diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index a2aa88176..8a0cc4b26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Install deps
       run: |
-        sudo apt install expect gettext libncurses5-dev libpcre2-dev
+        sudo apt install gettext libncurses5-dev libpcre2-dev python3-pip
+        sudo pip3 install pexpect
     - name: cmake
       run: |
         mkdir build && cd build