diff --git a/.github/workflows/xcat_test.yml b/.github/workflows/xcat_test.yml
index a6b6feda2..a9ba8b5fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/xcat_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/xcat_test.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      - name: Refresh package indexes
+        run: sudo apt-get update
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: sudo env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends --no-install-suggests bats bubblewrap build-essential fakeroot reprepro devscripts debhelper libcapture-tiny-perl libfile-slurper-perl libjson-perl libparallel-forkmanager-perl libsoap-lite-perl libdbi-perl libcgi-pm-perl quilt openssh-server dpkg looptools genometools software-properties-common
       - name: Enable postscript test namespaces