diff --git a/ansible/roles/benchmarking/meta/main.yml b/ansible/roles/benchmarking/meta/main.yml
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+---
+
+dependencies:
+  - role: user-create
+  - role: github
+    vars:
+      user_home_dir: "{{ home }}/{{ server_user }}"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/build-test-v8/tasks/partials/ubuntu2404.yml b/ansible/roles/build-test-v8/tasks/partials/ubuntu2404.yml
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+---
+
+#
+# Install packages for V8 builds.
+#
+
+- name: install apt packages required to build V8
+  ansible.builtin.apt:
+    name: ['ninja-build']
+    state: present
+
+- name: install Python packages required to build V8
+  ansible.builtin.pip:
+    name: ['filecheck', 'httplib2==0.22.0', 'six']
+    virtualenv: /home/{{ server_user }}/venv
+    virtualenv_command: python3 -m venv