULA dialog in the installer is a three step process:
-
-                1. Comment out or remove the two `Publish` tags that follow the
-                   `WixVariable` tag.
-                2. Uncomment the `<WixVariable Id='WixUILicenseRtf' Value='Path\to\Eula.rft'>` tag further down
-                3. Replace the `Value` attribute of the `WixVariable` tag with
-                   the path to a RTF file that will be used as the EULA and
-                   displayed in the license agreement dialog.
-            -->
-            <Publish Dialog='WelcomeDlg' Control='Next' Event='NewDialog' Value='CustomizeDlg' Order='99'>1</Publish>
-            <Publish Dialog='CustomizeDlg' Control='Back' Event='NewDialog' Value='WelcomeDlg' Order='99'>1</Publish>
-
-        </UI>
-
-        
-        <!--
-          Enabling the EULA dialog in the installer requires uncommenting
-          the following `WixUILicenseRTF` tag and changing the `Value`
-          attribute.
-        -->
-        <!-- <WixVariable Id='WixUILicenseRtf' Value='Relative\Path\to\Eula.rtf'/> -->
-
-        
-        <!--
-          Uncomment the next `WixVariable` tag to customize the installer's
-          Graphical User Interface (GUI) and add a custom banner image across
-          the top of each screen. See the WiX Toolset documentation for details
-          about customization.
-
-          The banner BMP dimensions are 493 x 58 pixels.
-        -->
-        <!--<WixVariable Id='WixUIBannerBmp' Value='wix\Banner.bmp'/>-->
-
-        
-        <!--
-          Uncomment the next `WixVariable` tag to customize the installer's
-          Graphical User Interface (GUI) and add a custom image to the first
-          dialog, or screen. See the WiX Toolset documentation for details about
-          customization.
-
-          The dialog BMP dimensions are 493 x 312 pixels.
-        -->
-        <!--<WixVariable Id='WixUIDialogBmp' Value='wix\Dialog.bmp'/>-->
-
-    </Product>
-
-</Wix>