diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b504021d26..c80bef0105 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build_and_test:
     env:
-      BUF_VERSION: '0.39.1'
+      BUF_VERSION: '0.41.0'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ jobs:
           key: buf-bin-v${{ env.BUF_VERSION }}-ubuntu-latest-v1
 
       - name: Install bufbuild
-        if: steps.cache-buf-bin.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         uses: mu-io/setup-buf@v1beta
         with:
           buf-version: ${{ env.BUF_VERSION }}