diff --git a/bin/wally-package-install.sh b/bin/wally-package-install.sh
index 4c8893b4f..64bbaafef 100755
--- a/bin/wally-package-install.sh
+++ b/bin/wally-package-install.sh
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ if [ "$FAMILY" = rhel ]; then
     # A newer version of gcc is required for qemu
     OTHER_PACKAGES="gcc-toolset-13"
 elif [ "$FAMILY" = ubuntu ]; then
-    PACKAGE_MANAGER=apt
-    UPDATE_COMMAND="sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y"
+    PACKAGE_MANAGER=apt-get
+    UPDATE_COMMAND="sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y --with-new-pkgs"
     GENERAL_PACKAGES="rsync git make cmake python3 python3-pip python3-venv curl wget ftp tar pkg-config dialog mutt ssmtp"
     GNU_PACKAGES="autoconf automake autotools-dev curl libmpc-dev libmpfr-dev libgmp-dev gawk build-essential bison flex texinfo gperf libtool patchutils bc zlib1g-dev libexpat1-dev ninja-build libglib2.0-dev libslirp-dev"
     QEMU_PACKAGES="libfdt-dev libpixman-1-dev"