diff --git a/.github/workflows/commit.yaml b/.github/workflows/commit.yaml
index deb800640..001d1a707 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commit.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: Install dependencies
+        # The apt-get actions are only needed until wheel files for PY3.13 and
+        # lxml are released.
         run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev python3-dev
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install -e .
           pip install -r requirements.txt