diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index a5a217d015..63e91976d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: scripts-dev/check_schema_delta.py --force-colors
 
   lint:
-    uses: "matrix-org/backend-meta/.github/workflows/python-poetry-ci.yml@v1"
+    uses: "matrix-org/backend-meta/.github/workflows/python-poetry-ci.yml@dmr/try-caching-black"
     with:
       typechecking-extras: "all"