diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yaml b/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yaml
index a6541bffc2..1c1026b3d8 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-go/action.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ inputs:
     description: Path prefix for go.mod / go.sum files (used when the repo is checked out into a subdirectory)
     required: false
     default: "."
+  cache:
+    description: Whether to cache Go modules and build outputs
+    required: false
+    default: "true"
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
@@ -14,5 +18,5 @@ runs:
         cache-dependency-path: |
           ${{ inputs.working-directory }}/go.sum
           ${{ inputs.working-directory }}/caddy/go.sum
-        cache: ${{ !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
+        cache: ${{ inputs.cache == 'true' && !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
         check-latest: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index e0d0d1dbf5..3ea099d2ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ jobs:
           fi
       - if: steps.state.outputs.resume != 'true'
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
+        with:
+          cache: "false"
       - if: steps.state.outputs.resume != 'true'
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-php
       - if: steps.state.outputs.resume != 'true'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static.yaml b/.github/workflows/static.yaml
index 29d5452dbd..f8f229460f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static.yaml
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.ref }}
           persist-credentials: false
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
+        with:
+          cache: ${{ !(needs.prepare.outputs.ref || github.ref_type == 'tag') }}
       - id: version
         uses: ./.github/actions/version
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yaml b/.github/workflows/windows.yaml
index 804147612f..6b31919fca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,20 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./frankenphp/.github/actions/setup-go
         with:
           working-directory: frankenphp
+          cache: ${{ !env.REF }}
+
+      - name: Determine runner image
+        id: image
+        run: '"version=$env:ImageVersion" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT'
+
+      # SourceForge sometimes serves runners a non-archive body for pthreads sources; release runs skip the cache
+      - name: Cache Vcpkg Packages # zizmor: ignore[cache-poisoning]
+        if: ${{ !env.REF }}
+        uses: actions/cache@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: ~\AppData\Local\vcpkg\archives
+          key: vcpkg-${{ runner.os }}-${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}-${{ hashFiles('frankenphp/vcpkg.json') }}
+          restore-keys: vcpkg-${{ runner.os }}-
 
       - name: Install Vcpkg Libraries
         working-directory: frankenphp