diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 53e71d9f..e953090b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
 
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu, windows, macos]
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
 
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu, windows, macos]
 
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
 
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu, windows, macos]
 
@@ -166,11 +169,30 @@ jobs:
       # Check that the release automation works as expected
       - run: scripts/release/test.sh
 
+  # This job performs a really simple smoke test that the release build of our binaries
+  # works well. We had to introduce this job after we saw that the release build on windows
+  # couldn't even work without crashing with exit code: 0xc0000005, STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
+  # due to some bug in LTO.
+  release-smoke-test:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu, windows, macos]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - run: MARKER_ALLOW_DRIVER_BUILD=1 cargo build -p cargo_marker -p marker_rustc_driver --release
+      - run: PATH="$PWD/target/release:$PATH" cargo marker
+
   # Check that the Github Action works
   github-action-test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         # Make sure we cover all operating systems supported by Github Actions
         os:
@@ -207,3 +229,8 @@ jobs:
       # +stable is to force using the pre-installed `cargo` on the runner instead of
       # what's specified in `rust-toolchain.toml`
       - run: cargo +stable marker --version
+
+      # There may be bugs in the release build of our binaries. For example, in the past
+      # we saw that LTO could lead to exit code: 0xc0000005, STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION crash
+
+      - run: cargo marker -l 'marker_lints="*"'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-on-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/release-on-tag.yml
index cbe34487..933fa2c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-on-tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-on-tag.yml
@@ -128,6 +128,17 @@ jobs:
     env:
       artifact: marker_rustc_driver-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
 
+    # We've seen this job hang for 6 hours with the logs ending with
+    # ```
+    # Compiling libloading v0.8.0
+    # Compiling bumpalo v3.14.0
+    # Error: The operation was canceled.
+    # ```
+    #
+    # No idea how that happens. Maybe that's a bug with the compiler hang in rustc,
+    # but this bug seems flaky, and reruning the job if it hangs should help
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
@@ -175,17 +186,19 @@ jobs:
       # For extra security we set the env variable with the token only
       # for the steps that require them.
       #
-      # There are two `cargo release` invocations here. One without the
-      # `cargo_marker` package, and one with it.
-      #
-      # Keep in mind that `cargo-marker` may install `marker_rustc_driver`
-      # from crates.io via `cargo install`.
+      # We used to have two `cargo release` invocations here. One without the
+      # `cargo_marker` package, and one with it. This was done because there is
+      # an implicit dependency between `cargo_marker` and `marker_rustc_driver`,
+      # since the former installs the latter. However, this separation somehow
+      # resulted in the second `cargo release` invocation to fail with the error
+      # ```
+      # the remote server responded with an error (status 403 Forbidden):
+      # must be logged in to perform that action
+      # ```
       #
-      # That being said, we will be extra safe if `cargo_marker` is published
-      # after `marker_rustc_driver`.
-      - run: cargo release publish --exclude cargo_marker --execute --no-confirm --no-verify --allow-branch '*'
-        env:
-          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CRATES_IO_TOKEN }}
-      - run: cargo release publish --package cargo_marker --execute --no-confirm --no-verify --allow-branch '*'
+      # No idea why this happens, but let's just keep a single cargo release
+      # to avoid this issue and to simplify the workflow, because the problem
+      # we tried to protect against is not that likely to happen anyway.
+      - run: cargo release publish --no-confirm --no-verify --no-push --no-tag --allow-branch '*'
         env:
           CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CRATES_IO_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8c454f0b..dc406c6b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ The following components are considered to be internal and they are excluded fro
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.4.2] - 2023-11-25
+
+[#320]: https://github.com/rust-marker/marker/pull/320
+
+- [#320]: Disable LTO on release builds to fix the crash on Windows with `exit code: 0xc0000005, STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION`
+
 ## [0.4.1] - 2023-11-24
 
 [#319]: https://github.com/rust-marker/marker/pull/319
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 862c3844..25fee4dd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ resolver = "2"
 
 [profile.release]
 codegen-units = 1
-lto           = true
 strip         = false
 
+# ⚠️ Turns out there is some bug in LTO on Windows, because it leads to the
+# `marker_rustc_driver` crashing with "exit code: 0xc0000005, STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION"
+lto = false
 
 [workspace.package]
 edition    = "2021"