diff --git a/act/model/workflow.go b/act/model/workflow.go
index 815124bb..f4861041 100644
--- a/act/model/workflow.go
+++ b/act/model/workflow.go
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package model
 
 import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -734,6 +737,12 @@ func (s *Step) Type() StepType {
 	return StepTypeUsesActionRemote
 }
 
+func (s *Step) UsesHash() string {
+	hashBytes := sha256.Sum256([]byte(s.Uses))
+	hashString := hex.EncodeToString(hashBytes[:])
+	return filepath.Join(hashString[:2], hashString[2:])
+}
+
 // ReadWorkflow returns a list of jobs for a given workflow file reader
 func ReadWorkflow(in io.Reader, validate bool) (*Workflow, error) {
 	if validate {
diff --git a/act/model/workflow_test.go b/act/model/workflow_test.go
index adb61d1b..d3ea7234 100644
--- a/act/model/workflow_test.go
+++ b/act/model/workflow_test.go
@@ -668,3 +668,37 @@ func TestReadWorkflow_WorkflowDispatchConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		Type:     "choice",
 	}, workflowDispatch.Inputs["logLevel"])
 }
+
+func TestStepUsesHash(t *testing.T) {
+	type fields struct {
+		Uses string
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		fields fields
+		want   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "regular",
+			fields: fields{
+				Uses: "https://example.com/testa/testb@v3",
+			},
+			want: "e6/d70c1e8a4cc1e1cb02e32b3b60cc8dff319bb4fe5832fbc8b800711f18e7a2",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "empty",
+			fields: fields{
+				Uses: "",
+			},
+			want: "e3/b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb92427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			s := &Step{
+				Uses: tt.fields.Uses,
+			}
+			assert.Equalf(t, tt.want, s.UsesHash(), "UsesHash()")
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/act/runner/action.go b/act/runner/action.go
index c5ed37ed..9ddbf5b4 100644
--- a/act/runner/action.go
+++ b/act/runner/action.go
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ func runPreStep(step actionStep) common.Executor {
 			var actionPath string
 			if _, ok := step.(*stepActionRemote); ok {
 				actionPath = newRemoteAction(stepModel.Uses).Path
-				actionDir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", rc.ActionCacheDir(), safeFilename(stepModel.Uses))
+				actionDir = filepath.Join(rc.ActionCacheDir(), stepModel.UsesHash())
 			} else {
 				actionDir = filepath.Join(rc.Config.Workdir, stepModel.Uses)
 				actionPath = ""
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ func runPreStep(step actionStep) common.Executor {
 			var actionPath string
 			if _, ok := step.(*stepActionRemote); ok {
 				actionPath = newRemoteAction(stepModel.Uses).Path
-				actionDir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", rc.ActionCacheDir(), safeFilename(stepModel.Uses))
+				actionDir = filepath.Join(rc.ActionCacheDir(), stepModel.UsesHash())
 			} else {
 				actionDir = filepath.Join(rc.Config.Workdir, stepModel.Uses)
 				actionPath = ""
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ func runPostStep(step actionStep) common.Executor {
 		var actionPath string
 		if _, ok := step.(*stepActionRemote); ok {
 			actionPath = newRemoteAction(stepModel.Uses).Path
-			actionDir = fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", rc.ActionCacheDir(), safeFilename(stepModel.Uses))
+			actionDir = filepath.Join(rc.ActionCacheDir(), stepModel.UsesHash())
 		} else {
 			actionDir = filepath.Join(rc.Config.Workdir, stepModel.Uses)
 			actionPath = ""
diff --git a/act/runner/step_action_remote.go b/act/runner/step_action_remote.go
index ed4d94ef..947f4992 100644
--- a/act/runner/step_action_remote.go
+++ b/act/runner/step_action_remote.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func (sar *stepActionRemote) prepareActionExecutor() common.Executor {
 			return err
 		}
 
-		actionDir := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", sar.RunContext.ActionCacheDir(), safeFilename(sar.Step.Uses))
+		actionDir := filepath.Join(sar.RunContext.ActionCacheDir(), sar.Step.UsesHash())
 		gitClone := stepActionRemoteNewCloneExecutor(git.NewGitCloneExecutorInput{
 			URL:   sar.remoteAction.CloneURL(sar.RunContext.Config.DefaultActionInstance),
 			Ref:   sar.remoteAction.Ref,
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (sar *stepActionRemote) main() common.Executor {
 				return sar.RunContext.JobContainer.CopyDir(copyToPath, sar.RunContext.Config.Workdir+string(filepath.Separator)+".", sar.RunContext.Config.UseGitIgnore)(ctx)
 			}
 
-			actionDir := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", sar.RunContext.ActionCacheDir(), safeFilename(sar.Step.Uses))
+			actionDir := filepath.Join(sar.RunContext.ActionCacheDir(), sar.Step.UsesHash())
 
 			return sar.runAction(sar, actionDir, sar.remoteAction)(ctx)
 		}),
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func (sar *stepActionRemote) getActionModel() *model.Action {
 
 func (sar *stepActionRemote) getCompositeRunContext(ctx context.Context) *RunContext {
 	if sar.compositeRunContext == nil {
-		actionDir := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", sar.RunContext.ActionCacheDir(), safeFilename(sar.Step.Uses))
+		actionDir := filepath.Join(sar.RunContext.ActionCacheDir(), sar.Step.UsesHash())
 		actionLocation := path.Join(actionDir, sar.remoteAction.Path)
 		_, containerActionDir := getContainerActionPaths(sar.getStepModel(), actionLocation, sar.RunContext)