diff --git a/.github/kokoro/steps/hostsetup.sh b/.github/kokoro/steps/hostsetup.sh
index 35395950..dc7f56d5 100755
--- a/.github/kokoro/steps/hostsetup.sh
+++ b/.github/kokoro/steps/hostsetup.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 set -e
 
+echo
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Removing older packages"
+echo "----------------------------------------"
+sudo apt-get remove -y cmake
+echo "----------------------------------------"
+
+echo
+echo "========================================"
+echo "Host adding PPAs"
+echo "----------------------------------------"
+wget -O - https://apt.kitware.com/keys/kitware-archive-latest.asc 2>/dev/null | sudo apt-key add -
+sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://apt.kitware.com/ubuntu/ xenial main'
+echo "----------------------------------------"
+
 echo
 echo "========================================"
 echo "Host updating packages"
@@ -16,17 +31,23 @@ echo "----------------------------------------"
 sudo apt-get remove -y \
 	python-pytest \
 
+
+sudo apt-get autoremove -y
+
 echo "----------------------------------------"
 echo
 echo "========================================"
 echo "Host install packages"
 echo "----------------------------------------"
 sudo apt-get install -y \
+        bash \
         bison \
         build-essential \
         ca-certificates \
         clang-format \
         cmake \
+        colordiff \
+        coreutils \
         curl \
         flex \
         fontconfig \