diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_build.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_build.yml
index 7de15a690..6c8295c8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_build.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/pull/9956
           # ERROR: Cannot uninstall pip 24.0, RECORD file not found. Hint: The package was installed by debian.
-          sudo apt-get autopurge needrestart python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel
+          # new firefox package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
+          sudo apt-get autopurge needrestart python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel firefox
           # error: externally-managed-environment
           echo -e '[global]\nbreak-system-packages=true' | sudo tee /etc/pip.conf
       - run: sudo apt-get -q update