diff --git a/docs/history.md b/docs/history.md
index 888e612e..df9ec518 100644
--- a/docs/history.md
+++ b/docs/history.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # History
 
+## 0.6.2 (2024-08-12)
+
+* FIX: Passing 'engine' kwarg in "open_cfradial1_datatree" method to enable fsspec.open when using url ({issue}`194`) by [@aladinor](https://github.com/aladinor), ({pull}`195`) by [@aladinor](https://github.com/aladinor)
+
 ## 0.6.1 (2024-08-07)
 
 * MNT: minimize CI ({pull}`192`) by [@kmuehlbauer](https://github.com/kmuehlbauer).
diff --git a/xradar/io/backends/cfradial1.py b/xradar/io/backends/cfradial1.py
index 08ceca40..084d46cb 100644
--- a/xradar/io/backends/cfradial1.py
+++ b/xradar/io/backends/cfradial1.py
@@ -327,22 +327,26 @@ def open_cfradial1_datatree(filename_or_obj, **kwargs):
         Import optional mandatory data and metadata, defaults to ``True``.
     site_coords : bool
         Attach radar site-coordinates to Dataset, defaults to ``True``.
+    engine: str
+        Engine that will be passed to Xarray.open_dataset, defaults to "netcdf4"
 
     Returns
     -------
     dtree: datatree.DataTree
         DataTree with CfRadial2 groups.
     """
+
     # handle kwargs, extract first_dim
     first_dim = kwargs.pop("first_dim", "auto")
     optional = kwargs.pop("optional", True)
     site_coords = kwargs.pop("site_coords", True)
     sweep = kwargs.pop("sweep", None)
+    engine = kwargs.pop("engine", "netcdf4")
 
     # open root group, cfradial1 only has one group
     # open_cfradial1_datatree only opens the file once using netcdf4
     # and retrieves the different groups from the loaded object
-    ds = open_dataset(filename_or_obj, engine="netcdf4", **kwargs)
+    ds = open_dataset(filename_or_obj, engine=engine, **kwargs)
 
     # create datatree root node with required data
     root = _get_required_root_dataset(ds, optional=optional)