diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3f89c6c..a09a17f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -127,10 +127,16 @@ jobs:
         uses: reanahub/reana-github-actions/local-run@v1
         with:
           commands: |
+            # Install ROOT dependencies
+            sudo apt-get update -y
+            sudo apt-get install binutils cmake dpkg-dev g++ gcc libssl-dev git libx11-dev libxext-dev libxft-dev libxpm-dev python3 libtbb-dev libvdt-dev libgif-dev
+
             # Install ROOT
-            wget https://root.cern/download/root_v6.24.02.Linux-ubuntu20-x86_64-gcc9.3.tar.gz
-            tar -xzvf root_v6.24.02.Linux-ubuntu20-x86_64-gcc9.3.tar.gz
+            # ROOT is needed as Snakemake does not run the workflow steps in containers
+            wget https://root.cern/download/root_v6.32.04.Linux-ubuntu24.04-x86_64-gcc13.2.tar.gz
+            tar -xzvf root_v6.32.04.Linux-ubuntu24.04-x86_64-gcc13.2.tar.gz
             source root/bin/thisroot.sh
+
             rm -rf snakemake-local-run && mkdir -p snakemake-local-run && cd snakemake-local-run
             pip install 'pulp<2.8' snakemake
             cp -a ../code .