diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 658d591f6..e4f472de7 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ sudo tee /etc/apparmor.d/apptainer << 'EOF'
 # Permit unprivileged user namespace creation for apptainer starter
 abi <abi/4.0>,
 include <tunables/global>
-profile apptainer /usr/local/libexec/apptainer/bin/starter{,-suid} flags=(unconfined) {
+profile apptainer /usr/local/libexec/apptainer/bin/starter{,-suid} 
+flags=(unconfined) {
   userns,
   # Site-specific additions and overrides. See local/README for details.
   include if exists <local/apptainer>
diff --git a/scripts/ci-deb-build-test b/scripts/ci-deb-build-test
index 4d60a3e98..bc164f840 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-deb-build-test
+++ b/scripts/ci-deb-build-test
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 # this script runs as root under docker --privileged
 
+OS_MAJOR=$(grep ^VERSION_ID /etc/os-release | cut -d'=' -f2 | sed 's/\"//gI' | cut -d'.' -f1)
+
 # install dependencies
 apt-get update
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
@@ -19,6 +21,21 @@ apt-get install -y \
     cryptsetup \
     tzdata \
     curl wget git
+
+if [ $OS_MAJOR -gt 23 ];  then 
+# install dependencies for 24.04 (ubuntu 24.04 does not have python2)
+apt-get install -y \
+    devscripts \
+    debhelper \
+    dh-autoreconf \
+    help2man \
+    libarchive-dev \
+    libssl-dev \
+    python3 \
+    uuid-dev \
+    golang-go \
+    dh-apparmor
+else
 apt-get install -y \
     devscripts \
     debhelper \
@@ -30,6 +47,8 @@ apt-get install -y \
     uuid-dev \
     golang-go \
     dh-apparmor
+fi
+
 # for squashfuse_ll build
 apt-get install -y autoconf automake libtool pkg-config libfuse3-dev zlib1g-dev