diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 0ed808e0..bfec641b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ jobs:
           tools: pecl, composer
           extensions: curl, openssl, mbstring
           ini-values: memory_limit=-1
+        env:
+          phpts: nts
 
       - name: "Cache composer packages"
         id: composer-cache
diff --git a/bin/setup-runtime.ps1 b/bin/setup-runtime.ps1
index e9c152dd..d2b5c021 100644
--- a/bin/setup-runtime.ps1
+++ b/bin/setup-runtime.ps1
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ if ($action -eq 'add-path') {
 }
 
 # get php 8.1 specific version
-$API = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://www.php.net/releases/index.php?json&version=8.1") | ConvertFrom-Json
+$API = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://www.php.net/releases/index.php?json&version=8.3") | ConvertFrom-Json
 
 # php windows download
-$PHPRuntimeUrl = "https://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-" + $API.version + "-Win32-vs16-x64.zip"
+$PHPRuntimeUrl = "https://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-" + $API.version + "-nts-Win32-vs16-x64.zip"
 $ComposerUrl = "https://getcomposer.org/download/latest-stable/composer.phar"
 
 # create dir
diff --git a/config/env.ini b/config/env.ini
index 17b44d90..948521dd 100644
--- a/config/env.ini
+++ b/config/env.ini
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ SPC_SKIP_DOCTOR_CHECK_ITEMS=""
 
 [windows]
 ; php-sdk-binary-tools path
-PHP_SDK_PATH=${WORKING_DIR}\php-sdk-binary-tools
+PHP_SDK_PATH="${WORKING_DIR}\php-sdk-binary-tools"
 ; upx executable path
-UPX_EXEC=${PKG_ROOT_PATH}\bin\upx.exe
+UPX_EXEC="${PKG_ROOT_PATH}\bin\upx.exe"
 ; phpmicro patches, for more info, see: https://github.com/easysoft/phpmicro/tree/master/patches
 SPC_MICRO_PATCHES=static_extensions_win32,cli_checks,disable_huge_page,vcruntime140,win32,zend_stream,cli_static
 
diff --git a/src/globals/defines.php b/src/globals/defines.php
index c6b12737..956e5a9b 100644
--- a/src/globals/defines.php
+++ b/src/globals/defines.php
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ use ZM\Logger\ConsoleLogger;
 
 define('WORKING_DIR', getcwd());
 define('ROOT_DIR', dirname(__DIR__, 2));
+putenv('WORKING_DIR=' . WORKING_DIR);
+putenv('ROOT_DIR=' . ROOT_DIR);
 
 // CLI start time
 define('START_TIME', microtime(true));