diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-unit-tests.yml
index 5144e7dc..22a63565 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-unit-tests.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,15 @@ jobs:
         uses: ros-tooling/setup-ros@v0.7
         with:
           required-ros-distributions: ${{ matrix.ros_distribution }}
+      - name: Use gcc 13 and g++ 13
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
+          sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y gcc-13 g++-13
+          sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-13 100 --slave /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-13
+          sudo update-alternatives --config gcc
       - name: Build and test ROS 2 packages
         uses: ros-tooling/action-ros-ci@v0.3
         id: action_ros_ci_step