diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2c39ae8b..51a6158d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+    - uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: ~/.cache/pip
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements.txt') }}-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements-test.txt') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-pip-
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -54,24 +60,37 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v1
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+    - name: Cache pip + Spark
+      id: cache-spark
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: |
+          /home/runner/work/spark/
+          ~/.cache/pip
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-spark-${{ matrix.SPARK_VERSION }}-hadoop${{ matrix.HADOOP_VERSION }}-java${{ matrix.JAVA_VERSION }}-${{ hashFiles('**/requirements-test.txt') }}
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install -e .
         pip install -r requirements-test.txt
+    - name: Download spark
+      if: steps.cache-spark.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      env:
+        BUILD_DIR: "/home/runner/work/"
+        SPARK_VERSION: "${{ matrix.SPARK_VERSION }}"
+        HADOOP_VERSION: "${{ matrix.HADOOP_VERSION }}"
+      run: |
+        curl https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-${SPARK_VERSION}/spark-${SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop${HADOOP_VERSION}.tgz --output ${BUILD_DIR}spark.tgz
     - name: Install Spark
       env:
-        BUILD_DIR: "/home/runner/work/" #${{ github.workspace }}
-        JAVA_HOME: "/usr/lib/jvm/java-${{ matrix.JAVA_VERSION }}-openjdk-amd64"
+        BUILD_DIR: "/home/runner/work/"
         SPARK_VERSION: "${{ matrix.SPARK_VERSION }}"
         HADOOP_VERSION: "${{ matrix.HADOOP_VERSION }}"
-        SPARK_HOME: "/home/runner/work/spark/" #${{ github.workspace }}/spark/
-        SPARK_LOCAL_IP: "localhost"
+        SPARK_HOME: "/home/runner/work/spark/"
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get -y install openjdk-${{ matrix.JAVA_VERSION }}-jdk
-        curl https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-${SPARK_VERSION}/spark-${SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop${HADOOP_VERSION}.tgz --output ${BUILD_DIR}/spark.tgz
-        tar -xvzf ${BUILD_DIR}/spark.tgz && mv spark-${SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop${HADOOP_VERSION} ${SPARK_HOME}
+        tar -xvzf ${BUILD_DIR}spark.tgz && mv spark-${SPARK_VERSION}-bin-hadoop${HADOOP_VERSION} ${SPARK_HOME}
         pip install pytest-spark>=0.6.0 pyarrow>=0.8.0 pyspark==${SPARK_VERSION}
     - name: Test with pytest (spark-specific)
       env:
@@ -79,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
         JAVA_HOME: "/usr/lib/jvm/java-${{ matrix.JAVA_VERSION }}-openjdk-amd64"
         SPARK_VERSION: "${{ matrix.SPARK_VERSION }}"
         HADOOP_VERSION: "${{ matrix.HADOOP_VERSION }}"
-        SPARK_HOME: "/home/runner/work/spark/" #${{ github.workspace }}/spark/
+        SPARK_HOME: "/home/runner/work/spark/"
         SPARK_LOCAL_IP: "localhost"
       run: |
         pytest -m spark