diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging-upstream.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging-upstream.yml
index 188ca0d02ca..5d430db6b6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging-upstream.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging-upstream.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # The quilt default setting is --fuzz=2, but debian packaging has
           # stricter requirements
-          sed -i 's/QUILT_PUSH_ARGS=.*$/QUILT_PUSH_ARGS="--fuzz=0"/g' /etc/quilt.quiltrc
+          sudo sed -i 's/QUILT_PUSH_ARGS=.*$/QUILT_PUSH_ARGS="--fuzz=0"/g' /etc/quilt.quiltrc
 
       - name: Setup - configure git
         run: |