diff --git a/ci/publish-tarball.sh b/ci/publish-tarball.sh
index ef078f6636c0d5..5703b371661ee5 100755
--- a/ci/publish-tarball.sh
+++ b/ci/publish-tarball.sh
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ windows)
     git config core.symlinks true
     find . -type l -delete
     git reset --hard
+    # patched crossbeam doesn't build on windows
+    sed -i 's/^crossbeam-epoch/#crossbeam-epoch/' Cargo.toml
   )
   ;;
 *)