diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 9d81a6bd..ee7b92ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install required packages
         run: |
-          apt update
-          apt install -y gcc libpcsclite-dev swig
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install -y gcc libpcsclite-dev swig
       - name: Install pynitrokey
         run: python3 -m venv venv && venv/bin/pip install .[pcsc]
       - name: Run nitropy --help