diff --git a/.github/actions/install-dependencies/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-dependencies/action.yml
index 59746d6c..243f0b2c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/install-dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/install-dependencies/action.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@ runs:
   steps:
   - shell: bash
     run: |
-      sudo apt-get update -y
-      sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-dev-tools libbsd-dev
-      sudo sed -Ei 's/^# deb-src /deb-src /' /etc/apt/sources.list
-      sudo apt-get update -y
+      sudo cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources
+      sudo sed -i 's/^Types: deb/Types: deb deb-src/' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu.sources
+      export DEBIAN_PRIORITY=critical
+      export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+      # let's try to work around upgrade breakage in a pkg we don't care about
+      sudo apt-mark hold grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-efi-amd64-signed
+      sudo apt-get update
+      sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
+      sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-dev-tools automake autopoint xsltproc gettext expect byacc libtool libbsd-dev pkgconf
       sudo apt-get -y build-dep shadow