diff --git a/bin/win/aarch64/restarter.exe b/bin/win/aarch64/restarter.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index ff7ec2108c68..000000000000
Binary files a/bin/win/aarch64/restarter.exe and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/bin/win/amd64/restarter.exe b/bin/win/amd64/restarter.exe
deleted file mode 100644
index d8553be20bb8..000000000000
Binary files a/bin/win/amd64/restarter.exe and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/build/dependencies/dependencies.properties b/build/dependencies/dependencies.properties
index 1237918e9888..847299b40817 100644
--- a/build/dependencies/dependencies.properties
+++ b/build/dependencies/dependencies.properties
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ gradleApiVersion=8.7
 jdkBuild=17.0.11b1286.1
 launcherBuild=242.8456
 nsisBuild=1
-restarterBuild=242.8359
+restarterBuild=242.9638
 runtimeBuild=21.0.3b442.1
diff --git a/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/WindowsDistributionBuilder.kt b/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/WindowsDistributionBuilder.kt
index 89575419302d..da4f267f647d 100644
--- a/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/WindowsDistributionBuilder.kt
+++ b/platform/build-scripts/src/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/impl/WindowsDistributionBuilder.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ internal class WindowsDistributionBuilder(
 
       copyDir(sourceBinDir.resolve(arch.dirName), distBinDir)
 
+      copyFileToDir(NativeBinaryDownloader.downloadRestarter(context, OsFamily.WINDOWS, arch), distBinDir)
+
       FileSet(sourceBinDir)
         .includeAll()
         .also {