diff --git a/.github/actions/go-setup-cache/action.yml b/.github/actions/go-setup-cache/action.yml
index ff0cb2353..6525e80f3 100644
--- a/.github/actions/go-setup-cache/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/go-setup-cache/action.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ runs:
       if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       # cover all the bases, just to be make sure we loaded everything we'll use
       run: |
-        go mod download -v
+        go mod download -x
         go build -o compile
         go test -v -c -o compile_test
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_filechange_checker.yml b/.github/workflows/_filechange_checker.yml
index 273868728..f07dea447 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_filechange_checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_filechange_checker.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
               - 'docs/**'
             actions:
               - '.github/workflows/**'
+              - '.github/actions/**'
 
       - name: Check dorny for changes in src filepaths
         id: srcchecker