diff --git a/.github/workflows/depends.yml b/.github/workflows/depends.yml
index 2209830d29..c754260b24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/depends.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/depends.yml
@@ -9,18 +9,23 @@ on:
 
 env:
   APT_SET_CONF: |
-        echo "Acquire::Retries \"3\";"         | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80-custom
-        echo "Acquire::http::Timeout \"120\";" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80-custom
-        echo "Acquire::ftp::Timeout \"120\";"  | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80-custom
+    tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80-custom << EOF
+    Acquire::Retries "3";
+    Acquire::http::Timeout "120";
+    Acquire::ftp::Timeout "120";
+    EOF
   CCACHE_SETTINGS: |
         ccache --max-size=150M
         ccache --set-config=compression=true
 
 jobs:
   build-cross:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    env:
-      CCACHE_TEMPDIR: /tmp/.ccache-temp
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: ubuntu:20.04
+      env:
+        DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
+        CCACHE_TEMPDIR: /tmp/.ccache-temp
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -48,15 +53,21 @@ jobs:
             packages: "gperf cmake python3-zmq libdbus-1-dev libharfbuzz-dev"
           - name: "Cross-Mac x86_64"
             host: "x86_64-apple-darwin11"
-            packages: "cmake imagemagick libcap-dev librsvg2-bin libz-dev libbz2-dev libtiff-tools python-dev python3-setuptools-git"
+            packages: "cmake imagemagick libcap-dev librsvg2-bin libz-dev libbz2-dev libtiff-tools python-dev python3-setuptools-git libtinfo5"
           - name: "Cross-Mac aarch64"
             host: "aarch64-apple-darwin11"
-            packages: "cmake imagemagick libcap-dev librsvg2-bin libz-dev libbz2-dev libtiff-tools python-dev python3-setuptools-git"
+            packages: "cmake imagemagick libcap-dev librsvg2-bin libz-dev libbz2-dev libtiff-tools python-dev python3-setuptools-git libtinfo5"
           - name: "x86_64 Freebsd"
             host: "x86_64-unknown-freebsd"
             packages: "clang-8 gperf cmake python3-zmq libdbus-1-dev libharfbuzz-dev"
     name: ${{ matrix.toolchain.name }}
     steps:
+    - name: set apt conf
+      run: ${{env.APT_SET_CONF}}
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: apt update; apt -y install build-essential libtool cmake autotools-dev automake pkg-config python3 gperf bsdmainutils curl git ca-certificates unzip ccache ${{ matrix.toolchain.packages }}
+    - name: configure git
+      run: git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
@@ -84,15 +95,11 @@ jobs:
         path: contrib/depends/sdk-sources
         key: sdk-${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}-${{ matrix.toolchain.osx_sdk }}
         restore-keys: sdk-${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}-${{ matrix.toolchain.osx_sdk }}
-    - name: set apt conf
-      run: ${{env.APT_SET_CONF}}
-    - name: install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt update; sudo apt -y install build-essential libtool cmake autotools-dev automake pkg-config bsdmainutils curl git ca-certificates ccache ${{ matrix.toolchain.packages }}
     - name: prepare w64-mingw32
       if: ${{ matrix.toolchain.host == 'x86_64-w64-mingw32' || matrix.toolchain.host == 'i686-w64-mingw32' }}
       run: |
-        sudo update-alternatives --set ${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}-g++ $(which ${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}-g++-posix)
-        sudo update-alternatives --set ${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}-gcc $(which ${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}-gcc-posix)
+        update-alternatives --set ${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}-g++ $(which ${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}-g++-posix)
+        update-alternatives --set ${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}-gcc $(which ${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}-gcc-posix)
     - name: build
       run: |
         ${{env.CCACHE_SETTINGS}}
@@ -102,5 +109,5 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: ${{ matrix.toolchain.name }}
         path: |
-          /home/runner/work/monero/monero/build/${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}/release/bin/monero-wallet-cli*
-          /home/runner/work/monero/monero/build/${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}/release/bin/monerod*
+          build/${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}/release/bin/monero-wallet-cli*
+          build/${{ matrix.toolchain.host }}/release/bin/monerod*