diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake.yaml b/.github/workflows/cmake.yaml
index d1e3503a8..46b2d14db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake.yaml
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           packages: libhdf5-dev qtbase5-dev qt5-qmake libqt5svg5-dev libpng-dev libtiff-dev
           version: 1.0
+      - name: Ensure system packages are installed
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y libhdf5-dev qtbase5-dev qt5-qmake libqt5svg5-dev libpng-dev libtiff-dev
 
       - name: Configure CMake
         # Configure CMake in a 'build' subdirectory. `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is only required if you are using a single-configuration generator such as make.
@@ -52,4 +56,3 @@ jobs:
       
 
 
-