diff --git a/.github/workflows/meson.yml b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
index ea119f2..bebed53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meson.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
     - name: Install various apt dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get install nlohmann-json3-dev libsqlite3-dev libpugixml-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev poppler-utils catdoc imagemagick pkg-config xmlstarlet libmagic-dev
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install nlohmann-json3-dev libsqlite3-dev libpugixml-dev libssl-dev zlib1g-dev poppler-utils catdoc imagemagick pkg-config xmlstarlet libmagic-dev
 
 
     - name: Install meson