diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-upstream.yml b/.github/workflows/validate-upstream.yml
index 445eb0cbfe..e63c0105d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate-upstream.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-upstream.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
           targets: validate-upstream
           set: |
             *.cache-from=type=gha,scope=docs-upstream
-            *.cache-to=type=gha,scope=docs-upstream,mode=max
+            *.cache-to=type=gha,scope=docs-upstream
         env:
           UPSTREAM_MODULE_NAME: ${{ inputs.module-name }}
           UPSTREAM_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}