diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a4b2bac7..8c4eee54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -223,6 +223,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Create Terraform plugin cache dir
+        run: mkdir -p ~/.terraform.d/plugin-cache
+
       - name: Cache Terraform plugins
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
@@ -230,9 +233,6 @@ jobs:
           key: terraform-google-${{ hashFiles(format('{0}/.terraform.lock.hcl', env.TF_DIR)) }}
           restore-keys: terraform-google-
 
-      - name: Create Terraform plugin cache dir
-        run: mkdir -p ~/.terraform.d/plugin-cache
-
       - name: Authenticate to GCP
         uses: google-github-actions/auth@v2
         with: