diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index eb49a41c..49e24ef7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@
 # title/body based on your changelogs.
 
 name: Release
-
 permissions:
-  contents: write
+  "contents": "write"
 
 # This task will run whenever you push a git tag that looks like a version
 # like "1.0.0", "v0.1.0-prerelease.1", "my-app/0.1.0", "releases/v1.0.0", etc.
@@ -38,15 +37,15 @@ permissions:
 # If there's a prerelease-style suffix to the version, then the release(s)
 # will be marked as a prerelease.
 on:
+  pull_request:
   push:
     tags:
       - '**[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
-  pull_request:
 
 jobs:
   # Run 'cargo dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
   plan:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     outputs:
       val: ${{ steps.plan.outputs.manifest }}
       tag: ${{ !github.event.pull_request && github.ref_name || '' }}
@@ -62,7 +61,12 @@ 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/v0.14.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.19.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      - name: Cache cargo-dist
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cargo-dist-cache
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
       # 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.
@@ -111,9 +115,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - uses: swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          key: ${{ join(matrix.targets, '-') }}
       - name: Install cargo-dist
         run: ${{ matrix.install_dist }}
       # Get the dist-manifest
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - plan
       - build-local-artifacts
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       BUILD_MANIFEST_NAME: target/distrib/global-dist-manifest.json
@@ -165,9 +166,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cargo-dist
-        shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.14.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cargo-dist-cache
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
       # Get all the local artifacts for the global tasks to use (for e.g. checksums)
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -204,15 +208,19 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ always() && needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' && (needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-global-artifacts.result == 'success') && (needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'skipped' || needs.build-local-artifacts.result == 'success') }}
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     outputs:
       val: ${{ steps.host.outputs.manifest }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cargo-dist
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.14.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cargo-dist-cache
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
       # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage
       - name: Fetch artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -220,7 +228,6 @@ jobs:
           pattern: artifacts-*
           path: target/distrib/
           merge-multiple: true
-      # This is a harmless no-op for GitHub Releases, hosting for that happens in "announce"
       - id: host
         shell: bash
         run: |
@@ -234,12 +241,34 @@ jobs:
           # Overwrite the previous copy
           name: artifacts-dist-manifest
           path: dist-manifest.json
+      # Create a GitHub Release while uploading all files to it
+      - name: "Download GitHub Artifacts"
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          pattern: artifacts-*
+          path: artifacts
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - name: Cleanup
+        run: |
+          # Remove the granular manifests
+          rm -f artifacts/*-dist-manifest.json
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        env:
+          PRERELEASE_FLAG: "${{ fromJson(steps.host.outputs.manifest).announcement_is_prerelease && '--prerelease' || '' }}"
+          ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE: "${{ fromJson(steps.host.outputs.manifest).announcement_title }}"
+          ANNOUNCEMENT_BODY: "${{ fromJson(steps.host.outputs.manifest).announcement_github_body }}"
+          RELEASE_COMMIT: "${{ github.sha }}"
+        run: |
+          # Write and read notes from a file to avoid quoting breaking things
+          echo "$ANNOUNCEMENT_BODY" > $RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt
+
+          gh release create "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}" --target "$RELEASE_COMMIT" $PRERELEASE_FLAG --title "$ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE" --notes-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt" artifacts/*
 
   publish-homebrew-formula:
     needs:
       - plan
       - host
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       PLAN: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.val }}
@@ -279,7 +308,7 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - plan
       - host
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       PLAN: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.val }}
@@ -303,7 +332,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
-  # Create a GitHub Release while uploading all files to it
   announce:
     needs:
       - plan
@@ -314,28 +342,10 @@ jobs:
     # still allowing individual publish jobs to skip themselves (for prereleases).
     # "host" however must run to completion, no skipping allowed!
     if: ${{ always() && needs.host.result == 'success' && (needs.publish-homebrew-formula.result == 'skipped' || needs.publish-homebrew-formula.result == 'success') && (needs.publish-npm.result == 'skipped' || needs.publish-npm.result == 'success') }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: "Download GitHub Artifacts"
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          pattern: artifacts-*
-          path: artifacts
-          merge-multiple: true
-      - name: Cleanup
-        run: |
-          # Remove the granular manifests
-          rm -f artifacts/*-dist-manifest.json
-      - name: Create GitHub Release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
-        with:
-          tag: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}
-          name: ${{ fromJson(needs.host.outputs.val).announcement_title }}
-          body: ${{ fromJson(needs.host.outputs.val).announcement_github_body }}
-          prerelease: ${{ fromJson(needs.host.outputs.val).announcement_is_prerelease }}
-          artifacts: "artifacts/*"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3f152edf..5bd0d36e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,21 +9,15 @@ 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 = "0.14.1"
+cargo-dist-version = "0.19.1"
 # CI backends to support
 ci = "github"
 # The installers to generate for each app
-installers = ["shell", "powershell", "npm", "homebrew"]
+installers = ["shell", "powershell", "npm", "homebrew", "msi"]
 # A GitHub repo to push Homebrew formulas to
 tap = "aiken-lang/homebrew-tap"
 # Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
-targets = [
-    "aarch64-apple-darwin",
-    "x86_64-apple-darwin",
-    "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
-    "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
-    "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
-]
+targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"]
 # The archive format to use for windows builds (defaults .zip)
 windows-archive = ".tar.gz"
 # The archive format to use for non-windows builds (defaults .tar.xz)
@@ -36,7 +30,9 @@ publish-jobs = ["homebrew", "npm"]
 pr-run-mode = "plan"
 # Whether to install an updater program
 install-updater = false
-install-path = "~/.aiken/bin/"
+# Path that installers should place binaries in
+install-path = "~/.aiken/bin"
+# Whether to publish prereleases to package managers
 publish-prereleases = true
 
 # Cargo-dist uses ubuntu-20.04 by default, causing issues in various cases