diff --git a/.github/workflows/c-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/c-ci.yml
index b3ace30..ce90aa2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ jobs:
     
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: update packages
+      run: sudo apt-get update
     - name: install libcurl
       run: sudo apt-get install libcurl4 libcurl4-openssl-dev
     - name: make