diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_latest.yml b/.github/workflows/build_latest.yml
index 079774710..bd797bd1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_latest.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         pushd pnetcdf-${PNETCDF_VERSION}
         ./configure --prefix $NETCDF_DIR --enable-shared --disable-fortran --disable-cxx
         make -j 2
-        make install
+        sudo make install
         popd
         echo "Download and build netCDF version ${NETCDF_VERSION}"
         wget https://downloads.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf-c/${NETCDF_VERSION}/netcdf-c-${NETCDF_VERSION}.tar.gz
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         export LIBS="-lhdf5_mpich_hl -lhdf5_mpich -lm -lz"
         ./configure --prefix $NETCDF_DIR --enable-netcdf-4 --enable-shared --enable-dap --enable-parallel4 $NETCDF_EXTRA_CONFIG
         make -j 2
-        make install
+        sudo make install
         popd
 
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_master.yml b/.github/workflows/build_master.yml
index f8f841636..48f901648 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_master.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         autoreconf -i
         ./configure --prefix $NETCDF_DIR --enable-netcdf-4 --enable-shared --enable-dap --enable-parallel4 
         make -j 2
-        make install
+        sudo make install
         popd
 
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_old.yml b/.github/workflows/build_old.yml
index 2c7233819..18a9ad187 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_old.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_old.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
         pushd pnetcdf-${PNETCDF_VERSION}
         ./configure --prefix $NETCDF_DIR --enable-shared --disable-fortran --disable-cxx
         make -j 2
-        make install
+        sudo make install
         popd
         echo "Download and build netCDF version ${NETCDF_VERSION}"
         wget https://downloads.unidata.ucar.edu/netcdf-c/${NETCDF_VERSION}/netcdf-c-${NETCDF_VERSION}.tar.gz
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         export LIBS="-lhdf5_mpich_hl -lhdf5_mpich -lm -lz"
         ./configure --prefix $NETCDF_DIR --enable-netcdf-4 --enable-shared --enable-dap --enable-parallel4 $NETCDF_EXTRA_CONFIG
         make -j 2
-        make install
+        sudo make install
         popd
 
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