diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f0fb618770..473caf8026 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -16548,6 +16548,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/move-file": {
       "version": "3.1.0",
+      "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "path-exists": "^5.0.0"
@@ -23157,10 +23158,7 @@
         "cpy": "^11.0.0",
         "get-stream": "^9.0.0",
         "globby": "^14.0.0",
-        "junk": "^4.0.0",
-        "locate-path": "^7.0.0",
-        "move-file": "^3.0.0",
-        "readdirp": "^4.0.0"
+        "junk": "^4.0.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@types/node": "^22.12.0",
diff --git a/packages/cache-utils/package.json b/packages/cache-utils/package.json
index b7f60f98b8..3be9e000e2 100644
--- a/packages/cache-utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/cache-utils/package.json
@@ -53,10 +53,7 @@
     "cpy": "^11.0.0",
     "get-stream": "^9.0.0",
     "globby": "^14.0.0",
-    "junk": "^4.0.0",
-    "locate-path": "^7.0.0",
-    "move-file": "^3.0.0",
-    "readdirp": "^4.0.0"
+    "junk": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^22.12.0",
diff --git a/packages/cache-utils/src/fs.ts b/packages/cache-utils/src/fs.ts
index 62101a9ee4..62a698f482 100644
--- a/packages/cache-utils/src/fs.ts
+++ b/packages/cache-utils/src/fs.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { basename, dirname, join } from 'path'
 import cpy from 'cpy'
 import { type Options, globby } from 'globby'
 import { isNotJunk } from 'junk'
-import { moveFile } from 'move-file'
 
 /**
  * Move or copy a cached file/directory from/to a local one
@@ -15,7 +14,28 @@ import { moveFile } from 'move-file'
 export const moveCacheFile = async function (src: string, dest: string, move = false) {
   // Moving is faster but removes the source files locally
   if (move) {
-    return moveFile(src, dest, { overwrite: false })
+    try {
+      await fs.access(dest)
+      throw new Error(`The destination file exists: ${dest}`)
+    } catch (error) {
+      if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'ENOENT') {
+        throw error
+      }
+    }
+
+    await fs.mkdir(dirname(dest), { recursive: true })
+
+    try {
+      await fs.rename(src, dest)
+    } catch (error) {
+      if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code !== 'EXDEV') {
+        throw error
+      }
+      // Only happens when moving cross-device
+      await fs.cp(src, dest, { recursive: true, force: false, errorOnExist: true })
+      await fs.rm(src, { recursive: true, force: true })
+    }
+    return
   }
 
   const { srcGlob, dest: matchedDest, ...options } = await getSrcAndDest(src, dirname(dest))
diff --git a/packages/cache-utils/src/hash.ts b/packages/cache-utils/src/hash.ts
index ad504c3632..58184f2723 100644
--- a/packages/cache-utils/src/hash.ts
+++ b/packages/cache-utils/src/hash.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { createHash } from 'crypto'
-import { createReadStream } from 'fs'
+import { createReadStream, promises as fs } from 'fs'
 
 import getStream from 'get-stream'
-import { locatePath } from 'locate-path'
 
 // We need a hashing algorithm that's as fast as possible.
 // Userland CRC32 implementations are actually slower than Node.js SHA1.
@@ -11,13 +10,26 @@ const HASH_ALGO = 'sha1'
 // Caching a big directory like `node_modules` is slow. However, those can
 // sometime be represented by a digest file such as `package-lock.json`. If this
 // has not changed, we don't need to save cache again.
-export const getHash = async function (digests, move) {
+export const getHash = async function (digests: string[], move: boolean) {
   // Moving files is faster than computing hashes
   if (move || digests.length === 0) {
     return
   }
 
