diff --git a/projects/g-api-py-api-common-protos/Dockerfile b/projects/g-api-py-api-common-protos/Dockerfile
index 07849a543..946ea71f1 100644
--- a/projects/g-api-py-api-common-protos/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/g-api-py-api-common-protos/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
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 FROM gcr.io/oss-fuzz-base/base-builder-python
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y make autoconf automake libtool pkg-config
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y make autoconf automake libtool zlib1g-dev pkg-config
 RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip && pip3 install google-api-core
 RUN git clone --depth 1 --recursive https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf.git
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/googleapis/python-api-common-protos