diff --git a/.github/workflows/xml_lint.yml b/.github/workflows/xml_lint.yml
index 1d0f5ddda..627d32c4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/xml_lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/xml_lint.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
     name: XML Lint
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+    - name: apt-get update
+      run: sudo apt-get update
     - name: install xmllint
       run: sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2