diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 2a0db39..c4cd779 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ jobs:
       R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Do a pre-emptive apt-update
+        run: sudo apt-get update -qq
+        if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           extra-packages: any::sessioninfo, any::rcmdcheck, any::pkgdepends, any::covr
           needs: check
+          cache: ${{ !env.ACT }}
       - name: Run just package tests and record test coverage
         run: |
           cat("LOGNAME=", Sys.info()[["user"]], "\n", sep = "", file = Sys.getenv("GITHUB_ENV"), append = TRUE)
@@ -86,6 +90,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Do a pre-emptive apt-update
+        run: sudo apt-get update -qq
+        if: ${{ !env.ACT }}
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
       - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
         with:
@@ -97,6 +104,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           extra-packages: any::sessioninfo, any::rcmdcheck, any::pkgdepends
           needs: check
+          cache: ${{ !env.ACT }}
 
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with: