diff --git a/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
index 9ca83d8..54dc59a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quarto-publish.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y libudunits2-dev libgdal-dev libgeos-dev libproj-dev
 
+      # Add R dependencies
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          use-public-rspm: true
+     
       # Install R dependencies
       - name: Install R dependencies
         run: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("evaluate", "rmarkdown", "knitr", "readr", "tidyr", "reactable", "maps", "plotly", "ggplot2", "tidygeocoder", "countrycode"))'
@@ -53,7 +58,21 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y libudunits2-dev libgdal-dev libgeos-dev libproj-dev
+          
+      # Set up caching for R packages
+      - name: Cache R packages
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: ~/.R
+          key: ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-R
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ env.cache-version }}-${{ runner.os }}-R-
 
+      # Add R dependencies
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          use-public-rspm: true
+      
       # Install R dependencies
       - name: Install R dependencies
         run: Rscript -e 'install.packages(c("evaluate", "rmarkdown", "knitr", "readr", "tidyr", "reactable", "maps", "plotly", "ggplot2", "tidygeocoder", "countrycode"))'