diff --git a/.github/workflows/compile_windows.yml b/.github/workflows/compile_windows.yml
index ddec3b7676..8fc65892a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compile_windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compile_windows.yml
@@ -66,13 +66,15 @@ jobs:
               python3 python3-pip python3-jinja2 python3-yaml \
               python3-toml python3-numpy python3-packaging \
               python3-jsonschema python3-future \
-              python3-kconfiglib python3-pyros-genmsg
-          # PX4's msg/uxrce_dds/flight_tasks/zenoh generators rely on the
-          # empy 3.x Interpreter API; install via pip (with --break-system-
-          # packages on Ubuntu 24.04 where pip refuses to touch system
-          # site-packages by default).
-          python3 -m pip install --user --break-system-packages "empy>=3.3,<4" || \
-              python3 -m pip install --user "empy>=3.3,<4"
+              python3-kconfiglib
+          # python3-pyros-genmsg is not packaged in Ubuntu noble; install
+          # it via pip alongside empy. PX4's msg/uxrce_dds/flight_tasks/
+          # zenoh generators rely on the empy 3.x Interpreter API, hence
+          # the <4 pin (matches Tools/setup/requirements.txt).  Use
+          # --break-system-packages on Ubuntu 24.04 where pip refuses to
+          # touch the system site-packages by default.
+          python3 -m pip install --user --break-system-packages "empy>=3.3,<4" pyros-genmsg || \
+              python3 -m pip install --user "empy>=3.3,<4" pyros-genmsg
 
       - name: Setup ccache (MinGW)
         if: matrix.toolchain == 'MinGW'
@@ -106,8 +108,11 @@ jobs:
           # in Tools/setup/requirements.txt and Tools/setup/windows.ps1.
           python -m pip install jinja2 pyyaml toml numpy packaging jsonschema future "empy>=3.3,<4" pyros-genmsg kconfiglib
           # Verify kconfiglib import on the same Python that CMake will pick
-          # so we fail loud here rather than deep in cmake configure.
-          python -c "import menuconfig; print(menuconfig.__file__)"
+          # so we fail loud here rather than deep in cmake configure. Use
+          # `import kconfiglib` (not `menuconfig`) because the menuconfig
+          # entry point pulls in the standard `curses` module which is not
+          # shipped on Windows Pythons by default.
+          python -c "import kconfiglib; print(kconfiglib.__file__)"
 
       - name: Install Ninja (MSVC)
         if: matrix.toolchain == 'MSVC'