diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0ccc9ea4ec6d1..4c93b3502a756 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -619,7 +619,6 @@ jobs:
   build-binary-windows-aarch64:
     needs: determine_changes
     timeout-minutes: 25
-    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'no-test') && (needs.determine_changes.outputs.code == 'true' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main') }}
     runs-on:
       labels: windows-latest
     name: "build binary | windows aarch64"
@@ -2261,7 +2260,7 @@ jobs:
           name: uv-windows-aarch64-${{ github.sha }}
 
       - name: "Validate global Python install"
-        run: py -3.13 ./scripts/check_system_python.py --uv ./uv.exe
+        run: py -3.13-arm64 ./scripts/check_system_python.py --uv ./uv.exe
 
   # Test our PEP 514 integration that installs Python into the Windows registry.
   system-test-windows-registry:
diff --git a/scripts/check_system_python.py b/scripts/check_system_python.py
index 565518e502974..ad50b07c36563 100755
--- a/scripts/check_system_python.py
+++ b/scripts/check_system_python.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def install_package(*, uv: str, package: str):
         check=True,
     )
 
-    logging.info(f"Checking that `{package}` can be imported.")
+    logging.info(f"Checking that `{package}` can be imported with `{sys.executable}`.")
     code = subprocess.run(
         [sys.executable, "-c", f"import {package}"],
         cwd=temp_dir,
@@ -82,11 +82,17 @@ def install_package(*, uv: str, package: str):
         )
 
         # Ensure that the package (`pylint`) is installed.
-        logging.info("Checking that `pylint` is installed.")
+        logging.info(
+            f"Checking that `pylint` is installed with `{sys.executable} -m pip`."
+        )
         code = subprocess.run(
             [sys.executable, "-m", "pip", "show", "pylint"],
             cwd=temp_dir,
         )
+        subprocess.run(
+            ["uv", "pip", "show", "--system", "--verbose", "pylint"],
+            cwd=temp_dir,
+        )
         if code.returncode != 0:
             raise Exception("The package `pylint` isn't installed (but should be).")