diff --git a/aarch64_buildscript b/aarch64_buildscript
index 4e96f6c2..01de80ff 100755
--- a/aarch64_buildscript
+++ b/aarch64_buildscript
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 #   Changed to bash shebang above from repo build script setting of zsh
 pacman-key --init
 pacman-key --populate archlinuxarm
-pacman -Syu --noconfirm
 pacman -S yarn git wget --noconfirm
+pacman -Syu --noconfirm
 wget https://github.com/jensgrunzer1/pyhon311-for-aarch64/raw/refs/heads/main/python311-3.11.9-2-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz
 pacman -U python311-3.11.9-2-aarch64.pkg.tar.xz --noconfirm
 mkdir swingmusicbuilder