diff --git a/.github/workflows/CreateRelease.yml b/.github/workflows/CreateRelease.yml
index 5928d8047..a8db18c77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CreateRelease.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CreateRelease.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
         submodules: recursive
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        brew install libomp cgal xerces-c
+        brew install libomp cgal xerces-c embree
         npm install -g appdmg
     - name: Cache Qt
       id: cache-qt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/MacOS.yml b/.github/workflows/MacOS.yml
index 3760fe208..a11cab7ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/MacOS.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/MacOS.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         submodules: recursive
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        brew install libomp cgal xerces-c
+        brew install libomp cgal xerces-c embree
         npm install -g appdmg
     - name: Cache Qt
       id: cache-qt
diff --git a/scripts/Linux/0_setup_env_ubuntu.sh b/scripts/Linux/0_setup_env_ubuntu.sh
index a5b590df5..18d077124 100644
--- a/scripts/Linux/0_setup_env_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/Linux/0_setup_env_ubuntu.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 echo "=== installing cmake, patchelf, gmp, mpfr and xcerces-c..."
-sudo apt-get install -y cmake patchelf libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev libxerces-c-dev
+sudo apt-get install -y cmake patchelf libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev libxerces-c-dev libembree-dev
 
 # possibility to use always system libraries starting from ubuntu 20.04, since cgal is header only
 if [ "$DOWNLOAD_CGAL_BOOST_SRC" = false ] ; then