diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdrfToNfConf_test.yml b/.github/workflows/sdrfToNfConf_test.yml
index 52a38d3..f3ff63e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdrfToNfConf_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdrfToNfConf_test.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ jobs:
       
     - name: set up R
       uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
-
+      with:
+        r-version: 3.6.3
+          
     - name: install devtools related dependencies
-      run: sudo apt install build-essential libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxml2-dev libssl-dev
+      run: sudo apt install build-essential libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxml2-dev libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libbz2-dev liblzma-dev
 
     - name: install dependencies
       run: |