diff --git a/runner/actions-runner.ubuntu-24.04-2025-09-18.dockerfile b/runner/actions-runner.ubuntu-24.04-2025-09-18.dockerfile
index 68213d52..4d4febb4 100644
--- a/runner/actions-runner.ubuntu-24.04-2025-09-18.dockerfile
+++ b/runner/actions-runner.ubuntu-24.04-2025-09-18.dockerfile
@@ -111,6 +111,19 @@ RUN apt-get update -y \
       build-essential pkg-config \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# official GitHub CLI installation https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md#debian
+RUN (type -p wget >/dev/null || (apt update && apt install wget -y)) \
+ && mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/keyrings \
+ && out=$(mktemp) && wget -nv -O$out https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
+ && cat $out | tee /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null \
+ && chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg \
+ && mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/sources.list.d \
+ && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null \
+ && apt update \
+ && apt install gh -y \
+ && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+
 # Your scripts and hooks
 COPY entrypoint.sh startup.sh logger.sh graceful-stop.sh update-status /usr/bin/
 COPY docker-shim.sh /usr/local/bin/docker