diff --git a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
index a3bfb0497d..56c1d98a16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sonarcloud.yml
@@ -71,19 +71,8 @@ jobs:
           path: ~/.sonar/cache
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
-      - name: Cache SonarCloud scanner
-        id: cache-sonar-scanner
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ./.sonar/scanner
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar-scanner
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar-scanner
       - name: Install SonarCloud scanner
-        if: steps.cache-sonar-scanner.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        shell: pwsh
-        run: |
-          New-Item -Path ./.sonar/scanner -ItemType Directory
-          dotnet tool update dotnet-sonarscanner --tool-path ./.sonar/scanner
+        run: dotnet tool install dotnet-sonarscanner --create-manifest-if-needed
       - name: Build and analyze
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Needed to get PR information, if any
@@ -91,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           CoverletOutputFormat: "opencover" # https://github.com/microsoft/vstest/issues/4014#issuecomment-1307913682
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
-          ./.sonar/scanner/dotnet-sonarscanner begin /k:"microsoft_kiota" /o:"microsoft" /d:sonar.login="${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}" /d:sonar.host.url="https://sonarcloud.io" /d:sonar.cs.opencover.reportsPaths="tests/**/coverage.opencover.xml"
+          dotnet tool run dotnet-sonarscanner begin /k:"microsoft_kiota" /o:"microsoft" /d:sonar.token="${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}" /d:sonar.host.url="https://sonarcloud.io" /d:sonar.cs.opencover.reportsPaths="tests/**/coverage.opencover.xml"
           dotnet build
           dotnet test kiota.sln --no-build --verbosity normal /p:CollectCoverage=true /p:CoverletOutputFormat=opencover
-          ./.sonar/scanner/dotnet-sonarscanner end /d:sonar.login="${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}"
+          dotnet tool run dotnet-sonarscanner end /d:sonar.token="${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}"