diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 62f1609d6fb212..e6946a236a7a0d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ jobs:
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@6d4fd22b20465ccc0f7354476588e8df7c9ca0e0 # v7
     - name: Set up dependencies
       shell: pwsh
       run: pip install meson ninja
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ jobs:
       cancel-in-progress: ${{ needs.ci-config.outputs.skip_concurrent == 'yes' }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
-    - uses: actions/setup-python@ece7cb06caefa5fff74198d8649806c4678c61a1 # v6
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@6d4fd22b20465ccc0f7354476588e8df7c9ca0e0 # v7
     - name: Set up dependencies
       shell: pwsh
       run: pip install meson ninja
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index fbd118b5937a35..e5c15dbc7d0e24 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1171,7 +1171,11 @@ ssize_t mingw_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len)
 int mingw_access(const char *filename, int mode)
 {
 	wchar_t wfilename[MAX_LONG_PATH];
-	if (!strcmp("nul", filename) || !strcmp("/dev/null", filename))
+	/*
+	 * Cannot use fspathcmp() here, this function is called _while reading
+	 * the config_.
+	 */
+	if (!strcasecmp("nul", filename) || !strcmp("/dev/null", filename))
 		return 0;
 	if (xutftowcs_long_path(wfilename, filename) < 0)
 		return -1;