diff --git a/.github/workflows/platform_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/platform_tests.yml
index b4b111e264..16193d6dbb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/platform_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/platform_tests.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ jobs:
         libxkbcommon-dev
         xorg-dev
         xvfb
-      if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' }}
+        language-pack-en &&
+        export LANG=en_EN.UTF-8
+
+        if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' }}
 
     - name: Tests
       run: ${{ matrix.runner }} go test -race "-test.benchtime" 10ms -tags "${{ matrix.tags }}" ./...