diff --git a/.github/workflows/go.yaml b/.github/workflows/go.yaml
index bee9a62..c7e3751 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yaml
@@ -17,26 +17,35 @@ jobs:
   go:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: [1.21.x]
+        go-version: [1.23.x]
     runs-on:
       - namespace-profile-e2e-small
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Install Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
           cache: false
+
+      - name: Check existing directories
+        run: |
+          ls -al /home/runner/go
+
       - name: Setup Go cache
         uses: ./ # Uses an action in the root directory
         with:
           cache: go
+
       - name: Run a Go build
         run: |
           go install namespacelabs.dev/foundation/cmd/ns@latest
+
       - name: Print cache metadata file
         run: cat /cache/.ns/cache-metadata.json
+
       - name: Breakpoint on failure
         if: failure() && github.ref_name == 'main'
         uses: namespacelabs/breakpoint-action@v0
diff --git a/dist/index/index.js b/dist/index/index.js
index 79505e7..9378a11 100644
--- a/dist/index/index.js
+++ b/dist/index/index.js
@@ -27134,6 +27134,7 @@ var io = __nccwpck_require__(7436);
 
 
 
+
 const Env_CacheRoot = "NSC_CACHE_PATH";
 const StatePathsKey = "paths";
 const privateNamespaceDir = ".ns";
@@ -27155,9 +27156,23 @@ async function sudoMkdirP(path) {
     const userColonGroup = `${uid}:${gid}`;
     const anc = ancestors(path);
     for (const p of anc) {
-        if (external_node_fs_namespaceObject.existsSync(p))
+        if (external_node_fs_namespaceObject.existsSync(p)) {
+            core.debug(`${p} already exists`);
             continue;
-        await lib_exec.exec("sudo", ["mkdir", p]);
+        }
+        const { exitCode, stderr } = await lib_exec.getExecOutput("sudo", ["mkdir", p], {
+            silent: true,
+            ignoreReturnCode: true,
+        });
+        if (exitCode > 0) {
+            // Sadly, the exit code is 1 and we cannot match for EEXIST in case of concurrent directory creation.
+            if (external_node_fs_namespaceObject.existsSync(p)) {
+                core.debug(`${p} was concurrently created`);
+                continue;
+            }
+            core.info(stderr);
+            throw new Error(`'sudo mkdir ${p}' failed with exit code ${exitCode}`);
+        }
         await lib_exec.exec("sudo", ["chown", userColonGroup, p]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index c164774..1090a21 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import * as path from "node:path";
+import * as core from "@actions/core";
 import * as exec from "@actions/exec";
 import * as fs from "node:fs";
 
@@ -34,8 +35,31 @@ export async function sudoMkdirP(path: string) {
 
   const anc = ancestors(path);
   for (const p of anc) {
-    if (fs.existsSync(p)) continue;
-    await exec.exec("sudo", ["mkdir", p]);
+    if (fs.existsSync(p)) {
+      core.debug(`${p} already exists`);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    const { exitCode, stderr } = await exec.getExecOutput(
+      "sudo",
+      ["mkdir", p],
+      {
+        silent: true,
+        ignoreReturnCode: true,
+      }
+    );
+
+    if (exitCode > 0) {
+      // Sadly, the exit code is 1 and we cannot match for EEXIST in case of concurrent directory creation.
+      if (fs.existsSync(p)) {
+        core.debug(`${p} was concurrently created`);
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      core.info(stderr);
+      throw new Error(`'sudo mkdir ${p}' failed with exit code ${exitCode}`);
+    }
+
     await exec.exec("sudo", ["chown", userColonGroup, p]);
   }
 }