diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f1160ac0..07745e69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -22,22 +22,17 @@ jobs:
           - windows-latest
         arch:
           - x64
+    # needed to allow julia-actions/cache to delete old caches that it has created
+    permissions:
+      actions: write
+      contents: read
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v2
         with:
           version: ${{ matrix.version }}
           arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
-      - uses: actions/cache@v1
-        env:
-          cache-name: cache-artifacts
-        with:
-          path: ~/.julia/artifacts
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/Project.toml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ env.cache-name }}-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-test-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-
+      - uses: julia-actions/cache@v2
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@v1
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-processcoverage@v1