diff --git a/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml b/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml
index 52ef0db..e4f4cdf 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/author-tests.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ steps:
   test:
     image: "quay.io/simcop2387/perl-debug-containers:${PERL_VERSIONS}-main${THREADS}-bookworm-backports"
     commands:
+      - apt update && apt install -y libssl-dev
       - cpanm --verbose Dist::Zilla
       - dzil authordeps | xargs cpanm --verbose 
       - dzil listdeps | xargs cpanm --verbose