diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml b/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
index 51815d67..0ca008d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependency-graph.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ jobs:
     if: github.repository == 'apache/pekko-persistence-r2dbc'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install sbt
+        uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1      
       - uses: scalacenter/sbt-dependency-submission@v2