diff --git a/.github/workflows/esmf-8.0.1_jasper-2.0.22_nceplibs-1.3.0.yml b/.github/workflows/esmf-8.0.1_jasper-2.0.22_nceplibs-1.3.0.yml
index e495cac08..2b0b5e788 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/esmf-8.0.1_jasper-2.0.22_nceplibs-1.3.0.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/esmf-8.0.1_jasper-2.0.22_nceplibs-1.3.0.yml
@@ -14,12 +14,34 @@ jobs:
         compiler: [gcc-9]      
 
     steps:
+
+    - name: cache-mpich
+      id: cache-mpich
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      with:
+        path: ~/mpich
+        key: mpich-${{ runner.os }}-3.3.2-1
+
+    - name: build-mpich
+      if: steps.cache-mpich.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      run: |
+        if [[ ${{ matrix.os }} == "macos-10.15" ]]; then
+          wget http://www.mpich.org/static/downloads/3.3.2/mpich-3.3.2.tar.gz &> /dev/null
+          tar -xzf mpich-3.3.2.tar.gz
+          pushd mpich-3.3.2
+          ./configure --prefix=$HOME/mpich
+          make
+          sudo make install
+          popd
+        fi
+
     - name: install-dependencies
       run: |
+        echo "$HOME/mpich/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
         if [[ ${{ matrix.os }} == "ubuntu-20.04" ]]; then
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install doxygen
           sudo apt-get install libmpich-dev
+          sudo apt-get install doxygen
           sudo apt-get install libnetcdf-dev libnetcdff-dev netcdf-bin pkg-config
           sudo apt-get install libpng-dev
           sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev
@@ -128,4 +150,3 @@ jobs:
         cmake .. -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH='~;~/jasper;~/nceplibs' -DENABLE_DOCS=On
         make -j2
         make test
-        
diff --git a/.github/workflows/esmf-8.0.1_jasper-2.0.22_nceplibs-develop.yml b/.github/workflows/esmf-8.0.1_jasper-2.0.22_nceplibs-develop.yml
index 274ef8d23..8ba873c24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/esmf-8.0.1_jasper-2.0.22_nceplibs-develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/esmf-8.0.1_jasper-2.0.22_nceplibs-develop.yml
@@ -14,16 +14,37 @@ jobs:
         compiler: [gcc-9]      
 
     steps:
+    - name: cache-mpich
+      id: cache-mpich
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      with:
+        path: ~/mpich
+        key: mpich-${{ runner.os }}-3.3.2-1
+
+    - name: build-mpich
+      if: steps.cache-mpich.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      run: |
+        if [[ ${{ matrix.os }} == "macos-10.15" ]]; then
+          wget http://www.mpich.org/static/downloads/3.3.2/mpich-3.3.2.tar.gz &> /dev/null
+          tar -xzf mpich-3.3.2.tar.gz
+          pushd mpich-3.3.2
+          ./configure --prefix=$HOME/mpich
+          make
+          sudo make install
+          popd
+        fi
+
     - name: install-dependencies
       run: |
         if [[ ${{ matrix.os }} == "ubuntu-20.04" ]]; then
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install doxygen
           sudo apt-get install libmpich-dev
+          sudo apt-get install doxygen
           sudo apt-get install libnetcdf-dev libnetcdff-dev netcdf-bin pkg-config
           sudo apt-get install libpng-dev
           sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev
         elif [[ ${{ matrix.os }} == "macos-10.15" ]]; then
+          echo "$HOME/mpich/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
           brew install doxygen
           brew install mpich
           brew install netcdf
@@ -34,7 +55,6 @@ jobs:
             sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/gfortran-10 /usr/local/bin/gfortran
           fi
         fi
-        export PATH="~/.local/bin:$PATH"
         python3 -m pip install gcovr
 
     - name: cache-esmf