diff --git a/.github/workflows/Release.yml b/.github/workflows/Release.yml
index 2eb977a8..fa9554de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Release.yml
@@ -203,29 +203,17 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
         matrix:
-          os: [windows-2019, windows-latest]
+          os: [windows-latest]
           version : ["-version ${{ needs.set_env.outputs.ref_name }}", ""]
           with_openCV : ["", "-InstallOpenCV"]
           with_gst_option : ["", "-InstallGstTools", "-InstallGstTools -InstallGstPlugins"]
           include:
             # past version only supports full-option with the latest installer.ps1
             # -InstallOpenCV is valid on v24.09 or later on windows-2022
-            - os: windows-2019
-              with_openCV: "-InstallOpenCV"
-              with_gst_option : ""
-              version: "-version ${{ needs.set_env.outputs.SENSING_DEV_V24_05 }}"
-            - os: windows-2019
-              with_openCV: "-InstallOpenCV"
-              with_gst_option : ""
-              version: "-version ${{ needs.set_env.outputs.SENSING_DEV_V24_01 }}"
             - os: windows-2022
               with_openCV: "-InstallOpenCV"
               with_gst_option : ""
               version: "-version ${{ needs.set_env.outputs.SENSING_DEV_V24_09 }}"
-            - os: windows-2019
-              with_openCV: "-InstallOpenCV"
-              with_gst_option : ""
-              version: "-version ${{ needs.set_env.outputs.SENSING_DEV_V24_09 }}"
           exclude:
             # skip the following combination since the latest is v24.09 for now
             - version: ""
diff --git a/.github/workflows/develop-Windows.yml b/.github/workflows/develop-Windows.yml
index 088a457a..58917586 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/develop-Windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/develop-Windows.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
 
     strategy:
         matrix:
-          os: [windows-2019, windows-latest]
+          os: [windows-latest]
           install_option : ["-version ${{ needs.set_env.outputs.LATEST_RELEASED_SDK }}", "-configPath config_Windows.json"]
           with_openCV : ["", "-InstallOpenCV"]
           with_gst_option:  ["", "-InstallGstTools", "-InstallGstTools -InstallGstPlugins"]
@@ -232,11 +232,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
 
-      - name: Setup winget
-        uses: Cyberboss/install-winget@v1
-        with:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Download All Artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -369,4 +364,4 @@ jobs:
               exit 1
           }
           
-          
\ No newline at end of file
+          
diff --git a/installer/config.yml b/installer/config.yml
index 00560c74..bc79aedf 100644
--- a/installer/config.yml
+++ b/installer/config.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ libraries:
 
   ion_kit:
     name: ion-kit
-    pkg_sha: "f99f81f9f415241c0327b983473583e8ae20ab187e9d6a5aebc1e74f38955ecf"
+    pkg_sha: "6152924b797a532562ca9d0c05f81930f8796f924a3395232546faf958af6701"
     git_repo: "https://github.com/fixstars/ion-kit.git"
-    version: "v3.2.7"
+    version: "v3.2.8"
 
   opencv:
     name: opencv
diff --git a/installer/tools/installer.ps1 b/installer/tools/installer.ps1
index cd500383..64cdfd2b 100644
--- a/installer/tools/installer.ps1
+++ b/installer/tools/installer.ps1
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ function Check-SDKVersion-Valid(){
     [string]$sdkversion
   )
   try {
-    $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/$repositoryName/releases/tag/$sdkversion" -ErrorAction Stop 
+    $response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/$repositoryName/releases/tag/$sdkversion" -UseBasicParsing -ErrorAction Stop
     if ($response.StatusCode -ne 200){
       Write-Error "Version $sdkversion does not exist"
       exit 1