diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
index f445d5d1c..f67f5d3fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get install pkg-config gcc gtk-doc-tools libfreetype6-dev libglib2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libicu-dev libgraphite2-dev python3 python3-setuptools ninja-build gobject-introspection libgirepository1.0-dev
+      run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install pkg-config gcc gtk-doc-tools libfreetype6-dev libglib2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libicu-dev libgraphite2-dev python3 python3-setuptools ninja-build gobject-introspection libgirepository1.0-dev
     - run: sudo pip3 install fonttools meson==0.56.0 gcovr==5.0
     - name: run
       run: meson build -Db_coverage=true --auto-features=enabled -Dgraphite=enabled -Dchafa=disabled -Dragel_subproject=true -Doptimization=2