diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 6a12436..05f23fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install tesseract
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-eng tesseract-ocr-fra tesseract-ocr-deu tesseract-ocr-spa libleptonica-dev libtesseract-dev pkg-config
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-eng tesseract-ocr-fra tesseract-ocr-deu tesseract-ocr-spa libleptonica-dev libtesseract-dev pkg-config
       - name: Set TESSDATA_PREFIX
         run: |
           echo "TESSDATA_PREFIX=$(dpkg -L tesseract-ocr-eng | grep tessdata$)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"