diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index f5395635..548e67cd 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@
 
     <!-- installers ============================================================================= -->
 
-    <target name="installer.win" depends="jar"
+    <target name="installer.win" depends="release"
             description="build Install4J release executable and docs dirs for Windows">
 
         <condition property="install4j.not.ok" value="true">