diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67da1d9f73..18d03dde62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 ### Template
 
+- Don't cache pip in `linting.yml` ([#2961](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2961))
+
 ### Linting
 
 ### Download
diff --git a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/linting.yml b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/linting.yml
index d1ecae12b7..b2cde075fe 100644
--- a/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/linting.yml
+++ b/nf_core/pipeline-template/.github/workflows/linting.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@82c7e631bb3cdc910f68e0081d67478d79c6982d # v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
-          cache: "pip"
 
       - name: Install pre-commit
         run: pip install pre-commit