diff --git a/.github/workflows/cppcheck-differential.yaml b/.github/workflows/cppcheck-differential.yaml
index 914abd7df86ea..28949c92f9c2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cppcheck-differential.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cppcheck-differential.yaml
@@ -14,20 +14,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake git libpcre3-dev
+          sudo apt-get install -y git
 
-      # cppcheck from apt does not yet support --check-level args, and thus install from source
-      - name: Install Cppcheck from source
+      # cppcheck from apt does not yet support --check-level args, and thus install from snap
+      - name: Install Cppcheck from snap
         run: |
-          mkdir /tmp/cppcheck
-          git clone https://github.com/danmar/cppcheck.git /tmp/cppcheck
-          cd /tmp/cppcheck
-          git checkout 2.14.1
-          mkdir build
-          cd build
-          cmake ..
-          make -j $(nproc)
-          sudo make install
+          sudo snap install cppcheck --edge
 
       - name: Get changed files
         id: changed-files