diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 18003a0..0b94345 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 10
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install pbuilder debhelper -y
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git pbuilder debhelper -y
       - name: Setup pdebuilderrc for cross-compiling
         env:
           PBUILDER_RC: |
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 0a1f333..d731abc 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 12),
     ca-certificates, cmake (>=3.15.0),
     libssl-dev (>=3.0.0),
     libminini-dev (>=1.2),
-    libjsmn-dev (>=1.1.0)
+    libjsmn-dev (>=1.1.0),
+    git
 Standards-Version: 4.5.0
 Homepage: https://github.com/nqminds/brski
 Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/nqminds/brski