diff --git a/.github/workflows/spike-openocd-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/spike-openocd-tests.yml
index 2b14203f9..40b32e47d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spike-openocd-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spike-openocd-tests.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ jobs:
         run: tar zxf xpack-riscv-none-elf-gcc-12.2.0-1-linux-x64.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C /opt/riscv
 
       - if: ${{ steps.cache-deps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        name: Install Spike build dependencies
+        name: Install build dependencies
         run: |
+          sudo apt update
           sudo apt install build-essential device-tree-compiler
 
       - if: ${{ steps.cache-deps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - if: ${{ steps.cache-deps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
         name: Build Spike
         run: |
+          cd riscv-isa-sim
           mkdir build install
           cd build
           ../configure --prefix=/opt/riscv