diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ee34917..7979679 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.12
       - run: rustup update
-      - run: pip install -r python/requirements.txt
       - name: Run tests
         run: ./scripts/test-python.sh
 
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index bdb9e9c..4c99416 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,12 +17,24 @@ authors.workspace = true
 ptrie = "0.7"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
-reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 async-trait = "0.1"
 regex = "1.10"
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio = { version = "1.34", features = ["rt-multi-thread", "macros"] }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
+
+
+# Do not use rustls-tls on Windows aarch64 due to Ring dependency https://github.com/briansmith/ring/issues/1167
+[target.'cfg(all(windows, target_arch = "aarch64"))'.dependencies.reqwest]
+version = "0.12"
+default-features = false
+features = ["blocking", "json", "native-tls"]
+
+[target.'cfg(not(all(windows, target_arch = "aarch64")))'.dependencies.reqwest]
+version = "0.12"
+default-features = false
+features = ["blocking", "json", "rustls-tls"]
diff --git a/scripts/test-python.sh b/scripts/test-python.sh
index 69420e1..cae1a11 100755
--- a/scripts/test-python.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-python.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ fi
 echo "Activating virtual environment"
 source .venv/bin/activate
 
+pip install -q -r python/requirements.txt
+
 cd python
 
 if [ "$SKIP_BUILD" = false ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/test-r.sh b/scripts/test-r.sh
index 66f8cec..57fa999 100755
--- a/scripts/test-r.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-r.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ if [ "$INSTALL_DEPS" = true ]; then
     Rscript -e 'install.packages("usethis")'
     Rscript -e 'install.packages("devtools")'
     Rscript -e 'install.packages("testthat")'
-
-    # Rscript -e 'install.packages("rextendr")'
-    Rscript -e 'remotes::install_github("extendr/rextendr")'
+    Rscript -e 'install.packages("rextendr")'
+    # Rscript -e 'remotes::install_github("extendr/rextendr")'
 fi
 
 Rscript -e 'rextendr::document("./r"); library(testthat); test_dir("r/tests");'