diff --git a/.github/workflows/java.yml b/.github/workflows/java.yml
index de9a747..4353e5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     container: openquantumsafe/ci-ubuntu-latest:latest
     steps:
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: apt-get update && apt-get install default-jdk-headless
+        run: apt-get update && apt-get install -y default-jdk-headless
       - name: Checkout liboqs-java
         uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # pin@v4
       - name: Checkout liboqs main