diff --git a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
index 4656615c..e9f81197 100644
--- a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
+++ b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ class SemanticReleasingExecutor {
 
     steps.dir(steps.env.workroot) {
       steps.writeFile file: 'releaserc.json', text: steps.libraryResource(config)
+      steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release requirements...")
+      steps.sh "apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl wget gnupg"
       steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release plugins...")
       steps.sh "npm install -g ${plugins.join(' ')}"
       steps.sh "semantic-release"