diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 89566d697fa6a..664ea40de0ef8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -45,11 +45,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install packages
       if: steps.cache-deps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       run: |
-        sudo apt update
-
-        for pkg in libyaml-dev valgrind libprotobuf-dev; do
-          sudo apt install -y $pkg
-        done
+        sudo apt update && sudo apt install libyaml-dev libprotobuf-dev
+        sudo apt install valgrind
 
     - name: Build Kong
       if: steps.cache-deps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'