diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml
index 4dd54fcb14..2b12e495ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-cri-containerd-tests.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ inputs.commit-hash }}
 
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh install-dependencies
+
       - name: get-kata-tarball
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh
index cf25000489..259c2a02cc 100755
--- a/tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/cri-containerd/gha-run.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ kata_tarball_dir="${2:-kata-artifacts}"
 cri_containerd_dir="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")" 
 source "${cri_containerd_dir}/../../common.bash"
 
+function install_dependencies() {
+	return 0
+}
+
 function run() {
 	info "Running cri-containerd tests using ${KATA_HYPERVISOR} hypervisor"
 
@@ -23,6 +27,7 @@ function run() {
 function main() {
 	action="${1:-}"
 	case "${action}" in
+		install-dependencies) install_dependencies ;;
 		install-kata) install_kata ;;
 		run) run ;;
 		*) >&2 die "Invalid argument" ;;