-  const digestPath = await locatePath(digests)
+  let digestPath: string | undefined = undefined
+
+  for (const digest of digests) {
+    try {
+      const stat = await fs.stat(digest)
+      if (stat.isFile()) {
+        digestPath = digest
+        break
+      }
+    } catch {
+      continue
+    }
+  }
+
   if (digestPath === undefined) {
     return
   }
diff --git a/packages/cache-utils/src/list.ts b/packages/cache-utils/src/list.ts
index c9e7c04adb..639ba9c868 100644
--- a/packages/cache-utils/src/list.ts
+++ b/packages/cache-utils/src/list.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { join } from 'path'
-
-import { readdirpPromise } from 'readdirp'
+import { join, relative } from 'path'
+import { readdir } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import type { Dirent } from 'node:fs'
 
 import { getCacheDir } from './dir.js'
 import { isManifest } from './manifest.js'
@@ -36,11 +36,33 @@ const listBase = async function ({
   cacheDir: string
   depth?: number
 }) {
-  const files = await readdirpPromise(`${cacheDir}/${name}`, { fileFilter, depth, type: 'files_directories' })
-  const filesA = files.map(({ path }) => join(base, path))
-  return filesA
+  let queue = [{ path: `${cacheDir}/${name}`, depth: 0 }]
+  const results: string[] = []
+  let queueEntry: { path: string; depth: number } | undefined
+  while ((queueEntry = queue.pop())) {
+    const { path: currentPath, depth: currentDepth } = queueEntry
+    let children: Dirent[]
+    try {
+      children = await readdir(currentPath, { withFileTypes: true })
+    } catch (error) {
+      if ((error as NodeJS.ErrnoException).code === 'ENOENT') {
+        continue
+      }
+      throw error
+    }
+    for (const child of children) {
+      const childPath = join(child.parentPath, child.name)
+      if ((child.isDirectory() || child.isFile()) && fileFilter(child.name)) {
+        results.push(join(base, relative(`${cacheDir}/${name}`, childPath)))
+      }
+      if ((depth === undefined || currentDepth < depth) && child.isDirectory()) {
+        queue.push({ path: childPath, depth: currentDepth + 1 })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return results
 }
 
-const fileFilter = function ({ basename }) {
+const fileFilter = function (basename) {
   return !isManifest(basename)
 }
diff --git a/packages/cache-utils/src/main.ts b/packages/cache-utils/src/main.ts
index 61a0164c62..e13f5a8265 100644
--- a/packages/cache-utils/src/main.ts
+++ b/packages/cache-utils/src/main.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const saveOne = async function (
     cwd?: string
     move?: boolean
     ttl?: number
-    digests?: any[]
+    digests?: string[]
   } = {},
 ) {
   const { srcPath, cachePath } = await parsePath({ path, cacheDir, cwdOpt })
diff --git a/packages/cache-utils/tests/digests.test.ts b/packages/cache-utils/tests/digests.test.ts
index d2b5c065d3..db29b6d741 100644
--- a/packages/cache-utils/tests/digests.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cache-utils/tests/digests.test.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,23 @@ test('Should allow caching according to several potential digests files', async
   }
 })
 
+test('Should ignore directory digests', async () => {
+  const [cacheDir, srcDir] = await Promise.all([createTmpDir(), createTmpDir()])
+  try {
+    const srcFile = `${srcDir}/test`
+    const digestDir = `${srcDir}/digestDir`
+    await Promise.all([fs.writeFile(srcFile, 'test'), fs.mkdir(digestDir)])
+    expect(await save(srcDir, { cacheDir, digests: [digestDir] })).toBe(true)
+    await fs.writeFile(srcFile, 'newTest')
+    expect(await save(srcDir, { cacheDir, digests: [digestDir] })).toBe(true)
+    expect(await restore(srcDir, { cacheDir, digests: [digestDir] })).toBe(true)
+    const content = await fs.readFile(srcFile, 'utf8')
+    expect(content).toBe('newTest')
+  } finally {
+    await removeFiles([cacheDir, srcDir])
+  }
+})
+
 test('Should ignore non-existing digests files', async () => {
   const [cacheDir, srcDir] = await Promise.all([createTmpDir(), createTmpDir()])
   try {