diff --git a/.github/workflows/action.yml b/.github/workflows/action.yml
index 606d381208..94e3009725 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get -qq install gcc-multilib libsdl-dev scons
+          sudo apt-get -qq install gcc-multilib libsdl-dev libncurses5-dev scons
+          sudo python -m pip install --upgrade pip -qq
+          sudo pip install requests -qq
           echo "RTT_ROOT=${{ github.workspace }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "RTT_CC=gcc" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
@@ -196,4 +198,6 @@ jobs:
           RTT_BSP: ${{ matrix.legs.RTT_BSP }}
           RTT_TOOL_CHAIN: ${{ matrix.legs.RTT_TOOL_CHAIN }}
         run: |
+          python -c "import tools.menuconfig; tools.menuconfig.touch_env()"
+          pushd bsp/$RTT_BSP && pkgs --update && popd
           scons -C bsp/$RTT_BSP