diff --git a/.github/actions/build-qemu/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-qemu/action.yml
index 06804b8b22..279a8ed71e 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-qemu/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-qemu/action.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     - name: Install QEMU build dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get -qq install libglib2.0-dev libfdt-dev libpixman-1-dev ninja-build flex bison libsdl2-dev libaio-dev python3-tomli libslirp-dev
+      run: sudo apt update && sudo apt-get -qq install libglib2.0-dev libfdt-dev libpixman-1-dev ninja-build flex bison libsdl2-dev libaio-dev python3-tomli libslirp-dev
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Build and install QEMU
diff --git a/.github/actions/create-guest-image/action.yml b/.github/actions/create-guest-image/action.yml
index ce41337873..77be3a3cab 100644
--- a/.github/actions/create-guest-image/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/create-guest-image/action.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
     - name: Install libguestfs
-      run: sudo apt-get -qq install libguestfs-tools
+      run: sudo apt update && sudo apt-get -qq install libguestfs-tools
       shell: bash
     - name: Setup steps for virt-builder
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/actions/start-vm/action.yml b/.github/actions/start-vm/action.yml
index d47977c414..3449aac5bc 100644
--- a/.github/actions/start-vm/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/start-vm/action.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: install wait-for-it
       shell: bash
-      run: sudo apt-get -qq install wait-for-it
+      run: sudo apt update && sudo apt-get -qq install wait-for-it
     - name: Start VM in background
       shell: bash
       run: |