diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index bcfceb1646..9be3c11548 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
       IRIS_TEST_DATA_VERSION: "2.5"
       # Lets us manually bump the cache to rebuild
       TEST_DATA_CACHE_BUILD: "2"
-      GEN_DATA_CACHE_BUILD: "1"
       PY_VER: 3.8
 
     steps:
@@ -54,8 +53,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: |
             ${{ env.IRIS_TEST_DATA_PATH }}
-          key:
-            test-data-${{ env.IRIS_TEST_DATA_VERSION }}-${{ env.TEST_DATA_CACHE_BUILD }}
+          # Make sure GHA never gets an exact cache match by using the unique
+          #  github.sha. This means it will always store this run as a new
+          #  cache (any changes happen DURING the run, and I don't _think_ GHA
+          #  caching has anything native to support this). Cache restoration
+          #  still succeeds via the partial restore-key match.
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.sha }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}
 
       - name: Cache generated data directory
         id: cache-generated-data