diff --git a/windows/make-windows-installer.bat b/windows/make-windows-installer.bat
index ce3cef212..3611ee2db 100644
--- a/windows/make-windows-installer.bat
+++ b/windows/make-windows-installer.bat
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 cd ..
 cabal update
 cabal-dev clean
-cabal-dev install --disable-library-for-ghci highlighting-kate
-cabal-dev install --flags="embed_data_files" citeproc-hs
+cabal-dev install --reinstall --force-reinstall --disable-library-for-ghci highlighting-kate
+cabal-dev install --reinstall --force-reinstall --flags="embed_data_files" citeproc-hs
 cabal-dev install --flags="embed_data_files"
 strip cabal-dev\bin\pandoc.exe
 cabal-dev\bin\pandoc.exe -s --template data\templates\default.html -S README -o README.html