diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
index 514621d841..386a91ad44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 3
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          echo "set man-db/auto-update false" | debconf-communicate; dpkg-reconfigure man-db
+          echo "set man-db/auto-update false" | sudo debconf-communicate; sudo dpkg-reconfigure man-db
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake
       - name: Install OpenAL Soft dependencies