diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 1be9931b5..b4817feb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ jobs:
             libsecret-1-dev:$TARGET_ARCH \
             libkrb5-dev:$TARGET_ARCH \
             ca-certificates \
-            curl wget rsync gettext-base
+            curl wget rsync gettext-base \
+            python3
 
       - name: Install nfpm
         run: |