diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/dependencies_codeplay.sh b/.github/workflows/dependencies/dependencies_codeplay.sh
index bf692d3c2c7..0f723a0bfc0 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/dependencies/dependencies_codeplay.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/dependencies_codeplay.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ echo 'Acquire::Retries "3";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80-retries
 sudo wget -qO - https://developer.codeplay.com/apt/public.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/codeplay-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
 echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/codeplay-keyring.gpg] https://developer.codeplay.com/apt all main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/codeplay.list
 
+sudo apt-get clean
 sudo apt-get update
 
 # try apt install up to five times, to avoid connection splits
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ for itry in {1..5}
 do
     sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
         $1 \
-        && { sudo apt-get clean; status=0; break; }  \
+        && { sudo apt-get clean; sudo apt-get update; status=0; break; }  \
         || { sleep 10; }
 done
 if [[ ${status} -ne 0 ]]; then exit 1; fi