diff --git a/.github/workflows/prek.yml b/.github/workflows/prek.yml
index 4c92af838..8fda8eb3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prek.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prek.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           go-version-file: core/go.mod
+          cache-dependency-path: core/go.sum
+
+      - name: Download Go modules
+        working-directory: core
+        run: for attempt in 1 2 3; do go mod download && exit 0; sleep 15; done; exit 1
 
       - name: run pre-commit hooks
         uses: j178/prek-action@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f75d7af87..10b2a594e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           go-version-file: ./core/go.mod
+          cache-dependency-path: core/go.sum
 
       - name: Format check
         if: matrix.goos == 'linux'
@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           go-version-file: ./core/go.mod
+          cache-dependency-path: core/go.sum
 
       - name: Download core artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-obs.yml b/.github/workflows/run-obs.yml
index ee6e437c6..d12027543 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-obs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-obs.yml
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           go-version-file: ./core/go.mod
+          cache-dependency-path: core/go.sum
 
       - name: Install OSC
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-ppa.yml b/.github/workflows/run-ppa.yml
index 9a4a64b55..e367888d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-ppa.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-ppa.yml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
         with:
           go-version-file: ./core/go.mod
+          cache-dependency-path: core/go.sum
           cache: false
 
       - name: Install build dependencies