diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index f18fc88c..e2eb19e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ jobs:
         python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13']
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install tesseract
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-eng tesseract-ocr-fra tesseract-ocr-deu tesseract-ocr-spa tesseract-ocr-script-latn libleptonica-dev libtesseract-dev pkg-config
+      - name: Install tesseract and ffmpeg
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ffmpeg tesseract-ocr tesseract-ocr-eng tesseract-ocr-fra tesseract-ocr-deu tesseract-ocr-spa tesseract-ocr-script-latn libleptonica-dev libtesseract-dev pkg-config
       - name: Set TESSDATA_PREFIX
         run: |
           echo "TESSDATA_PREFIX=$(dpkg -L tesseract-ocr-eng | grep tessdata$)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"