diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c809a12..0483788 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install fish
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+          sudo apt-get -o Acquire::Retries=3 update -qq
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y software-properties-common
           sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fish-shell/release-4
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y fish
+          sudo apt-get -o Acquire::Retries=3 update -qq
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y fish
 
       - name: Run fish config tests
         run: fish tests/run-tests.fish
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+          sudo apt-get -o Acquire::Retries=3 update -qq
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y software-properties-common
           sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:fish-shell/release-4
-          sudo apt-get update -qq
-          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y pandoc python3-yaml fish
+          sudo apt-get -o Acquire::Retries=3 update -qq
+          sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y pandoc python3-yaml fish
 
       - name: Generate concatenated markdown
         run: python3 docs/build-manual.py --concat -o docs/fish-config.md