diff --git a/roles/appsmith/defaults/main.yml b/roles/appsmith/defaults/main.yml
index 45ac520..1d48af2 100644
--- a/roles/appsmith/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/appsmith/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 ---
 
 # Version to deploy
-appsmith_version: 1.5.5
+appsmith_version: 1.5.8
 # URL of the source archive
 appsmith_archive_url: https://github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/archive/v{{ appsmith_version }}.tar.gz
 # sha1sum of the archive
-appsmith_archive_sha1: 90969fe7088910434e473ea607076c9558a67fcb
+appsmith_archive_sha1: 9f24c95a402f5823f2a9c41cd0a1096bb2d7f0a8
 
 # Root directory where appsmith will be installed
 appsmith_root_dir: /opt/appsmith
diff --git a/roles/appsmith/tasks/install.yml b/roles/appsmith/tasks/install.yml
index df2ad90..f39a6d1 100644
--- a/roles/appsmith/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/roles/appsmith/tasks/install.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
       - java-11-openjdk
       - java-11-openjdk-devel
       - mongodb-org-tools
+      - make
+      - gcc-c++
   tags: appsmith
 
 - name: Detect exact JRE version