diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3099dff..5d89b83 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "blue-build-template",
  "blue-build-utils",
  "bon",
- "cached",
+ "cached 0.55.1",
  "clap",
  "clap-verbosity-flag",
  "clap_complete",
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "blue-build-utils",
  "bon",
- "cached",
+ "cached 0.55.1",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "colored",
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "blake2",
  "bon",
- "cached",
+ "cached 0.55.1",
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "comlexr",
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ checksum = "9718806c4a2fe9e8a56fd736f97b340dd10ed1be8ed733ed50449f351dc33cae"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash 0.8.11",
  "async-trait",
- "cached_proc_macro",
+ "cached_proc_macro 0.23.0",
  "cached_proc_macro_types",
  "futures",
  "hashbrown 0.14.5",
@@ -657,6 +657,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "web-time",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cached"
+version = "0.55.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0839c297f8783316fcca9d90344424e968395413f0662a5481f79c6648bbc14"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash 0.8.11",
+ "async-trait",
+ "cached_proc_macro 0.24.0",
+ "cached_proc_macro_types",
+ "futures",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+ "once_cell",
+ "thiserror 2.0.12",
+ "tokio",
+ "web-time",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cached_proc_macro"
 version = "0.23.0"
@@ -669,6 +687,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.100",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cached_proc_macro"
+version = "0.24.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "673992d934f0711b68ebb3e1b79cdc4be31634b37c98f26867ced0438ca5c603"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.100",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cached_proc_macro_types"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -4431,7 +4461,7 @@ checksum = "9958ac57dea620d4059784dc0df9f997a873a168828d1028c5c7b9d7a089f5f2"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "base64 0.22.1",
- "cached",
+ "cached 0.54.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "chrono",
  "const-oid",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c3ac3d1..32a27ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ version = "0.9.10"
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 bon = "3"
-cached = "0.54"
+cached = "0.55"
 chrono = "0.4"
 clap = "4"
 colored = "2"
diff --git a/process/drivers.rs b/process/drivers.rs
index baed928..6777fca 100644
--- a/process/drivers.rs
+++ b/process/drivers.rs
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ impl Driver {
     result = true,
     key = "String",
     convert = r#"{ oci_ref.to_string() }"#,
-    sync_writes = true
+    sync_writes = "by_key"
 )]
 fn get_version_run_image(oci_ref: &Reference) -> Result<u64> {
     warn!(concat!(
diff --git a/process/drivers/docker_driver.rs b/process/drivers/docker_driver.rs
index 6aa11f3..c1f4233 100644
--- a/process/drivers/docker_driver.rs
+++ b/process/drivers/docker_driver.rs
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ impl InspectDriver for DockerDriver {
     result = true,
     key = "String",
     convert = r#"{ format!("{}-{}", opts.image, opts.platform)}"#,
-    sync_writes = true
+    sync_writes = "by_key"
 )]
 fn get_metadata_cache(opts: &GetMetadataOpts) -> Result<ImageMetadata> {
     trace!("DockerDriver::get_metadata({opts:#?})");
diff --git a/process/drivers/podman_driver.rs b/process/drivers/podman_driver.rs
index 0bfa91f..3016306 100644
--- a/process/drivers/podman_driver.rs
+++ b/process/drivers/podman_driver.rs
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ impl InspectDriver for PodmanDriver {
     result = true,
     key = "String",
     convert = r#"{ format!("{}-{}", opts.image, opts.platform)}"#,
-    sync_writes = true
+    sync_writes = "by_key"
 )]
 fn get_metadata_cache(opts: &GetMetadataOpts) -> Result<ImageMetadata> {
     trace!("PodmanDriver::get_metadata({opts:#?})");
diff --git a/process/drivers/skopeo_driver.rs b/process/drivers/skopeo_driver.rs
index acdfa5d..1616d5b 100644
--- a/process/drivers/skopeo_driver.rs
+++ b/process/drivers/skopeo_driver.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ impl InspectDriver for SkopeoDriver {
     result = true,
     key = "String",
     convert = r#"{ format!("{}-{}", opts.image, opts.platform)}"#,
-    sync_writes = true
+    sync_writes = "by_key"
 )]
 fn get_metadata_cache(opts: &GetMetadataOpts) -> Result<ImageMetadata> {
     trace!("SkopeoDriver::get_metadata({opts:#?})");
diff --git a/src/commands/generate.rs b/src/commands/generate.rs
index 3f0fcb9..ffd886b 100644
--- a/src/commands/generate.rs
+++ b/src/commands/generate.rs
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ impl GenerateCommand {
     result = true,
     key = "Platform",
     convert = r#"{ platform }"#,
-    sync_writes = true
+    sync_writes = "by_key"
 )]
 fn determine_scripts_tag(platform: Platform) -> Result<Reference> {
     trace!("determine_scripts_tag({platform:?})");
diff --git a/src/commands/validate/schema_validator.rs b/src/commands/validate/schema_validator.rs
index 18ddcba..fb2dd67 100644
--- a/src/commands/validate/schema_validator.rs
+++ b/src/commands/validate/schema_validator.rs
@@ -313,7 +313,12 @@ impl Retrieve for ModuleSchemaRetriever {
     }
 }
 
-#[cached(result = true, key = "String", convert = r#"{ format!("{uri}") }"#)]
+#[cached(
+    result = true,
+    key = "String",
+    convert = r#"{ format!("{uri}") }"#,
+    sync_writes = "by_key"
+)]
 async fn cache_retrieve(uri: &Uri<String>) -> miette::Result<Value> {
     let scheme = uri.scheme();
     let path = uri.path();