diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 394844d..4dd25d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ jobs:
             libzmq3-dev \
             libyang-dev \
             libpython2.7-dev \
-            python
+            python \
+            nlohmann-json3-dev
 
     - name: reset-submodules
       run: |