diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 048238bf..a661a16b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
         python-version: 3.10.14
+        cache: 'pip' # caching pip dependencies
+    - run: pip install -r requirements.txt --disable-pip-version-check
 
     - name: Install ansible-base (v${{ matrix.ansible }})
       run: pip install https://github.com/ansible/ansible/archive/v${{ matrix.ansible }}.tar.gz --disable-pip-version-check
@@ -69,9 +71,6 @@ jobs:
         name: collection
         path: .cache/collection-tarballs
 
-    - name: Install requirements
-      run: pip install -r requirements.txt
-
     - name: Create ansible.cfg file
       run: |
        echo "[galaxy]" > ansible.cfg