diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f43e3ee..170fcd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -28,15 +28,27 @@ jobs:
           tools: composer:v2
           coverage: xdebug
 
+      - name: Get Composer cache directory
+        id: composer-cache
+        run: echo "dir=$(composer config cache-files-dir)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Cache Composer files
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-php-${{ matrix.php }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-php-${{ matrix.php }}-composer-
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: composer install --no-interaction --prefer-dist --no-progress
 
       - name: Install talosctl ${{ matrix.talos }}
         run: |
-          curl -fsSL -o /tmp/talosctl.tar.gz https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/${{ matrix.talos }}/talosctl-linux-amd64.tar.gz
-          tar -xzf /tmp/talosctl.tar.gz -C /tmp
+          curl -fsSL -o /tmp/talosctl https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/download/${{ matrix.talos }}/talosctl-linux-amd64
+          chmod +x /tmp/talosctl
           sudo mv /tmp/talosctl /usr/local/bin/talosctl
-          talosctl version
+          talosctl version --client --short
 
       - name: Run full test suite (unit + feature + integration)
         run: composer test