diff --git a/.github/workflows/promote_to_release.yml b/.github/workflows/promote_to_release.yml
index 2193e3c7aa7b64..0b528fef350514 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/promote_to_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/promote_to_release.yml
@@ -46,20 +46,8 @@ jobs:
           Expand-Archive -Path "denort-windows.zip" -DestinationPath "."
 
       - name: Run patchver for Windows
-        shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          deno install -g -A -n patchver https://deno.land/x/patchver@0.2.0/cli.ts
-          $CHANNEL="${{github.event.inputs.releaseKind}}"
-          # Patch deno.exe
-          Move-Item -Path "deno.exe" -Destination "deno_original.exe"
-          patchver "deno_original.exe" "deno.exe" $CHANNEL
-          # Patch denort.exe
-          Move-Item -Path "denort.exe" -Destination "denort_original.exe"
-          patchver "denort_original.exe" "denort.exe" $CHANNEL
-
-          # Rename files to match expected pattern
-          Move-Item -Path "deno.exe" -Destination "deno-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-$CHANNEL.exe"
-          Move-Item -Path "denort.exe" -Destination "denort-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-$CHANNEL.exe"
+          deno run -A ./tools/release/promote_to_release_windows.ts ${{github.event.inputs.releaseKind}}
 
       - name: Authenticate with Azure
         uses: azure/login@v1
diff --git a/tools/release/promote_to_release.ts b/tools/release/promote_to_release.ts
index 9478a5162723fa..f335941d6951bb 100755
--- a/tools/release/promote_to_release.ts
+++ b/tools/release/promote_to_release.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import { $ } from "jsr:@david/dax@0.41.0";
 import { gray } from "jsr:@std/fmt@1/colors";
-import { patchver } from "jsr:@deno/patchver@0.2.0";
+import { patchver } from "jsr:@deno/patchver@0.3.0";
 
 const SUPPORTED_TARGETS = [
   "aarch64-apple-darwin",
diff --git a/tools/release/promote_to_release_windows.ts b/tools/release/promote_to_release_windows.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9f05b67ff94540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/release/promote_to_release_windows.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env -S deno run -A
+// Copyright 2018-2025 the Deno authors. MIT license.
+
+// deno-lint-ignore-file no-console
+
+import { patchver } from "jsr:@deno/patchver@0.3.0";
+
+const CHANNEL = Deno.args[0];
+if (CHANNEL !== "rc" && CHANNEL !== "lts") {
+  throw new Error(`Invalid channel: ${CHANNEL}`);
+}
+
+const BINARIES = ["deno.exe", "denort.exe"];
+
+async function patchBinary(inputPath: string, channel: string) {
+  console.log(`Patching ${inputPath}...`);
+
+  const input = await Deno.readFile(inputPath);
+  const output = patchver(input, channel);
+
+  // Extract filename without extension and create output name
+  const baseName = inputPath.replace(/\.exe$/, "");
+  const outputPath = `${baseName}-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc-${channel}.exe`;
+
+  await Deno.writeFile(outputPath, output);
+  console.log(`Created ${outputPath}`);
+}
+
+async function main() {
+  for (const binary of BINARIES) {
+    await patchBinary(binary, CHANNEL);
+  }
+  console.log("All Windows binaries patched successfully!");
+}
+
+await main();