diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
index e8fdd3936..4757708d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: install dependencies
-      run: apt-get install meson pkg-config gcc ragel lcov gtk-doc-tools libfreetype6-dev libglib2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libicu-dev libgraphite2-dev # libgirepository1.0-dev
+      run: sudo apt-get install meson pkg-config gcc ragel lcov gtk-doc-tools libfreetype6-dev libglib2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libicu-dev libgraphite2-dev # libgirepository1.0-dev
     - name: run
       run: meson build -Db_coverage=true -Dglib=true -Dcairo=true -Dicu=true -Dgraphite=true -Dfreetype=true
     - name: ci