diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/build_workflow.yml
index 57650912..b9b7640c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_workflow.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           # Increase this value to reset cache if dev-spec and setup.py have not changed in the workflow
           CACHE_NUMBER: 0
         with:
-          path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir
+          path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir_py${{ matrix.python-version }}
           key:
             ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-conda-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}-${{
             hashFiles('conda_package/dev-spec.txt,conda_package/setup.py') }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs_workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/docs_workflow.yml
index a060fc2c..9a00f968 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs_workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs_workflow.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ on:
   release:
     types: [published]
 
+env:
+  PYTHON_VERSION: "3.10"
+
 jobs:
   publish-docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           channels: conda-forge
           channel-priority: strict
           auto-update-conda: true
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
 
       - if: ${{ steps.skip_check.outputs.should_skip != 'true' }}
         name: Install mpas_tools