diff --git a/dist/post_run/index.js b/dist/post_run/index.js
index 78a1f20..e5c8bf9 100644
--- a/dist/post_run/index.js
+++ b/dist/post_run/index.js
@@ -48580,7 +48580,9 @@ function installLint(versionConfig) {
             repl = /\.zip$/;
         }
         else {
-            extractedDir = yield tc.extractTar(archivePath, process.env.HOME);
+            // We want to always overwrite files if the local cache already has them
+            let args = ['xz', '--overwrite'];
+            extractedDir = yield tc.extractTar(archivePath, process.env.HOME, args);
         }
         const urlParts = assetURL.split(`/`);
         const dirName = urlParts[urlParts.length - 1].replace(repl, ``);
diff --git a/dist/run/index.js b/dist/run/index.js
index 2562a9b..95c9890 100644
--- a/dist/run/index.js
+++ b/dist/run/index.js
@@ -48590,7 +48590,9 @@ function installLint(versionConfig) {
             repl = /\.zip$/;
         }
         else {
-            extractedDir = yield tc.extractTar(archivePath, process.env.HOME);
+            // We want to always overwrite files if the local cache already has them
+            let args = ['xz', '--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 218c595..dad6c4d 100644
--- a/src/install.ts
+++ b/src/install.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ 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
+    let args = ['xz', '--overwrite']
+    extractedDir = await tc.extractTar(archivePath, process.env.HOME, args)
   }
 
   const urlParts = assetURL.split(`/`)