diff --git a/.github/workflows/cache-deps.yml b/.github/workflows/cache-deps.yml
index 7995eef0135..c79379402e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cache-deps.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cache-deps.yml
@@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ jobs:
 
       # repeating builds to workaround segfaults in windows and ghc-8.8.4
       - name: Build
-        run: cabal build || cabal build || cabal build
+        run: cabal build --only-dependencies || cabal build --only-dependencies || cabal build --only-dependencies