diff --git a/lib/setup-julia.js b/lib/setup-julia.js
index 5fcbea87..42ebdd3c 100644
--- a/lib/setup-julia.js
+++ b/lib/setup-julia.js
@@ -78,11 +78,15 @@ function run() {
             core.addPath(path.join(juliaPath, 'bin'));
             // Set output
             core.setOutput('julia-bindir', path.join(juliaPath, 'bin'));
-            // Test if Julia has been installed
-            exec.exec('julia', ['--version']);
-            // If enabled, also show the full version info
+            // Test if Julia has been installed and print the version
             if (core.getInput('show-versioninfo') == 'true') {
-                exec.exec('julia', ['-e', 'using InteractiveUtils; versioninfo()']);
+                // If enabled, show the full version info
+                // --compile=min -O0 reduces the time from ~1.8-1.9s to ~0.8-0.9s
+                exec.exec('julia', ['--compile=min', '-O0', '-e', 'using InteractiveUtils; versioninfo()']);
+            }
+            else {
+                // Otherwise only print julia --version to save time
+                exec.exec('julia', ['--version']);
             }
         }
         catch (error) {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 262e8295..0592ddb5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "setup-julia",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0896b9f1..4b887d7b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "setup-julia",
-  "version": "1.5.0",
+  "version": "1.5.1",
   "private": true,
   "description": "setup Julia action",
   "main": "lib/setup-julia.js",
diff --git a/src/setup-julia.ts b/src/setup-julia.ts
index 2c334bf3..08bab8db 100644
--- a/src/setup-julia.ts
+++ b/src/setup-julia.ts
@@ -73,13 +73,15 @@ async function run() {
 
         // Set output
         core.setOutput('julia-bindir', path.join(juliaPath, 'bin'))
-        
-        // Test if Julia has been installed
-        exec.exec('julia', ['--version'])
 
-        // If enabled, also show the full version info
+        // Test if Julia has been installed and print the version
         if (core.getInput('show-versioninfo') == 'true') {
-            exec.exec('julia', ['-e', 'using InteractiveUtils; versioninfo()'])
+            // If enabled, show the full version info
+            // --compile=min -O0 reduces the time from ~1.8-1.9s to ~0.8-0.9s
+            exec.exec('julia', ['--compile=min', '-O0', '-e', 'using InteractiveUtils; versioninfo()'])
+        } else {
+            // Otherwise only print julia --version to save time
+            exec.exec('julia', ['--version'])
         }
     } catch (error) {
         core.setFailed(error.message)