diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 266952f..f453dee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ scratching, I promise.
 Add this to your `WORKSPACE`:
 
 ```
-BAZEL_ZIG_CC_VERSION = "v0.9.2"
+BAZEL_ZIG_CC_VERSION = "v1.0.0-rc1"
 
 http_archive(
     name = "bazel-zig-cc",
-    sha256 = "73afa7e1af49e3dbfa1bae9362438cdc51cb177c359a6041a7a403011179d0b5",
+    sha256 = "07c8cc88faed737f5e7fc74b2bce94382486c40245b1ce718c6cd3774ba6be5f",
     strip_prefix = "bazel-zig-cc-{}".format(BAZEL_ZIG_CC_VERSION),
     urls = ["https://git.sr.ht/~motiejus/bazel-zig-cc/archive/{}.tar.gz".format(BAZEL_ZIG_CC_VERSION)],
 )
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ zig_toolchains(
 )
 ```
 
+Note for Windows users: please use
+[v0.9.2](https://git.sr.ht/~motiejus/bazel-zig-cc/tree/f0f2ce597eff0d3a1237ad84136ef930919173de/item/README.md)
+until Windows support is added to v1.0. Also see [this
+announcement](https://lists.sr.ht/~motiejus/bazel-zig-cc/patches/35627).
+
 And this to `.bazelrc`:
 
 ```