diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index bfff8c2106..bae82e4dfd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ jobs:
               install: 'mingw-w64-i686-c-ares mingw-w64-i686-gnutls mingw-w64-i686-libssh2 mingw-w64-i686-openssl' }
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
+      - name: 'preinstalled tools'
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo '::group::MSYS2 packages'; /c/msys64/usr/bin/pacman.exe -Q || true; echo '::endgroup::'
+
       - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@66cd2cce69caa17b53920067426061ca1de3a884 # v2.32.0
         if: ${{ matrix.sys == 'msys' }}
         with:
@@ -647,6 +651,10 @@ jobs:
             chkprefill: ''  # Set it once to silence actionlint
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
+      - name: 'preinstalled tools'
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo '::group::MSYS2 packages'; /c/msys64/usr/bin/pacman.exe -Q || true; echo '::endgroup::'
+
       - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@66cd2cce69caa17b53920067426061ca1de3a884 # v2.32.0
         with:
           msystem: ${{ matrix.sys }}
@@ -1006,6 +1014,10 @@ jobs:
 
       fail-fast: false
     steps:
+      - name: 'preinstalled tools'
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo '::group::MSYS2 packages'; /c/msys64/usr/bin/pacman.exe -Q || true; echo '::endgroup::'
+
       - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@66cd2cce69caa17b53920067426061ca1de3a884 # v2.32.0
         with:
           msystem: ${{ matrix.arch == 'arm64' && 'clangarm64' || 'ucrt64' }}