diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 19ea548..e6e149b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ jobs:
         config:
           - {os: macOS-latest,   r: 'release'}
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: '3.6'}
           - {os: ubuntu-18.04,   r: 'devel', rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/bionic/latest", http-user-agent: "R/4.1.0 (ubuntu-18.04) R (4.1.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu x86_64 linux-gnu) on GitHub Actions" }
           - {os: ubuntu-18.04,   r: 'release', rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/bionic/latest"}
           - {os: ubuntu-18.04,   r: 'oldrel',  rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/bionic/latest"}
@@ -53,7 +52,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install pak and query dependencies
         run: |
-          install.packages("pak", repos = "https://r-lib.github.io/p/pak/dev/")
+          # Use the stable pak repo, which serves OS-correct binaries.
+          # The dev/ repo currently returns a Linux tarball when an R 4.6 Windows
+          # runner asks for pak, so install.packages() fails with
+          # "installation of package 'pak' had non-zero exit status".
+          install.packages("pak", repos = sprintf(
+            "https://r-lib.github.io/p/pak/stable/%s/%s/%s",
+            .Platform$pkgType, R.Version()$os, R.Version()$arch
+          ))
           saveRDS(pak::pkg_deps("local::.", dependencies = TRUE), ".github/r-depends.rds")
         shell: Rscript {0}