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@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ using Pkg
 Pkg.add("NCDatasets")
 ```
 
+Windows users are required to pin the version of NetCDF_jll until this [issue](https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Yggdrasil/issues/4511) is resolved (help is more than welcome).
+
+```julia
+using Pkg
+Pkg.add("NetCDF_jll")
+Pkg.pin(name="NetCDF_jll", version="400.702.400")
+```
+
+
 # Manual
 
 This Manual is a quick introduction in using NCDatasets.jl. For more details you can read the [stable](https://alexander-barth.github.io/NCDatasets.jl/stable/) or [latest](https://alexander-barth.github.io/NCDatasets.jl/latest/) documentation.