diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 292f160..7b64a27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ defaults:
 
 env:
   SCONS_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/.scons-cache
-  SCONS_VERSION: 4.9.1
+  SCONS_VERSION: 4.10.1
 
 jobs:
   build_linux:
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-${{ matrix.target }}-${{ matrix.lua-runtime }}-
       - name: Build artifact
         run: |
-          scons platform=${{ matrix.platform }} arch=${{ matrix.arch }} target=${{ matrix.target }} lua_runtime=${{ matrix.lua-runtime }} vcvarsall_path="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"
+          scons platform=${{ matrix.platform }} arch=${{ matrix.arch }} target=${{ matrix.target }} lua_runtime=${{ matrix.lua-runtime }} vcvarsall_path="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"
       - name: Upload artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/tools/luajit.py b/tools/luajit.py
index 6b81fe3..046f558 100644
--- a/tools/luajit.py
+++ b/tools/luajit.py
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ def generate(env):
                 if env["vcvarsall_path"] and env["arch"] == "arm64" and platform.machine().lower() == "amd64"
                 else ""
             ),
-            f"cd {build_dir}/luajit/src",
             f"msvcbuild.bat {"debug" if env.get("debug_crt") else ""} amalg mixed",
         ]
         libluajit = env.Command(
             f"{build_dir}/luajit/src/lua51.lib",
             "lib",
             action=" && ".join(cmd for cmd in cmds if cmd),
+            chdir=f"{build_dir}/luajit/src",
         )
     # macOS universal special case: build x86_64 and arm64 separately, then `lipo` them together
     elif env["platform"] == "macos" and env["arch"] == "universal":