try with explicit compiler
diff --git a/.github/workflows/log4cxx-windows-gcc.yml b/.github/workflows/log4cxx-windows-gcc.yml
index 15d9b4b..9351bff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/log4cxx-windows-gcc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/log4cxx-windows-gcc.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
       id: runvcpkg
       shell: pwsh
       run: |
-        gcc --version
         cd vcpkg
         ./bootstrap-vcpkg.bat
         ./vcpkg install apr apr-util fmt --triplet=x64-mingw-dynamic
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@
         cd main
         mkdir build
         cd build
-        cmake -DLOG4CXX_TEST_PROGRAM_PATH=C:\msys64\usr\bin -DLOG4CXX_CHAR=wchar_t -DLOG4CXX_ENABLE_ODBC=on  "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$THISDIR/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" ..
+        cmake -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=gcc -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ -DLOG4CXX_TEST_PROGRAM_PATH=C:\msys64\usr\bin -DLOG4CXX_CHAR=wchar_t -DLOG4CXX_ENABLE_ODBC=on  "-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$THISDIR/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" ..
         cmake --build .
 
     - name: run unit tests