diff --git a/.github/workflows/meson.yml b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
index c738e7db4819..b41872bf94a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meson.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,37 @@ on:
       - "NEWS"
       - "README.md"
 
+env:
+  APT_PACKAGES: |
+    autoconf \
+    automake \
+    meson \
+    ninja-build \
+    docbook-xsl \
+    libacl1-dev \
+    libavahi-client-dev \
+    libcrack2-dev \
+    libdb-dev \
+    libdbus-1-dev \
+    libdbus-glib-1-dev \
+    libevent-dev \
+    libgcrypt-dev \
+    libglib2.0-dev \
+    libkrb5-dev \
+    libldap2-dev \
+    libmysqlclient-dev \
+    libpam0g-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    libtalloc-dev \
+    libtool \
+    libtool-bin \
+    libtracker-sparql-3.0-dev \
+    libwrap0-dev \
+    systemtap-sdt-dev \
+    tcpd \
+    tracker \
+    xsltproc
+
 jobs:
   build-ubuntu:
     name: Ubuntu
@@ -27,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: ubuntu:23.10
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           apt-get update
@@ -73,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: debian:trixie
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           apt-get update