diff --git a/.github/workflows/r-cmd-check.yml b/.github/workflows/r-cmd-check.yml
index 1468697..78ee397 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/r-cmd-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/r-cmd-check.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout github repository, in this case nwfscDiags
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: update linux libraries
+        if: matrix.config.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev
+          sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
+          sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade libstdc++6
+
       - name: Set up R
         uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with: