diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools-test.yml b/.github/workflows/tools-test.yml
index b5dc5a6bd4..0f4f45f57d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools-test.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         python -m pip install tox
         python -m pip install kconfiglib
+        sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib
     - name: Test backport_pr
       run: cd dist/tools/backport_pr && tox