diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index da596ab81..c265bc022 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -163,6 +163,23 @@ jobs:
             config-args: "-G Ninja -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr"
 
     steps:
+      # Make sure the container has git before we do anything else
+      - name: Install Git on Container
+        if: ${{ matrix.target.container }}
+        shell: bash
+        run : |
+           if [ "${{matrix.target.like}}" == "debian" ]; then
+             apt update -qqq > /dev/null && apt install -qqq git devscripts > /dev/null
+           elif [ "${{matrix.target.like}}" == "fedora" ]; then
+             dnf install -y git
+           elif [ "${{matrix.target.like}}" == "suse" ]; then
+             zypper refresh
+             zypper install -y --force-resolution git
+           elif [ "${{matrix.target.like}}" == "arch" ]; then
+             pacman -Syu --noconfirm git
+           else
+             echo "Unknown: ${{matrix.target.like}}"
+           fi
       # Fancy checkout gets all the tags
       # it also makes sure we can use git --describe correctly
       - name: Fancy Checkout
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 48e29fe0b..50651e3d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ jobs:
         language: ["cpp"]
 
     steps:
+      - name: Install container dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt update -qqq > /dev/null
+          apt install -qqq git > /dev/null
+
       - name: Fancy Checkout
         uses: sithlord48/fancy-checkout@v1.0.0
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud-analysis.yml
index 37e36ae07..865bfc235 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud-analysis.yml
@@ -22,20 +22,19 @@ jobs:
       CPU_CORE_COUNT: ${{ vars.SONAR_SCANNER_CPU_COUNT || 4 }}
 
     steps:
+      - name: Install container dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt update -qqq > /dev/null
+          apt install -qqq git curl unzip gcovr > /dev/null
+
       - name: Fancy Checkout
         uses: sithlord48/fancy-checkout@v1.0.0
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
+      - name: Install project dependencies
         uses: ./.github/actions/install-dependencies
         with:
           like: "debian"
 
-      - name: Install dependencies (extra)
-        run: apt install curl unzip gcovr  -y
-        env:
-          # Prevent apt prompting for input.
-          DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-
       - name: Install sonar-scanner and build-wrapper
         uses: sonarsource/sonarcloud-github-c-cpp@v3
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/valgrind-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/valgrind-analysis.yml
index ab1ce1895..eaead5939 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/valgrind-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/valgrind-analysis.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 10
 
     steps:
+      - name: Install container dependencies
+        run: |
+          apt update -qqq > /dev/null
+          apt install -qqq git valgrind > /dev/null
+
       - name: Fancy Checkout
         uses: sithlord48/fancy-checkout@v1.0.0
 
@@ -19,12 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           like: "debian"
 
-      - name: Install valgrind
-        run: apt install valgrind -y
-        env:
-          # Prevent apt prompting for input.
-          DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
-
       - name: Configure
         run: cmake -B build -G "Ninja"