diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 170ed2f1..e558b782 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         pkgs: >-
          fcl bullet3[multithreading,double-precision,rtti] octomap console-bridge eigen3 yaml-cpp boost-stacktrace
          benchmark tinyxml2 assimp orocos-kdl pcl lapack-reference boost-dll boost-filesystem boost-filesystem 
+         boost-format
          boost-serialization boost-program-options boost-graph urdfdom ccd[double-precision] gtest jsoncpp
         triplet: x64-windows-release
         extra-args: --clean-after-build