diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake_builds.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake_builds.yml
index 06e4e8e7d792..088a7204d9ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake_builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake_builds.yml
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install -r autotest/requirements.txt
       # Disable mySQL since C:/mysql/lib/mysqlclient.lib (unrelated to msys) is found, which causes linking issues
       # Set explicitly CMAKE_C|CXX_COMPILER otherwise C:/ProgramData/chocolatey/bin/gcc.exe would be used
+      # Disable GDAL_ENABLE_DRIVER_HDF5 because of https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/11181
       - name: Configure
         run: |
           cmake -S . -B build -G "${generator}" -Werror=dev \
@@ -369,7 +370,8 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/mingw64 \
             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PWD/install-gdal \
             "-DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=${CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD}" \
-            -DGDAL_USE_MYSQL:BOOL=OFF
+            -DGDAL_USE_MYSQL:BOOL=OFF \
+            -DGDAL_ENABLE_DRIVER_HDF5=OFF
         working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
       - name: Build
         run: cmake --build build -j 3