diff --git a/windows/deps/Makefile b/windows/deps/Makefile
index e4ce2e1c81831361618ab84e39e121efbfb2b3a9..6e0a5b9d7fd2a9c138db4b8e70677b2aa931d8ae 100644
--- a/windows/deps/Makefile
+++ b/windows/deps/Makefile
@@ -234,12 +234,12 @@ lib64-msys2: tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-boost-$(MINGW64_BOOST_VERSION)-any.pkg.ta
 	for f in $^; do tar xf $$f --directory $@ --strip-components 1 $(MSYS2_EXCLUDES); done
 	touch $@
 
-mingw32: tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-gcc-$(MINGW32_GCC_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-gmp-$(MINGW32_GMP_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-binutils-$(MINGW32_BINUTILS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-headers-git-$(MINGW32_HEADERS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-crt-git-$(MINGW32_CRT_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-winpthreads-git-$(MINGW32_WINPTHREADS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-libwinpthread-git-$(MINGW32_LIBWINPTHREAD_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz
+mingw32: tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-gcc-$(MINGW32_GCC_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-gmp-$(MINGW32_GMP_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-binutils-$(MINGW32_BINUTILS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-headers-git-$(MINGW32_HEADERS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-crt-git-$(MINGW32_CRT_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-winpthreads-git-$(MINGW32_WINPTHREADS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-libwinpthread-git-$(MINGW32_LIBWINPTHREAD_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-i686-zlib-$(MINGW32_ZLIB_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz
 	rm -rf $@
 	for f in $^; do tar xf $$f $(MSYS2_EXCLUDES); done
 	touch $@
 
-mingw64: tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc-$(MINGW64_GCC_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-gmp-$(MINGW64_GMP_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-binutils-$(MINGW64_BINUTILS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-headers-git-$(MINGW64_HEADERS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-crt-git-$(MINGW64_CRT_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-winpthreads-git-$(MINGW64_WINPTHREADS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-libwinpthread-git-$(MINGW64_LIBWINPTHREAD_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz
+mingw64: tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc-$(MINGW64_GCC_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-gmp-$(MINGW64_GMP_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-binutils-$(MINGW64_BINUTILS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-headers-git-$(MINGW64_HEADERS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-crt-git-$(MINGW64_CRT_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-winpthreads-git-$(MINGW64_WINPTHREADS_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-libwinpthread-git-$(MINGW64_LIBWINPTHREAD_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz tarballs/mingw-w64-x86_64-zlib-$(MINGW64_ZLIB_VERSION)-any.pkg.tar.xz
 	rm -rf $@
 	for f in $^; do tar xf $$f $(MSYS2_EXCLUDES); done
 	touch $@
diff --git a/windows/deps/versions.mk b/windows/deps/versions.mk
index 7ce15025df94158b38d6681b733af20804ebfa40..05feede1330ca4965155e0b038aadcec7f2b68a9 100644
--- a/windows/deps/versions.mk
+++ b/windows/deps/versions.mk
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ MINGW64_OPENBLAS_VERSION = 0.3.7-1
 MINGW32_MATIO_VERSION = 1.5.17-1
 MINGW64_MATIO_VERSION = 1.5.17-1
 
-# Dependency of matio
+# Dependency of matio (and of the MinGW compiler)
 # pacman -Ss .*-zlib$
 MINGW32_ZLIB_VERSION = 1.2.11-7
 MINGW64_ZLIB_VERSION = 1.2.11-7