diff --git a/.github/workflows/meson.yml b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
index 17199705075..0ba1b46e33e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meson.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@ jobs:
               avahi \
               bison \
               dbus-glib \
+              db-4.6.21p7v0 \
               flex \
               gcc-11.2.0p9 \
               pkgconf \