diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
index a543e34..569818a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,14 @@ jobs:
           ## https://github.com/r-lib/usethis/commit/f1f1e0d10c1ebc75fd4c18fa7e2de4551fd9978f#diff-9bfee71065492f63457918efcd912cf2
           brew install imagemagick@6
 
+          ## For textshaping, required by ragg, and required by pkgdown
+          brew install harfbuzz fribidi
 
+          ## For installing usethis's dependency gert
+          brew install libgit2
+
+          ## Required for tcltk
+          brew install xquartz --cask
 
           ## required for ncdf4
           ## brew install netcdf ## Does not work as it is compiled with gcc