diff --git a/src/cache-gradle-user-home.ts b/src/cache-gradle-user-home.ts
index f4605d1..6cdc8b3 100644
--- a/src/cache-gradle-user-home.ts
+++ b/src/cache-gradle-user-home.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,12 @@ import * as core from '@actions/core'
 import * as glob from '@actions/glob'
 import * as exec from '@actions/exec'
 
-import {AbstractCache, hashFileNames, tryDelete} from './cache-utils'
+import {
+    AbstractCache,
+    getCacheKeyPrefix,
+    hashFileNames,
+    tryDelete
+} from './cache-utils'
 
 // Which paths under Gradle User Home should be cached
 const CACHE_PATH = ['caches', 'notifications']
@@ -131,7 +136,7 @@ export class GradleUserHomeCache extends AbstractCache {
     }
 
     protected createCacheKey(bundle: string, files: string[]): string {
-        const cacheKeyPrefix = process.env['CACHE_KEY_PREFIX'] || ''
+        const cacheKeyPrefix = getCacheKeyPrefix()
         const relativeFiles = files.map(x =>
             path.relative(this.gradleUserHome, x)
         )
diff --git a/src/cache-utils.ts b/src/cache-utils.ts
index a94c3fa..fdf4b24 100644
--- a/src/cache-utils.ts
+++ b/src/cache-utils.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@ export function isCacheDebuggingEnabled(): boolean {
     return process.env['CACHE_DEBUG_ENABLED'] ? true : false
 }
 
-function generateCacheKey(cacheName: string): CacheKey {
+export function getCacheKeyPrefix(): string {
     // Prefix can be used to force change all cache keys (defaults to cache protocol version)
-    const cacheKeyPrefix = process.env['CACHE_KEY_PREFIX'] || 'v2-'
+    return process.env['CACHE_KEY_PREFIX'] || 'v2-'
+}
+
+function generateCacheKey(cacheName: string): CacheKey {
+    const cacheKeyPrefix = getCacheKeyPrefix()
 
     // At the most general level, share caches for all executions on the same OS
     const runnerOs = process.env['RUNNER_OS'] || ''