diff --git a/.github/workflows/precommit_and_docs_build_check.yml b/.github/workflows/precommit_and_docs_build_check.yml
index 92ba8bb8..2bc80bcc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/precommit_and_docs_build_check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/precommit_and_docs_build_check.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: "3.11"
           cache: pip
 
       - name: create venv and install dependencies
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           . /tmp/kazu-env/bin/activate
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install --upgrade --upgrade-strategy eager --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu "torch>=2.0.0"
-          pip install -e ."[dev]" --cache-dir $PIP_CACHE_DIR --upgrade --upgrade-strategy eager
+          pip install -e ."[dev]"
 
       - name: Check precommit
         run: |
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check docs build successfully
         # still run even if the pre-commit fails, so we
         # have the output on if the docs build succeeded or not
-        if: '!cancelled()'
+        if: "!cancelled()"
         run: |
           . /tmp/kazu-env/bin/activate
           make -C docs html