diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-build.yml b/.github/workflows/test-build.yml
index c34b575..6489035 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-build.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get install emacs autoconf
+      run: sudo apt-get install emacs autoconf libhdf5-dev
     - name: install trexio
       run: |
         wget https://github.com/TREX-CoE/trexio/releases/download/v1.0/trexio-1.0.0.tar.gz