diff --git a/.github/scripts/downstream-project-spl-install-deps.sh b/.github/scripts/downstream-project-spl-install-deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b2daa79d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/downstream-project-spl-install-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt install libudev-dev binutils-dev libunwind-dev protobuf-compiler -y
diff --git a/.github/workflows/downstream-project-spl.yml b/.github/workflows/downstream-project-spl.yml
index 0fd25a57e3..f0ecfb20ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/downstream-project-spl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/downstream-project-spl.yml
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - shell: bash
         run: |
           source .github/scripts/downstream-project-spl-common.sh
-
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install libudev-dev binutils-dev libunwind-dev protobuf-compiler -y
+          source .github/scripts/downstream-project-spl-install-deps.sh
 
           cargo check
 
@@ -96,9 +94,7 @@ jobs:
       - shell: bash
         run: |
           source .github/scripts/downstream-project-spl-common.sh
-
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install libudev-dev binutils-dev libunwind-dev protobuf-compiler -y
+          source .github/scripts/downstream-project-spl-install-deps.sh
 
           programStr="${{ tojson(matrix.arrays.required_programs) }}"
           IFS=', ' read -ra programs <<<"${programStr//[\[\]$'\n'$'\r' ]/}"