diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 146e6518..8487efc3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         php-versions: ['7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3']
 
-    # TODO use cache
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -42,6 +41,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: docker-compose up
         run: make up
 
+      # https://github.com/shivammathur/setup-php?tab=readme-ov-file#cache-composer-dependencies
+      - name: Get composer cache directory
+        id: composer-cache
+        run: echo "dir=./tests/tmp/.composer/cache/files" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Make tests dir writable for restoring cache in next step
+        run: make tests_dir_write_permission
+
+      - name: Cache dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ steps.composer-cache.outputs.dir }}
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('composer.json') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
+
       - name: Install Docker and composer dependencies
         run: docker-compose exec php php -v && make installdocker
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e1a62b7d..a5e4abe8 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cd yii2-openapi
 make clean_all
 make up
 make installdocker
-sudo chmod -R 777 tests/tmp/ # https://github.com/cebe/yii2-openapi/issues/156
+sudo chmod -R 777 tests/tmp/ # TODO avoid 777 https://github.com/cebe/yii2-openapi/issues/156
 make migrate
 
 # to check everything is setup up correctly ensure all tests passes
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6d1a22dc..d35506d7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ migrate:
 installdocker:
 	docker-compose run --user=$(UID) --rm php composer install && chmod +x tests/yii
 
+tests_dir_write_permission:
+	docker-compose run --user="root" --rm php chmod -R 777 tests/tmp/ # TODO avoid 777 https://github.com/cebe/yii2-openapi/issues/156
+
 testdocker:
 	docker-compose run --user=$(UID) --rm php sh -c 'vendor/bin/phpunit --repeat 3'
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 9b71bf9e..08d61292 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ services:
         ports:
             - '23306:3306'
         volumes:
-            - ./tests/tmp/maria:/var/lib/mysql:rw
+            - ./tests/tmp/mariadb:/var/lib/mariadb:rw
         environment:
             # TZ: UTC
             # MARIADB_ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: 1