diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-python-poetry/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-python-poetry/action.yml
index dd5be4b3a2..cc2c38e818 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-python-poetry/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-python-poetry/action.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Run `poetry lock` during setup. Only enable when a prior step mutates pyproject.toml (e.g. API `@master` VCS rewrite). Default: false.'
     required: false
     default: 'false'
+  enable-cache:
+    description: 'Whether to enable Poetry dependency caching via actions/setup-python'
+    required: false
+    default: 'true'
 
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
@@ -74,7 +78,9 @@ runs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@e797f83bcb11b83ae66e0230d6156d7c80228e7c # v6.0.0
       with:
         python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
-        cache: 'poetry'
+        # Disable cache when callers skip dependency install: Poetry 2.3.4 creates
+        # the venv in a path setup-python can't hash, breaking the post-step save-cache.
+        cache: ${{ inputs.enable-cache == 'true' && 'poetry' || '' }}
         cache-dependency-path: ${{ inputs.working-directory }}/poetry.lock
 
     - name: Install Python dependencies
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
index 4ff8fc049c..07caea7255 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: '3.12'
         install-dependencies: 'false'
+        enable-cache: 'false'
 
     - name: Configure Git
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdk-container-build-push.yml b/.github/workflows/sdk-container-build-push.yml
index 6d606f21be..8a2bba691c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdk-container-build-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdk-container-build-push.yml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           install-dependencies: 'false'
+          enable-cache: 'false'
 
       - name: Inject poetry-bumpversion plugin
         run: pipx inject poetry poetry-bumpversion
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sdk-pypi-release.yml b/.github/workflows/sdk-pypi-release.yml
index 1932e84ed7..7916431dec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sdk-pypi-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sdk-pypi-release.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           install-dependencies: 'false'
+          enable-cache: 'false'
 
       - name: Build Prowler package
         run: poetry build
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
           install-dependencies: 'false'
+          enable-cache: 'false'
 
       - name: Install toml package
         run: pip install toml