diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-release.yaml
index a14570c7..1ac1bf10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-release.yaml
@@ -39,36 +39,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           use-public-rspm: true
 
-      - name: Query dependencies
-        run: |
-          install.packages('remotes')
-          saveRDS(remotes::dev_package_deps(dependencies = TRUE), ".github/depends.Rds", version = 2)
-          writeLines(sprintf("R-%i.%i", getRversion()$major, getRversion()$minor), ".github/R-version")
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-
-      - name: Cache R packages
-        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v1
         with:
-          path: ${{ env.R_LIBS_USER }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-${{ hashFiles('.github/depends.Rds') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('.github/R-version') }}-1-
-
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        env:
-          RHUB_PLATFORM: linux-x86_64-ubuntu-gcc
-        run: |
-          Rscript -e "remotes::install_github('r-hub/sysreqs')"
-          sysreqs=$(Rscript -e "cat(sysreqs::sysreq_commands('DESCRIPTION'))")
-          sudo -s eval "$sysreqs"
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          install.packages(c("remotes", "rcmdcheck"))
-          remotes::install_deps(dependencies = TRUE)
-          remotes::install_cran("covr")
-        shell: Rscript {0}
+          extra-packages: rcmdcheck
 
       - name: Session info
         run: |