diff --git a/github_action_xcat_test.pl b/github_action_xcat_test.pl
index eff43cce3..824009dee 100644
--- a/github_action_xcat_test.pl
+++ b/github_action_xcat_test.pl
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ sub install_xcat{
                  "sudo sed -i '1i set -x' /etc/profile.d/xcat.sh ",
                  "cat /etc/profile.d/xcat.sh ",
                  "echo \$PATH",
-                 "source /etc/profile.d/xcat.sh ",
+                 "sudo source /etc/profile.d/xcat.sh ",
                  "echo \$PATH",
                  "sudo tabdump policy",
                  "sudo tabdump site",