diff --git a/.github/actions/install-deps/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-deps/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f13767d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/install-deps/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: "Install dependencies"
+description: "Installs dependencies on GitHub Actions runners"
+
+inputs:
+  os:
+    description: 'Runner OS'
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Verify ubuntu only
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        if ! echo ${{ inputs.os }} | grep -q "ubuntu"; then
+          echo "${{ inputs.os }} does not seem to be ubuntu"
+        fi
+    - name: Assert requested os exists in dependencies
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        if ! jq -e ".\"${{ inputs.os }}\" != null" $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/dependencies.json; then
+          echo "${{ inputs.os }} does not exist as a supported os in $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/dependencies.json"
+        fi
+    - name: Retrieve and install pkg deps based on OS
+      id: retrieve-pkg-deps
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        DEPENDENCIES=$(jq -r --arg os "${{ inputs.os }}" '.[$os] | .[]' $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/dependencies.json)
+        echo $DEPENDENCIES
+        sudo apt update
+        sudo apt install $DEPENDENCIES
diff --git a/.github/actions/install-deps/dependencies.json b/.github/actions/install-deps/dependencies.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2faab167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/install-deps/dependencies.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "ubuntu-22.04": [
+    "software-properties-common",
+    "build-essential",
+    "python3.10-venv",
+    "libyaml-cpp-dev",
+    "libboost-all-dev",
+    "libsndfile1",
+    "libhwloc-dev",
+    "libzmq3-dev"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
index 90373f61..5e52e7e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
-name: "Build artifacts"
+name: Build artifacts
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   workflow_call:
 
+env:
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "python3.10"
+
 jobs:
   build-artifacts:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         arch: ["grayskull"]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/install-deps
+        with:
+          os: ubuntu-22.04
       - name: Update submodule
         run: git submodule update --init --recursive
       - name: Build for ${{ matrix.arch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/post-commit-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/post-commit-workflow.yml
index 4387b275..ceb7d58d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post-commit-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post-commit-workflow.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: "Post commit workflow"
+name: Post commit workflow
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ on:
       - main
 
 jobs:
-  build-artifact:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-artifact.yaml
+  build-artifacts:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
     secrets: inherit
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-workflow.yml
index 27fb4e8b..c5fbe795 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-workflow.yml
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-artifacts:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yaml
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-artifacts.yml
     secrets: inherit
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