diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2ce85e5366..75cc27cbdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ jobs:
           cmake -S "${{ steps.src.outputs.path }}/cmake/test"                                                           \
               -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release"                                                                              \
               -DTEST_FULL=TRUE                                                                                          \
-              -DTEST_STATIC=TRUE                                                                                        \
+              -DTEST_STATIC=FALSE                                                                                       \
               -DTEST_TEST=TRUE                                                                                          \
               -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${{ steps.bin.outputs.path }}"                                                       \
               -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="${{ steps.src.outputs.path }}/build-scripts/cmake-toolchain-mingw64-i686.cmake"   \
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ jobs:
           cmake -S "${{ steps.src.outputs.path }}/cmake/test"                                                           \
               -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release"                                                                              \
               -DTEST_FULL=TRUE                                                                                          \
-              -DTEST_STATIC=TRUE                                                                                        \
+              -DTEST_STATIC=false                                                                                       \
               -DTEST_TEST=TRUE                                                                                          \
               -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${{ steps.bin.outputs.path }}"                                                       \
               -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="${{ steps.src.outputs.path }}/build-scripts/cmake-toolchain-mingw64-x86_64.cmake" \
diff --git a/build-scripts/release-info.json b/build-scripts/release-info.json
index 9c14b47e3d..b47c3d2ba6 100644
--- a/build-scripts/release-info.json
+++ b/build-scripts/release-info.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       "archs": ["x86", "x64"],
       "args": [
         "-DSDL_SHARED=ON",
-        "-DSDL_STATIC=ON",
+        "-DSDL_STATIC=OFF",
         "-DSDL_DISABLE_INSTALL_DOCS=ON",
         "-DSDL_TEST_LIBRARY=ON",
         "-DSDL_VENDOR_INFO=libsdl.org",