diff --git a/scripts/dev_setup.py b/scripts/dev_setup.py
index 6c31788..af69a52 100644
--- a/scripts/dev_setup.py
+++ b/scripts/dev_setup.py
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ def exec_command(command):
 exec_command('pip install -r requirements.txt')
 
 # install homebrew for edge build
+exec_command('sudo apt-get update')
 exec_command('sudo apt-get install build-essential curl file git')
-exec_command('sudo apt-get update build-essential curl file git')
+exec_command('sudo apt-get upgrade build-essential curl file git')
 check_call(
     ['sudo', 'curl', '-fsSL', '"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Linuxbrew/install/master/install.sh)"'],
     cwd=root_dir)