diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 76e74e9..665b314 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ steps:
 - name: build hermes
   image: alpine
   commands:
-  - apk add -t hermes-build-deps --no-cache perl graphviz doxygen gcc make openssl-dev libspf2-dev cmake g++ sqlite-dev gettext-dev
+  - apk add -t hermes-build-deps --no-cache graphviz doxygen gcc make openssl-dev libspf2-dev cmake g++ sqlite-dev gettext-dev python3
   - cmake -B build_dir -D BUILD_DOCS=ON
   - cmake --build build_dir
 - name: docker image build
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ steps:
 - name: build hermes
   image: alpine
   commands:
-  - apk add -t hermes-build-deps --no-cache perl graphviz doxygen gcc make openssl-dev libspf2-dev cmake g++ sqlite-dev gettext-dev
+  - apk add -t hermes-build-deps --no-cache graphviz doxygen gcc make openssl-dev libspf2-dev cmake g++ sqlite-dev gettext-dev python3
   - cmake -B build_dir
   - cmake --build build_dir
 - name: docker image build