diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index bc2f774a..946e7f85 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 jobs:
   unit_tests:
     name: unit tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     strategy:
       matrix:
         flags: ['', '--asan', '--ubsan']
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ jobs:
       run: pip install --break-system-packages --no-cache-dir .[dev]
     - name: Static analysis
       # TODO: a package pre-commit installs has a warning, remove the unset once that's fixed
-      run: $RUN "git init && git add -A && unset PYTHONWARNINGS && pre-commit run --all"
+      run: unset PYTHONWARNINGS && pre-commit run --all
diff --git a/install_dependencies.sh b/install_dependencies.sh
index 5b0c074d..ec0d0084 100755
--- a/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ $SUDO apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   git \
   libbz2-dev \
   libcapnp-dev \
+  libclang-rt-dev \
   libffi-dev \
   liblzma-dev \
   libncurses5-dev \