try installing without cache

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install flake8 pytest
-          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then cat requirements.txt | xargs -L1 pip install; fi
+          if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then cat requirements.txt | xargs -L1 pip install --no-cache-dir; fi
       - name: Lint with flake8
         run: |
           # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names