diff --git a/.github/workflows/cicd.yaml b/.github/workflows/cicd.yaml
index ba6c8122..32b1a423 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cicd.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cicd.yaml
@@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Get code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        # Pillow may need these to function
+      - name: install potential system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev libopenjp2-7-dev zlib1g-dev \
+          libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev python3-tk \
+          libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev libxcb1-dev
       - name: Install poetry
         uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
         with:
@@ -292,6 +299,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: get code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: install potential system dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev libopenjp2-7-dev zlib1g-dev \
+          libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev python3-tk \
+          libharfbuzz-dev libfribidi-dev libxcb1-dev
       - name: install python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with: