diff --git a/.github/workflows/advanced.yml b/.github/workflows/advanced.yml
index 701103dab..2b9b78129 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/advanced.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/advanced.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ jobs:
         curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
         unzip awscliv2.zip
         sudo ./aws/install
+    - name: install kubectl
+      run: |
+        curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
+        sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+
     - name: get EKS access credentials
       run: aws eks update-kubeconfig  --name ${{ env.AWS_EKS_NAME }}