diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 523ff7d23b63..366966d5cae0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -77,12 +77,6 @@ jobs:
         subset: [npm, esbuild]
         shard: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
         exclude:
-          # Skip yarn subset on Windows
-          - os: windows-latest
-            subset: yarn
-          # Skip pnpm subset on Windows
-          - os: windows-latest
-            subset: pnpm
           # Skip Node.js v18 tests on Windows
           - os: windows-latest
             node: 18
@@ -91,6 +85,10 @@ jobs:
             node: 20
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
+      # Workaround for: https://github.com/bazel-contrib/bazel-lib/issues/968.
+      # TODO(devversion): Remove when Aspect lib issue is fixed.
+      - run: choco install gzip
+        if: ${{matrix.os == 'windows-latest'}}
       - name: Initialize environment
         uses: angular/dev-infra/github-actions/npm/checkout-and-setup-node@9ad44d7add69b53cec32d6486e9e8a83e7ec6622
       - name: Install node modules
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index d6cb625a02fb..2f984a73fef7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ jobs:
   e2e-windows-subset:
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
+      # Workaround for: https://github.com/bazel-contrib/bazel-lib/issues/968.
+      # TODO(devversion): Remove when Aspect lib issue is fixed.
+      - run: choco install gzip
       - name: Initialize environment
         uses: angular/dev-infra/github-actions/npm/checkout-and-setup-node@9ad44d7add69b53cec32d6486e9e8a83e7ec6622
       - name: Install node modules
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index b30b6fc24494..768d2c0ab338 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ workspace(name = "angular_cli")
 
 DEFAULT_NODE_VERSION = "18.19.1"
 
+# Workaround for: https://github.com/bazel-contrib/bazel-lib/issues/968.
+# Override toolchain for tar on windows.
+register_toolchains(
+    "//tools:windows_tar_system_toolchain",
+)
+
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
 http_archive(
diff --git a/tools/BUILD.bazel b/tools/BUILD.bazel
index ca51d1eaf46d..4333d2e43f46 100644
--- a/tools/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/tools/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+load("@aspect_bazel_lib//lib/private:tar_toolchain.bzl", "tar_toolchain")
+
 # Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
@@ -28,4 +30,16 @@ nodejs_binary(
     entry_point = "quicktype_runner.js",
     templated_args = ["--bazel_patch_module_resolver"],
 )
+
+tar_toolchain(
+    name = "system_tar_exec",
+    binary = "tar_system.bat",
+)
+
+toolchain(
+    name = "windows_tar_system_toolchain",
+    exec_compatible_with = ["@platforms//os:windows"],
+    toolchain = ":system_tar_exec",
+    toolchain_type = "@aspect_bazel_lib//lib:tar_toolchain_type",
+)
 # @external_end
diff --git a/tools/tar_system.bat b/tools/tar_system.bat
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..523ca9d92b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tar_system.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+if exist "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe" (
+  set "BASH=C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe"
+)
+
+"%BASH%" -c "tar %*"