diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-windows.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b30640fe5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-windows.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+name: Build status
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [18.x, 20.x]
+    steps:
+      - name: Get npm cache directory
+        id: npm-cache
+        run: |
+          echo "dir=$(npm config get cache)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ${{ steps.npm-cache.outputs.dir }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-node-
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Run tests ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm test
diff --git a/dist/css/style.css b/dist/css/style.css
index 654e8767f7..485c038452 100644
--- a/dist/css/style.css
+++ b/dist/css/style.css
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*! HTML5 Boilerplate v9.0.0-RC1 | MIT License | https://html5boilerplate.com/ */
+/*! HTML5 Boilerplate v9.0.0 | MIT License | https://html5boilerplate.com/ */
 
 /* main.css 3.0.0 | MIT License | https://github.com/h5bp/main.css#readme */
 /*
diff --git a/dist/package.json b/dist/package.json
index 5353ddfd34..b7438a8d70 100644
--- a/dist/package.json
+++ b/dist/package.json
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^11.0.0",
-    "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.5.3",
-    "webpack": "^5.88.2",
+    "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.6.0",
+    "webpack": "^5.91.0",
     "webpack-cli": "^5.1.4",
-    "webpack-dev-server": "^4.15.1",
-    "webpack-merge": "^5.9.0"
+    "webpack-dev-server": "^5.0.4",
+    "webpack-merge": "^5.10.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/gulpfile.mjs b/gulpfile.mjs
index 2aa310115d..a8df19fa5f 100644
--- a/gulpfile.mjs
+++ b/gulpfile.mjs
@@ -107,8 +107,10 @@ gulp.task('copy:misc', () =>
         // (other tasks will handle the copying of these files)
         `!${dirs.src}/css/main.css`,
         `!${dirs.src}/index.html`,
+        `!**/.DS_Store`
       ],
       {
+        encoding: false,
         // Include hidden files by default
         dot: true,
       },
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e619f057a2..c82b998d79 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
         "strip-json-comments": "^5.0.1"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=16",
-        "npm": ">=8"
+        "node": ">=18",
+        "npm": ">=10"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@aashutoshrathi/word-wrap": {
diff --git a/test/file_existence.mjs b/test/file_existence.mjs
index 8e92a21616..d45bd56655 100644
--- a/test/file_existence.mjs
+++ b/test/file_existence.mjs
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ function checkFiles(directory, expectedFiles) {
       '**/.cache/**',
     ],
     dot: true, // include hidden files
-    mark: true, // add a `/` character to directory matches
+    mark: true, // add a `/` character to directory matches,
+    posix: true, //https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob/issues/467
   });
 
   // Check if all expected files are present in the