diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index f506dee..7101643 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ inputs:
 
   # EXPERIMENTAL & INTERNAL ACTION INPUTS
   # The following action properties allow fine-grained tweaking of the action caching behaviour.
-  # These properties are not designed for production use, and may change without notice in a subsequent release of `gradle-build-action`.
+  # These properties are experimental and not (yet) designed for production use, and may change without notice in a subsequent release of `gradle-build-action`.
   # Use at your own risk!
+  gradle-home-cache-strict-match:
+    description: When 'true', the action will not attempt to restore the Gradle User Home entries from other Jobs.
+    required: false
+    default: false
   workflow-job-context:
     description: Used to uniquely identify the current job invocation. Defaults to the matrix values for this job; this should not be overridden by users (INTERNAL).
     required: false
diff --git a/src/cache-base.ts b/src/cache-base.ts
index e0200fe..4f73821 100644
--- a/src/cache-base.ts
+++ b/src/cache-base.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ import {
 } from './cache-utils'
 import {ConfigurationCacheEntryExtractor, GradleHomeEntryExtractor} from './cache-extract-entries'
 
-const CACHE_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 'v5-'
+const CACHE_PROTOCOL_VERSION = 'v6-'
 
 export const META_FILE_DIR = '.gradle-build-action'
 export const PROJECT_ROOTS_FILE = 'project-roots.txt'
 const INCLUDE_PATHS_PARAMETER = 'gradle-home-cache-includes'
 const EXCLUDE_PATHS_PARAMETER = 'gradle-home-cache-excludes'
+const STRICT_CACHE_MATCH_PARAMETER = 'gradle-home-cache-strict-match'
 
 /**
  * Represents a key used to restore a cache entry.
@@ -70,6 +71,10 @@ function generateCacheKey(cacheName: string): CacheKey {
     // Exact match on Git SHA
     const cacheKey = `${cacheKeyForJobContext}-${github.context.sha}`
 
+    if (core.getBooleanInput(STRICT_CACHE_MATCH_PARAMETER)) {
+        return new CacheKey(cacheKey, [cacheKeyForJobContext])
+    }
+
     return new CacheKey(cacheKey, [cacheKeyForJobContext, cacheKeyForJob, cacheKeyForOs])
 }