diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmd-check.yml b/.github/workflows/cmd-check.yml
index 5fc2d9e7..8d0d54d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmd-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmd-check.yml
@@ -66,10 +66,13 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
+          if (Sys.info()['sysname'] == "Windows") {
+              install.packages("RCurl", type = "binary")
+          }
           install.packages("Rcpp", repos="https://RcppCore.github.io/drat")
           install.packages(c("BiocManager", "glue"), Ncpu = 2L)
           BiocManager::install(version = '${{ matrix.config.bioc }}')
-          BiocManager::install(c("GenomeInfoDbData", "GenomicAlignments"), Ncpu = 2L)
+          BiocManager::install(c("GenomeInfoDbData", "GO.db", "GenomicAlignments"), Ncpu = 2L)
           setRepositories(ind=1:2)
           remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE, repos = getOption('repos'), Ncpu = 2L)
           remotes::install_cran("rcmdcheck", Ncpu = 2L)