diff --git a/.github/workflows/monkey-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/monkey-ci.yml
index 93809d406c67..f460e8784f2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/monkey-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/monkey-ci.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ jobs:
     needs: [pre-ci]
     if: needs.pre-ci.outputs.should-build-be == 'true' || needs.pre-ci.outputs.should-build-fe == 'true' || needs.pre-ci.outputs.should-build-pkg == 'true' || needs.pre-ci.outputs.assets-json == 'true'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout package-lock
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            package-lock.json
 
       - name: Cache node modules
         id: cache-npm
@@ -77,12 +81,16 @@ jobs:
           cache-name: cache-node-modules
         with:
           path: ~/.npm
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-build-
             ${{ runner.os }}-
 
+      - if: ${{ steps.cache-npm.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
+        name: Full checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - if: ${{ steps.cache-npm.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
         name: Install dependencies
         run: npm install --prefer-offline --no-audit
@@ -106,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-name: cache-node-modules
         with:
           path: ~/.npm
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-build-
@@ -150,7 +158,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-name: cache-node-modules
         with:
           path: ~/.npm
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-build-
@@ -204,7 +212,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-name: cache-node-modules
         with:
           path: ~/.npm
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-build-
@@ -247,7 +255,7 @@ jobs:
           cache-name: cache-node-modules
         with:
           path: ~/.npm
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('package-lock.json') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-build-