diff --git a/.github/workflows/v_apps_and_modules_compile_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/v_apps_and_modules_compile_ci.yml
index d6daab125d8feb..331bb2d7a826a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/v_apps_and_modules_compile_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/v_apps_and_modules_compile_ci.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install --quiet -y libgc-dev   libsodium-dev libssl-dev sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev    valgrind    libfreetype6-dev libxi-dev libxcursor-dev libgl-dev xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base
           sudo apt-get install --quiet -y --no-install-recommends gfortran liblapacke-dev libopenblas-dev ## for vsl/vtl
-          sudo apt-get install --quiet -y --no-install-recommends sassc ## needed by gitly
+          sudo apt-get install --quiet -y --no-install-recommends sassc libgit2-dev ## needed by gitly
           sudo apt-get install --quiet -y --no-install-recommends libhdf5-cpp-103 libhdf5-dev libhdf5-mpi-dev hdf5-tools libopenmpi-dev opencl-headers liblapacke-dev libopenblas-dev ## needed by VSL
 
       - name: Build vlang/vab