diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 805bc8063cbc9f2a2b6eaa60adb0a5e9c807b049..0c9614f2ff76fb05a107c0ab46f6598dca2c8055 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Zig
         uses: goto-bus-stop/setup-zig@v1
         with:
-          version: "0.10.0-dev.3316+a0d3a87ce"
+          version: "0.10.0-dev.3685+dae7aeb33"
 
       - run: zig version
       - run: zig env
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 91ba41116ad643f787fe6ce35e8ae2da7d7ba982..e24a7e5a2c1948949b7025b6d64dc41002e9a13a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Zig
         uses: goto-bus-stop/setup-zig@v1
         with:
-          version: "0.10.0-dev.3316+a0d3a87ce"
+          version: "0.10.0-dev.3685+dae7aeb33"
 
       - run: zig version
       - run: zig env
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index 61038ace3b5765d9b2c6425f58efdcffff30fb99..07d4307c3e1426e3a0a29def0b3bfb99106e1ffb 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const deps = @import("./deps.zig");
 
 pub fn build(b: *std.build.Builder) void {
     b.prominent_compile_errors = true;
+    b.use_stage1 = true; // currently blocked on https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/12403
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
 
     b.setPreferredReleaseMode(.ReleaseSafe);