diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 3d142f78..2574795f 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ jobs:
   - script: |
       sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
       sudo apt-get update
+      sudo apt-get upgrade
       sudo apt-get install gcc-multilib g++-multilib libc6:i386 libc6-dev:i386
-      dpkg --get-selections | grep hold ; exit 1
       # the ones after ninja-build fix broken dependencies of libgtk-3-0:i386
       sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-0:i386 libgtk-3-dev:i386 ninja-build # libgirepository-1.0-1:i386 libglib2.0-dev:i386 gir1.2-glib-2.0:i386 gir1.2-atk-1.0:i386 libatk1.0-dev:i386 libfreetype6-dev:i386 libfontconfig1-dev:i386 libcairo2-dev:i386 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev:i386 libpango1.0-dev:i386 libxft-dev:i386 libpng12-dev:i386
     displayName: 'Install Dependencies'