diff --git a/.github/workflows/ResInsightWithCache.yml b/.github/workflows/ResInsightWithCache.yml
index 0373c9e927..c1cfcaa9e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ResInsightWithCache.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ResInsightWithCache.yml
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ jobs:
               os: windows-2022,
               cc: "cl",
               cxx: "cl",
-              build-python-module: true,
+              build-python-module: false,
               execute-unit-tests: true,
-              execute-pytests: true,
+              execute-pytests: false,
               unity-build: true,
               publish-to-pypi: false,
               vcpkg-bootstrap: bootstrap-vcpkg.bat,
@@ -187,6 +187,11 @@ jobs:
             core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_CACHE_URL', process.env.ACTIONS_CACHE_URL || '');
             core.exportVariable('ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN', process.env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN || '');
 
+      - name: Replace and use vcpkg.json without grpc
+        if: contains( matrix.config.os, 'windows')
+        run: |
+          cp vcpkg_no_grpc.json vcpkg.json
+
       - name: vcpkg bootstrap
         run: |
           ThirdParty/vcpkg/${{ matrix.config.vcpkg-bootstrap }}
diff --git a/vcpkg_no_grpc.json b/vcpkg_no_grpc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85ef718a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg_no_grpc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+    "dependencies": [
+        "arrow",
+        "boost-filesystem",
+        "boost-spirit",
+        "eigen3",
+        "type-lite",
+        "fast-float",
+        "spdlog"
+    ],
+    "overrides": [
+        {
+            "name": "fmt",
+            "version": "10.1.1"
+        }
+    ]
+}