diff --git a/.github/workflows/group.yaml b/.github/workflows/group.yaml
index caab94c13a..9f87260314 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/group.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/group.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt update
-        sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends wget software-properties-common hwloc libhwloc-dev libevent libevent-dev
+        sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends wget software-properties-common hwloc libhwloc-dev libevent-2.1-7 libevent-dev
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
             submodules: recursive