diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -29,6 +29,18 @@ Browse to the project root directory and install the dev dependencies:
 npm install -d
 ```
 
+Note: when running `npm install` on Apple Silicon (M1/M2), the Puppeteer dependency will fail to install. To fix this, install dependencies while skipping to install the Puppeteer executable (not available for Apple Silicon, i.e. arm64):
+
+```bash
+export PUPPETEER_EXECUTABLE_PATH=/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome
+export PUPPETEER_SKIP_DOWNLOAD=true
+npm install -d
+```
+
+^ For this to work you must have installed Google Chrome in the default location.
+
+More information on this issue can be found [here](https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/7740) and [here](https://broddin.be/2022/09/19/fixing-the-chromium-binary-is-not-available-for-arm64/).
+
 To execute the build and tests run the following command in the root of the project:
 
 ```bash