diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index d1b80bb1..3cd4ce74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           needs: check
 
       - name: Install tmap package from GitHub
-        run: Rscript -e 'remotes::install_github("r-tmap/tmap")'
+        run: Rscript -e "install.packages('remotes'); remotes::install_github('r-tmap/tmap')"
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with: