diff --git a/.github/workflows/garnetreduction.yml b/.github/workflows/garnetreduction.yml
index 85fbc31..45316a3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/garnetreduction.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/garnetreduction.yml
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ jobs:
               channels: conda-forge, mantid/label/nightly, oncat
               mamba-version: "*"
               environment-file: environment.yml
-              cache-environment-key: ${{ runner.os }}-env-${{ hashFiles('**/environment.yml') }}
-              cache-downloads-key: ${{ runner.os }}-downloads-${{ hashFiles('**/environment.yml') }}
           - name: install garnet_reduction
             run: |
                   python -m pip install -e .
@@ -48,8 +46,6 @@ jobs:
               channels: conda-forge, mantid/label/nightly, oncat
               mamba-version: "*"
               environment-file: environment.yml
-              cache-environment-key: ${{ runner.os }}-env-${{ hashFiles('**/environment.yml') }}
-              cache-downloads-key: ${{ runner.os }}-downloads-${{ hashFiles('**/environment.yml') }}
           - name: building python wheel
             shell: bash -l {0}
             run: |
@@ -75,3 +71,28 @@ jobs:
               if [ "${IS_RC}" = "true" ]; then CONDA_LABEL="rc"; fi
               echo pushing ${{ github.ref }} with label $CONDA_LABEL
               anaconda upload --label $CONDA_LABEL conda.recipe/noarch/garnet_reduction*.tar.bz2
+
+          - name: Get Date
+            id: get-date
+            run: echo "::set-output name=today::$(/bin/date -u '+%Y%m%d')"
+            shell: bash
+
+          - name: Cache Conda env
+            uses: actions/cache@v4
+            with:
+              path: ${{ env.CONDA }}/envs
+              key:
+                conda-${{ runner.os }}--${{ runner.arch }}--${{
+                steps.get-date.outputs.today }}-${{
+                hashFiles('environment.yml') }}-${{
+                env.CACHE_NUMBER }}
+              env:
+                # Increase this value to reset cache if environment.yml has not changed
+                CACHE_NUMBER: 4
+              id: cache
+
+          - name: Update environment
+            run:
+              mamba env update -n anaconda-client-env -f
+              environment.yml
+            if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'