diff --git a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml
index 1a4d340ce0f..3b15ad893b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kind-e2e.yaml
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ jobs:
         dpkg-query -Wf '${Installed-Size}\t${Package}\n' | sort -n | tail -n 100
         df -h
         echo "Removing large packages"
+        sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get remove -y '^dotnet-.*'
         sudo apt-get remove -y '^llvm-.*'
         sudo apt-get remove -y 'php.*'