diff --git a/build-dist-windows.sh b/build-dist-windows.sh
index e17d39f..f7973f2 100644
--- a/build-dist-windows.sh
+++ b/build-dist-windows.sh
@@ -67,13 +67,17 @@ WIN_DEPS=(
     "pycaw>=20230407"
     "screen-brightness-control>=0.20.0"
     "monitorcontrol>=3.0.0"
-    "pystray>=0.19.0"
 )
 
 # Visualizer dependencies
 VIS_DEPS=(
     "soundcard>=0.4.0"
     "numpy>=1.24.0,<2.0"
+    # pystray lives here (not WIN_DEPS) so its transitive Pillow resolves in the
+    # same pass as CORE_DEPS. Keeping it in the per-dep WIN_DEPS loop downloaded
+    # a second Pillow version that clobbered the core one on unzip, producing
+    # "_imaging extension was built for another version of Pillow" at runtime.
+    "pystray>=0.19.0"
 )
 
 # Resolve core + visualizer deps in a SINGLE call so pip picks compatible