diff --git a/dist/post_run/index.js b/dist/post_run/index.js
index 56f3664011..34fdeef915 100644
--- a/dist/post_run/index.js
+++ b/dist/post_run/index.js
@@ -49250,7 +49250,12 @@ function installLint(versionConfig) {
             repl = /\.zip$/;
         }
         else {
-            extractedDir = yield tc.extractTar(archivePath, process.env.HOME);
+            // We want to always overwrite files if the local cache already has them
+            const args = ["xz"];
+            if (process.platform.toString() != "darwin") {
+                args.push("--overwrite");
+            }
+            extractedDir = yield tc.extractTar(archivePath, process.env.HOME, args);
         }
         const urlParts = assetURL.split(`/`);
         const dirName = urlParts[urlParts.length - 1].replace(repl, ``);
diff --git a/dist/run/index.js b/dist/run/index.js
index b1b86e1255..c00fef61a3 100644
--- a/dist/run/index.js
+++ b/dist/run/index.js
@@ -49260,7 +49260,12 @@ function installLint(versionConfig) {
             repl = /\.zip$/;
         }
         else {
-            extractedDir = yield tc.extractTar(archivePath, process.env.HOME);
+            // We want to always overwrite files if the local cache already has them
+            const args = ["xz"];
+            if (process.platform.toString() != "darwin") {
+                args.push("--overwrite");
+            }
+            extractedDir = yield tc.extractTar(archivePath, process.env.HOME, args);
         }
         const urlParts = assetURL.split(`/`);
         const dirName = urlParts[urlParts.length - 1].replace(repl, ``);
diff --git a/src/install.ts b/src/install.ts
index 218c595c89..19b4df52ff 100644
--- a/src/install.ts
+++ b/src/install.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ export async function installLint(versionConfig: VersionConfig): Promise<string>
     extractedDir = await tc.extractZip(archivePath, process.env.HOME)
     repl = /\.zip$/
   } else {
-    extractedDir = await tc.extractTar(archivePath, process.env.HOME)
+    // We want to always overwrite files if the local cache already has them
+    const args = ["xz"]
+    if (process.platform.toString() != "darwin") {
+      args.push("--overwrite")
+    }
+    extractedDir = await tc.extractTar(archivePath, process.env.HOME, args)
   }
 
   const urlParts = assetURL.split(`/`)