diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index e418fe76ee09..6eb32e400f7d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ inputs:
   cache:
     description: "Cache Maven repo"
     default: true
+  download_dependencies:
+    description: "Download all Maven dependencies so Maven can work in offline mode"
+    default: true
 
 runs:
   using: composite
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ runs:
           java-version: ${{ inputs.java-version }}
       - name: Cache local Maven repo
         id: cache
-        if: ${{ inputs.cache }}
+        if: ${{ format('{0}', inputs.cache) == 'true' }}
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
           path: ~/.m2/repository
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ runs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
       - name: Fetch any missing dependencies
         shell: bash
+        if: ${{ format('{0}', inputs.download_dependencies) == 'true' }}
         run: ./.github/bin/download-maven-dependencies.sh
       - name: Configure Problem Matchers
         if: ${{ inputs.java-version != '' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d94fdeff9823..7b636411960e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -977,6 +977,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
         with:
           cache: false
+          download_dependencies: false
       - name: Product tests artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with: