diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
index 5e609700..b5b7aa17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-docs.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ name: Building docs
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
+      actions-ref:
+        description: "Version of actions, normally the same as workflow"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
       python-version:
         description: "Python version to use"
         default: "3.9"
@@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+          cache: "pip"
 
       - name: Install pandoc & texlive
         if: ${{ inputs.install-tex == 'true' }}
@@ -83,7 +89,6 @@ jobs:
             dvipng \
             texlive-pictures \
             latexmk
-      # todo: consider adding cache with separate restore/save
       - name: Install dependencies
         timeout-minutes: 20
         run: |
@@ -91,8 +96,15 @@ jobs:
           pip install -e . -U -r ${{ inputs.requirements-file }} -f ${TORCH_URL}
           pip list
 
-      # TODO: re-enable after the external usage is resolved, see #51
-      # - uses: ./.github/actions/pip-list
+      - name: Pull reusable 🤖 actions️
+        if: ${{ inputs.actions-ref != '' }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.actions-ref }}
+          path: .cicd
+          repository: Lightning-AI/utilities
+      - uses: ./.cicd/.github/actions/pip-list
+        if: ${{ inputs.actions-ref != '' }}
 
       - name: Build documentation
         working-directory: ${{ inputs.docs-dir }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
index 174204de..d97a241f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
       - name: Set oldest dependencies
-        # todo: this is strange to use itself :/
         if: matrix.requires == 'oldest'
         timeout-minutes: 20
         run: |
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 399c6597..02b518db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - CLI: update parsing inputs ([#333](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/333))
 
 
-- CI: bump upload/download artifact `v4` ([#344](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/344))
+- CI: bump upload/download artifact `v4` ([#344](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/344), [#345](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/345))
 
 
 - Bump minimal Python version to be 3.9 ([#331](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/utilities/pull/331))