diff --git a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
index 19de6f50..8409f366 100644
--- a/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
+++ b/first-class-pipeline/src/com/freeleaps/devops/SemanticReleasingExecutor.groovy
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ class SemanticReleasingExecutor {
 
     steps.dir(steps.env.workroot) {
       steps.withCredentials([steps.usernamePassword(credentialsId: credentialsId, passwordVariable: 'GIT_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'GIT_USERNAME')]) {
+        steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release requirements...")
+        steps.sh "apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl wget gnupg"
         steps.log.warn("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Setting up git credentials, execute workaround for semantic-release integrate with Azure DevOps")
         // TODO: This should be supported by semantic-release itself, not a workaround here
         steps.sh "git config --global http.extraheader \"AUTHORIZATION: Bearer ${steps.env.GIT_PASSWORD}\""
         steps.writeFile file: '.releaserc.json', text: steps.libraryResource(config)
-        steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release requirements...")
-        steps.sh "apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl wget gnupg"
         steps.log.info("SemanticReleasingExecutor", "Installing semantic-release plugins...")
         steps.sh "npm install -g ${plugins.join(' ')}"
         steps.sh "git config --global --add safe.directory ${steps.env.workroot}"