diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_please.yml b/.github/workflows/release_please.yml
index dc907cde9..644ab3e32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_please.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
         with:
           path: z2m/scripts/commit-user-lookup.json
-          key: never-hit
+          key: commit-user-lookup-dummy
           restore-keys: |
             - commit-user-lookup-
       - name: Generate changelog