diff --git a/.github/workflows/scala.yml b/.github/workflows/scala.yml
index 0261a4fd..c988005b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scala.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scala.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
           java-version: 8
           cache: sbt
+      - name: Install sbt
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https curl gnupg -yqq
+          echo "deb https://repo.scala-sbt.org/scalasbt/debian all main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sbt.list
+          echo "deb https://repo.scala-sbt.org/scalasbt/debian /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sbt_old.list
+          curl -sL "https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2EE0EA64E40A89B84B2DF73499E82A75642AC823" | sudo -H gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring gnupg-ring:/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/scalasbt-release.gpg --import
+          sudo chmod 644 /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/scalasbt-release.gpg
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install sbt
       - name: Build and run unit tests
         working-directory: ./pramen
         run: sbt ++${{matrix.scala}} test -DSPARK_VERSION=${{matrix.spark}}