diff --git a/.github/actions/build-dependencies/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-dependencies/action.yml
index 1c6c7f56..b34bb933 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-dependencies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-dependencies/action.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ runs:
         sudo apt remove -y "*powershell*" "*nuget*" "*bazel*" "*ansible*" "*terraform*" "*heroku*" "*aws*" azure-cli
         sudo apt remove -y "*nodejs*" "*npm*" "*yarn*" "*java*" "*kotlin*" "*golang*" "*swift*" "*julia*" "*fortran*" "*android*"
         sudo apt remove -y "*apache2*" "*nginx*" "*firefox*" "*chromium*" "*chrome*" "*edge*"
+
+        # The following removal command requires explicitly installing python/removing shim-signed
+        sudo apt install --fix-missing --fix-broken -y python3 python3.12 libpython3-stdlib
         sudo apt remove -y --allow-remove-essential -f shim-signed
-        # This command would fail, due to shim-signed having unmet dependencies, hence its removal
         sudo apt remove -y "*qemu*" "*sql*" "*texinfo*" "*imagemagick*"
       if: runner.os == 'Linux'