diff --git a/ci/install-dependencies.sh b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
index 4b1733ad15cce8..ed2d09a0a92d48 100755
--- a/ci/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ ubuntu-*|i386/debian-*|debian-*)
 	# See <https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/10508>.
 	if test -x /usr/bin/gnudirname
 	then
-		ln -sfT /usr/bin/gnudirname /usr/bin/dirname
+		sudo ln -sfT /usr/bin/gnudirname /usr/bin/dirname
 	fi
 
 	case "$distro" in