diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 91bc2fa06c..5018de6d00 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ pip install --upgrade onnxscript
 git clone https://github.com/microsoft/onnxscript
 cd onnxscript
 pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
-pip install -e .
+# --no-deps keeps onnx_ir from replacing onnx-weekly with the stable onnx release
+pip install "onnx_ir>=0.1.16,<2" --no-deps
+pip install -e . --no-deps
 ```
 
 ### Run Unit Tests