diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 545dd8c15dcf13..6530a90541bd48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Configure ccache action
         uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
+        with:
+          save: false
       - name: Check Autoconf and aclocal versions
         run: |
           grep "Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71" configure
@@ -283,6 +285,8 @@ jobs:
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Configure ccache action
       uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
+      with:
+        save: false
     - name: Configure CPython
       run: ./configure --config-cache --with-pydebug --with-openssl=$OPENSSL_DIR
     - name: Build CPython
@@ -326,6 +330,8 @@ jobs:
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Configure ccache action
       uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
+      with:
+        save: false
     - name: Setup directory envs for out-of-tree builds
       run: |
         echo "CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR=$(realpath -m ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../cpython-ro-srcdir)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -445,6 +451,9 @@ jobs:
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Configure ccache action
       uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
+      with:
+        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
+        max-size: "200M"
     - name: Configure CPython
       run: ./configure --config-cache --with-address-sanitizer --without-pymalloc
     - name: Build CPython
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
index 56268c8bfd3419..db4ca4d4667399 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ jobs:
         echo "PATH=/usr/lib/ccache:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Configure ccache action
       uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
+      with:
+        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
+        max-size: "200M"
     - name: Setup directory envs for out-of-tree builds
       run: |
         echo "CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR=$(realpath -m ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../cpython-ro-srcdir)" >> $GITHUB_ENV