diff --git a/dist/setup/index.js b/dist/setup/index.js
index e1b7296f..d7bf94d0 100644
--- a/dist/setup/index.js
+++ b/dist/setup/index.js
@@ -94433,7 +94433,6 @@ function run() {
             //
             const version = resolveVersionInput();
             let arch = core.getInput('architecture');
-            const cache = core.getInput('cache');
             // if architecture supplied but node-version is not
             // if we don't throw a warning, the already installed x64 node will be used which is not probably what user meant.
             if (arch && !version) {
@@ -94463,6 +94462,7 @@ function run() {
             if (registryUrl) {
                 auth.configAuthentication(registryUrl, alwaysAuth);
             }
+            const cache = core.getInput('cache');
             if (cache && (0, cache_utils_1.isCacheFeatureAvailable)()) {
                 core.saveState(constants_1.State.CachePackageManager, cache);
                 const cacheDependencyPath = core.getInput('cache-dependency-path');
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index c55c3b00..2d9f7ca0 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ export async function run() {
     const version = resolveVersionInput();
 
     let arch = core.getInput('architecture');
-    const cache = core.getInput('cache');
 
     // if architecture supplied but node-version is not
     // if we don't throw a warning, the already installed x64 node will be used which is not probably what user meant.
@@ -59,6 +58,7 @@ export async function run() {
       auth.configAuthentication(registryUrl, alwaysAuth);
     }
 
+    const cache = core.getInput('cache');
     if (cache && isCacheFeatureAvailable()) {
       core.saveState(State.CachePackageManager, cache);
       const cacheDependencyPath = core.getInput('cache-dependency-path');