try this

.github/actions/intelcompilers/action.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ description: 'Install Intel Compilers'
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: setup repo
       shell: bash
       run: |
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ runs:
         sudo apt-get install -y intel-oneapi-mkl
         sudo apt-get install -y intel-oneapi-mpi
         sudo apt-get install -y intel-oneapi-mpi-devel
+        find /opt/intel -name setvars.sh
         source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh
         printenv >> $GITHUB_ENV

.github/workflows/intel.yml

@@ -12,34 +12,36 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     env:
-      CC: icc
-      FC: ifort
+      CC: mpicc
+      FC: mpiifort
       # Versions should match the github tag names
       PNETCDF_VERSION: checkpoint.1.14.0
       NETCDF_C_VERSION: v4.9.2
       NETCDF_FORTRAN_VERSION: v4.6.1
       HDF5_VERSION: hdf5_1_12_2
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up Intel OneAPI
-      run: |
-        source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh
-        export CC=/opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/latest/linux/bin/intel64/icc
-        export FC=/opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/latest/linux/bin/intel64/ifort
     - name: Installs
       run: |
         set -x
         sudo apt-get update
         sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev
         sudo apt-get install libz-dev
-#    - name: Install Intel OneAPI
-#      if: steps.cache-intel.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-#      uses: ./.github/actions/intelcompilers
-#    - name: Prep Intel OneAPI
-#      if: steps.cache-intel.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
-#      run: |
-#        source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh
-#        printenv >> $GITHUB_ENV
+#        echo "/opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/2023.2.1/linux/bin/intel64/" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+    - name: cache intel compiler
+      id: cache-intel
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      with:
+        path: /opt/intel/oneapi
+        key: intel-${{ runner.os }}
+    - name: Install Intel OneAPI
+      if: steps.cache-intel.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      uses: ./.github/actions/intelcompilers
+    - name: Prep Intel OneAPI
+      if: steps.cache-intel.outputs.cache-hit == 'true'
+      run: |
+        source /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh
+        printenv >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: cache-hdf5
       id: cache-hdf5
@@ -126,4 +128,4 @@ jobs:
       #     see https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate for further details
 #    - name: Setup tmate session
 #      if: ${{ failure() }}
-#      uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v4
+#      uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3