diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml
index 6653f655b6..289d90dc91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_coverage.yml
@@ -44,14 +44,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Load ccache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: /home/runner/.ccache
-          key: ccache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.run_id }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ccache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ github.ref }}
-            ccache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}
+      - name: Setup cache
+        uses: seqan/actions/setup-actions-cache@main
 
       - name: Increase ccache size
         run: echo "CCACHE_MAXSIZE=300M" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_linux.yml
index 8f4b895c90..03127d9ec5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_linux.yml
@@ -45,14 +45,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Load ccache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: /home/runner/.ccache
-          key: ccache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.run_id }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ccache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ github.ref }}
-            ccache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}
+      - name: Setup cache
+        uses: seqan/actions/setup-actions-cache@main
 
       - name: Configure tests
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_misc.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_misc.yml
index fd6d9f35d5..3509a9cac6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_misc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_misc.yml
@@ -46,14 +46,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Load ccache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: /home/runner/.ccache
-          key: ccache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ matrix.build }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.run_id }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ccache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ matrix.build }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}-${{ github.ref }}
-            ccache-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ matrix.build }}-${{ matrix.compiler }}
+      - name: Setup cache
+        uses: seqan/actions/setup-actions-cache@main
 
       - name: Configure tests
         run: |
diff --git a/cmake/package-lock.cmake b/cmake/package-lock.cmake
index 298c1038de..36cb2eafe5 100644
--- a/cmake/package-lock.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package-lock.cmake
@@ -47,15 +47,16 @@ CPMDeclarePackage (doxygen_awesome
                    VERSION ${SEQAN3_DOXYGEN_AWESOME_VERSION}
                    GITHUB_REPOSITORY jothepro/doxygen-awesome-css
                    DOWNLOAD_ONLY TRUE
-                   QUIET YES)
+                   QUIET TRUE)
 # seqan2
-set (SEQAN3_SEQAN2_VERSION 339e44ea734359de8592d47cc7a7722bc7a040b4 CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+set (SEQAN3_SEQAN2_VERSION 2.5.0 CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 CPMDeclarePackage (seqan
                    NAME seqan
-                   GIT_TAG ${SEQAN3_SEQAN2_VERSION} # main
+                   VERSION ${SEQAN3_SEQAN2_VERSION}
+                   GIT_TAG seqan-v${SEQAN3_SEQAN2_VERSION}
                    GITHUB_REPOSITORY seqan/seqan
-                   DOWNLOAD_ONLY YES
-                   QUIET YES)
+                   DOWNLOAD_ONLY TRUE
+                   QUIET TRUE)
 # use_ccache
 set (SEQAN3_USE_CCACHE_VERSION d2a54ef555b6fc2d496a4c9506dbeb7cf899ce37 CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 CPMDeclarePackage (use_ccache