diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index bb778a1f..77a29b75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -31,13 +31,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: pyproject.toml
-      - name: 🎯 Check cache hit
-        run: echo '${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.cache-hit }}'
       - name: 🌈 Install pangeo-forge-recipes package
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install -e  ".[test]"
       - name: 🧑‍💻 On the nightly run, test upstream dev versions
         if: |