diff --git a/.github/workflows/qodana_code_quality.yml b/.github/workflows/qodana_code_quality.yml
index 2e492b7..2256b1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qodana_code_quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qodana_code_quality.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,27 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}  # to check out the actual pull request commit, not the merge commit
           fetch-depth: 0  # a full history is required for pull request analysis
+      - name: Install PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: "${{ matrix.php }}"
+          coverage: pcov
+          ini-values: assert.exception=1, zend.assertions=1, error_reporting=-1, log_errors_max_len=0, display_errors=On
+          tools: composer:v2, cs2pr
+
+      - name: Determine composer cache directory
+        run: echo "COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR=$(composer config cache-dir)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Cache dependencies installed with composer
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.COMPOSER_CACHE_DIR }}
+          key: php${{ matrix.php }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.json') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            php${{ matrix.php }}-composer-
+
+      - name: Install dependencies with composer
+        run: composer install --prefer-dist --no-interaction --no-progress --optimize-autoloader --ansi
       - name: 'Qodana Scan'
         uses: JetBrains/qodana-action@v2024.1
         env: