diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 5730a67..4948f11 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ docker__architecture_map:
   "armhf": "armhf"
   "armv7l": "armhf"
 
+docker__apt_update_cache: false
 docker__apt_repository_url: "https://download.docker.com/linux/{{ ansible_distribution | lower }}"  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
 docker__apt_key_checksum: "sha256:1500c1f56fa9e26b9b8f42452a553675796ade0807cdce11975eb98170b3a570"  # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
 docker__apt_repository: >
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 0ac2839..3c1d91c 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
   delay: 15
   ansible.builtin.apt:
     name: "{{ docker__package_dependencies + docker__pip_dependencies }}"
+    update_cache: "{{ docker__apt_update_cache }}"
 
 - name: Create /etc/apt/keyrings directory
   ansible.builtin.file: