diff --git a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
index 35dd73d..75a8034 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ jobs:
   precompile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - run: pip3 install setuptools platformio
+      - run: sudo apt-get install python3-setuptools
+      - run: pip3 install platformio
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - run: platformio run