diff --git a/.github/workflows/render-README.yml b/.github/workflows/render-README.yml
index 4631589..13337f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/render-README.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/render-README.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Install R and Required Packages
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y r-base
+        Rscript -e 'if (!requireNamespace("rmarkdown", quietly = TRUE)) install.packages("rmarkdown")'
+        Rscript -e 'if (!requireNamespace("knitr", quietly = TRUE)) install.packages("knitr")'
+
     - name: Set up Quarto
       uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2