diff --git a/.github/ci/packages.apt b/.github/ci/packages.apt
index efde86b28b..a275f21320 100644
--- a/.github/ci/packages.apt
+++ b/.github/ci/packages.apt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+binutils-dev
 freeglut3-dev
 libbenchmark-dev
+libdwarf-dev
+libdw-dev
 libfreeimage-dev
 libglew-dev
 libgz-cmake4-dev
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b8da0928ca..269e2d79ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ jobs:
           # per bug https://github.com/gazebosim/gz-sim/issues/1409
           cmake-args: '-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DBUILD_DOCS=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo'
           codecov-enabled: true
-          apt-dependencies: libdwarf-dev libdw-dev binutils-dev
 
   noble-ci:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -52,4 +51,3 @@ jobs:
           cmake-args: '-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DBUILD_DOCS=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo'
           cppcheck-enabled: true
           cpplint-enabled: true
-          apt-dependencies: libdwarf-dev libdw-dev binutils-dev