diff --git a/__tests__/main.test.ts b/__tests__/main.test.ts
index 1074f03..089c760 100644
--- a/__tests__/main.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/main.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import * as installer from '../src/installer'
 
+import * as semver from 'semver'
+
 const testVersions = ['v1.3.0-rc4', 'v1.3.0-rc3', 'v1.3.0-rc2', 'v1.0.5', 'v1.2.0', 'v1.3.0-rc1', 'v1.2.0-rc3', 'v1.3.0-alpha', 'v1.2.0-rc2', 'v1.2.0-rc1', 'v1.1.1', 'v1.0.4', 'v1.1.0', 'v1.1.0-rc2', 'v1.1.0-rc1', 'v1.0.3', 'v1.0.2', 'v1.0.1', 'v1.0.0']
 
 describe('installer tests', () => {
@@ -28,4 +30,14 @@ describe('installer tests', () => {
             })
         })
     })
+    describe('node-semver behaviour', () => {
+        describe('Windows installer change', () => {
+            it('Correctly understands >1.4.0', () => {
+                expect(semver.gtr('1.4.0-rc1', '1.3', {includePrerelease: true})).toBeTruthy()
+                expect(semver.gtr('1.4.0-DEV', '1.3', {includePrerelease: true})).toBeTruthy()
+                expect(semver.gtr('1.3.1', '1.3', {includePrerelease: true})).toBeFalsy()
+                expect(semver.gtr('1.3.2-rc1', '1.3', {includePrerelease: true})).toBeFalsy()
+            })
+        })
+    })
 })
diff --git a/lib/installer.js b/lib/installer.js
index 5397692..d57dd8a 100644
--- a/lib/installer.js
+++ b/lib/installer.js
@@ -119,7 +119,13 @@ function installJulia(version, arch) {
                 return `${process.env.HOME}/julia`;
             case 'win32':
                 const juliaInstallationPath = path.join('C:', 'Julia');
-                yield exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/S /D=${juliaInstallationPath}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`]);
+                if (version == 'nightly' || semver.gtr(version, '1.3', { includePrerelease: true })) {
+                    // The installer changed in 1.4: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/ef0c9108b12f3ae177c51037934351ffa703b0b5/NEWS.md#build-system-changes
+                    yield exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/SILENT /dir=${juliaInstallationPath}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`]);
+                }
+                else {
+                    yield exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/S /D=${juliaInstallationPath}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`]);
+                }
                 return juliaInstallationPath;
             case 'darwin':
                 yield exec.exec('hdiutil', ['attach', juliaDownloadPath]);
diff --git a/src/installer.ts b/src/installer.ts
index ac0034d..08e7226 100644
--- a/src/installer.ts
+++ b/src/installer.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,12 @@ export async function installJulia(version: string, arch: string): Promise<strin
             return `${process.env.HOME}/julia`
         case 'win32':
             const juliaInstallationPath = path.join('C:', 'Julia')
-            await exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/S /D=${juliaInstallationPath}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`])
+            if (version == 'nightly' || semver.gtr(version, '1.3', {includePrerelease: true})) {
+                // The installer changed in 1.4: https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/ef0c9108b12f3ae177c51037934351ffa703b0b5/NEWS.md#build-system-changes
+                await exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/SILENT /dir=${juliaInstallationPath}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`])
+            } else {
+                await exec.exec('powershell', ['-Command', `Start-Process -FilePath ${juliaDownloadPath} -ArgumentList "/S /D=${juliaInstallationPath}" -NoNewWindow -Wait`])
+            }
             return juliaInstallationPath
         case 'darwin':
             await exec.exec('hdiutil', ['attach', juliaDownloadPath])