diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index f7c9db7fe..9521892a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ jobs:
             autoconf-archive \
             uuid-dev \
             libjansson-dev \
-            python
+            python \
+            nlohmann-json3-dev
 
     - if: matrix.language == 'cpp'
       name: build-swss-common