diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 678c8ab..99e84b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: stable
           override: true
 
+      - name: install dependencies (ubuntu only)
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get upgrade -y
+          sudo apt-get install -y libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libappindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf libssl-dev
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         working-directory: ./src-tauri
         run: cargo build --verbose