diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fae9fe6..a5e5277 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: "Create bare bones Scarb.toml for cache testing"
+      - name: "Create bare bones Scarb.toml"
         shell: bash
         run: |
           cat <<EOF > Scarb.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./
       - run: scarb --version | grep "scarb ${{ steps.version.outputs.LATEST_VERSION }}"
 
+      - name: "Create Scarb.lock for cache testing"
+        run: |
+          scarb metadata --format-version 1
+          if [ -f Scarb.lock ]; then
+            echo "Successfully created Scarb.lock"
+          else
+            echo "Failed to create Scarb.lock"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+
       # NOTE: This is Scarb <0.7.0, thus this test checks the `cache path` fallback logic.
       - name: "Setup Scarb with `scarb-version: 0.4.1`"
         uses: ./