diff --git a/.github/workflows/perl.yml b/.github/workflows/perl.yml
index b7bd016..5f463d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/perl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/perl.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ jobs:
         options: --health-cmd pg_isready --health-interval 10s --health-timeout 5s --health-retries 5
 
     steps:
+      - name: apt install nodejs
+        run: apt update && apt install -y nodejs
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: perl -V
         run: perl -V