diff --git a/.github/workflows/render-README.qmd.yml b/.github/workflows/render-README.qmd.yml
index 6d4001b..ee61b22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render-README.qmd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render-README.qmd.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ jobs:
         wget https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli/releases/download/v1.2.269/quarto-1.2.269-linux-amd64.deb
         sudo dpkg -i quarto-1.2.269-linux-amd64.deb
 
+    - name: Install R and Required Packages
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y r-base
+        Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("rmarkdown", "jsonlite"), repos="https://cloud.r-project.org")'
+
     - name: Render README.qmd files to README.md
       run: |
         for file in $(find . -name 'README.qmd'); do