diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-version-file.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-version-file.yaml
index cd41a0c8e91..6635a053f12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-version-file.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-version-file.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: "Release"
+name: "Release: version file"
 
 on:
 
diff --git a/Taskfile.yaml b/Taskfile.yaml
index 8624ae82fe2..b4dba1685f8 100644
--- a/Taskfile.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.yaml
@@ -293,7 +293,12 @@ tasks:
         # echo -e "generated all fixture fingerprints"
 
       - .github/scripts/fingerprint_docker_fixtures.py
-      - .github/scripts/find_cache_paths.py {{ .CACHE_PATHS_FILE }} > /dev/null
+      - |
+        # if DOWNLOAD_TEST_FIXTURE_CACHE is set to 'false', then we don't need to calculate the fingerprint for the cache
+        if [ "$DOWNLOAD_TEST_FIXTURE_CACHE" = "false" ]; then
+          exit 0
+        fi
+        .github/scripts/find_cache_paths.py {{ .CACHE_PATHS_FILE }} > /dev/null
 
 
   refresh-fixtures:
@@ -308,7 +313,7 @@ tasks:
       PURPLE='\033[0;35m'
       RESET='\033[0m'
       
-      # if DOWNLOAD_TEST_FIXTURE_CACHE is set to 'true', then skip the cache download and always build
+      # if DOWNLOAD_TEST_FIXTURE_CACHE is set to 'false', then skip the cache download and always build
       if [ "$DOWNLOAD_TEST_FIXTURE_CACHE" = "false" ]; then
           echo -e "${BOLD}${PURPLE}skipping cache download, rebuilding cache...${RESET}"
           {{ .TASK }} build-fixtures