cockroach-version.html">Cluster Upgrade</a>.</p>

{% include cockroachcloud/use-cockroachcloud-instead.md %}

<h2>Install options</h2>

Use one of the options below to install CockroachDB.

<div id="download-the-binary-windows" class="install-option">
  <h3>Download the executable</h3>

  {% include windows_warning.md %}

  <ol>
    <li>
      <p>Download and extract the <a href="https://binaries.cockroachdb.com/cockroach-{{ page.release_info.version }}.windows-6.2-amd64.zip" class="windows-binary-download"