diff --git a/.github/workflows/pyinstaller-builds-actions-PIP-TAR.yml b/.github/workflows/pyinstaller-builds-actions-PIP-TAR.yml
index d442a68..3380a79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pyinstaller-builds-actions-PIP-TAR.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pyinstaller-builds-actions-PIP-TAR.yml
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash --login {0}
       run: |
         micromamba info
+        micromamba install nlopt -c conda-forge
         pip install git+https://github.com/jdegenstein/jmwright-CQ-Editor
         pip install https://github.com/CadQuery/ocp-build-system/releases/download/7.7.2.0/cadquery_ocp-7.7.2-cp311-cp311-macosx_11_0_arm64.whl
         pip install --pre git+https://github.com/cadquery/cadquery casadi
@@ -162,9 +163,9 @@ jobs:
         pyinstaller pyinstaller_pip.spec ${{ github.event.inputs.type }}
         cp D:/a/jmwright-CQ-Editor/jmwright-CQ-Editor/pyinstaller/CQ-editor.cmd D:/a/jmwright-CQ-Editor/jmwright-CQ-Editor/dist/
 
-    - name: Zip artifact (workaround for too many files during artifact upload)
+    - name: 7zip artifact (workaround for too many files during artifact upload)
       shell: bash --login {0}
-      run: zip release.zip dist/ -r
+      run: 7z a release.zip .\dist\*
       
     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
       with: