diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_n_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/check_n_deploy.yml
index bd39e1b..55347a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_n_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_n_deploy.yml
@@ -16,11 +16,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - name: get `just`
-        uses: extractions/setup-just@v1
-
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get dependencies
+        uses: extractions/setup-just@v1
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+          cache: "pip" # caching pip dependencies
+      - run: pip install -r requirements.txt
 
       - name: Build project
         run: just build