diff --git a/.gitpod.yml b/.gitpod.yml
index 1fafeb4f4bfc1e8285a3fc021f0d8fa45ee96f6d..3f4ea49fa1319d4e9cdf020fee71a4b26c9ad605 100644
--- a/.gitpod.yml
+++ b/.gitpod.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ tasks:
   - name: Setup Development Env
     openMode: tab-after
     init: |
+      type -p curl >/dev/null || sudo apt install curl -y
+      curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
+      sudo chmod go+r /usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
+      echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
       sudo apt update
-      sudo apt install gh
+      sudo apt install gh -y
       gp sync-done dev-setup
   - name: Install ODK Central
     openMode: tab-after