diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.yaml
index 90fcdb5874..2544e5945a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-tests-against-emulator.yaml
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ jobs:
       # init sql server with test_data
       - name: Install sqlcmd required for loading .sql files
         run: |
+          sudo apt-get update 
+          sudo apt-get install unixodbc-dev
           curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
           curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/16.04/prod.list | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/msprod.list
           sudo apt-get update 
-          sudo apt-get install mssql-tools unixodbc-dev
+          sudo apt-get install -y msodbcsql17 mssql-tools
           echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"' >> ~/.bash_profile
       - run: sqlcmd -?
       - run: sqlcmd -U sa -P ${MSSQL_SA_PASSWORD} -i test_data/sqlserver.test.out