diff --git a/testing/get-renv.sh b/testing/get-renv.sh
index 39839b298..3349b8bda 100755
--- a/testing/get-renv.sh
+++ b/testing/get-renv.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-apt install r-base
+sudo apt install r-base