diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index c467a99..f26d800 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 2
+  NODE_DISABLE_COMPILE_CACHE: 1
 
 jobs:
   lint:
diff --git a/lib/cjs.cjs b/lib/cjs.cjs
index ec98743..5668a20 100644
--- a/lib/cjs.cjs
+++ b/lib/cjs.cjs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+const mod = require('node:module')
+
+// to use V8's code cache to speed up instantiation time
+mod.enableCompileCache?.()
+
 const { default: npmRunAll } = require('./esm.mjs')
 
 // Didn't manage to get this into the last breaking change, so adding a cjs as the primary export
diff --git a/lib/esm.mjs b/lib/esm.mjs
index 65b1278..507d726 100644
--- a/lib/esm.mjs
+++ b/lib/esm.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 // Requirements
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+import mod from 'node:module'
 import shellQuote from 'shell-quote'
 import matchTasks from './match-tasks.js'
 import readPackageJson from './read-package-json.js'
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ import runTasks from './run-tasks.js'
 // Helpers
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// to use V8's code cache to speed up instantiation time
+mod.enableCompileCache?.()
+
 const ARGS_PATTERN = /\{(!)?([*@%]|\d+)([^}]+)?}/g
 const ARGS_UNPACK_PATTERN = /\{(!)?([%])([^}]+)?}/g
 
diff --git a/lib/run-task.js b/lib/run-task.js
index f393dd4..e898e70 100644
--- a/lib/run-task.js
+++ b/lib/run-task.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import path from 'node:path'
+import mod from 'node:module'
 
 import ansiStyles from 'ansi-styles'
 import { parse as parseArgs } from 'shell-quote'
@@ -208,6 +209,8 @@ export default function runTask (task, options) {
     }
     Array.prototype.push.apply(spawnArgs, parseArgs(task).map(cleanTaskArg))
 
+    mod.flushCompileCache?.()
+
     cp = await spawn(execPath, spawnArgs, spawnOptions)
 
     // Piping stdio.