diff --git a/.github/workflows/telemetry-validation.yml b/.github/workflows/telemetry-validation.yml
index 7bc3dc627f..dd7c7f45f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/telemetry-validation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/telemetry-validation.yml
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   BUILD_DIR: build
-  CCACHE_REMOTE_ONLY: true
-  CCACHE_REMOTE_STORAGE: "http://cache.dev.ripplex.io:8080|layout=bazel"
   CCACHE_NAMESPACE: telemetry-validation
+  CCACHE_REMOTE_ONLY: true
+  CCACHE_REMOTE_STORAGE: http://cache.dev.ripplex.io:8080|layout=bazel
+  CCACHE_SLOPPINESS: include_file_ctime,include_file_mtime
 
 jobs:
   validate-telemetry:
@@ -72,44 +73,41 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
 
-      - name: Install system dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y curl jq bc python3 python3-pip ninja-build ccache
+      - name: Prepare runner
+        uses: XRPLF/actions/prepare-runner@2cbf481018d930656e9276fcc20dc0e3a0be5b6d
+        with:
+          enable_ccache: true
+
+      - name: Print build environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/print-env
+
+      - name: Get number of processors
+        uses: XRPLF/actions/get-nproc@cf0433aa74563aead044a1e395610c96d65a37cf
+        id: nproc
+        with:
+          subtract: 2
 
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: pip3 install -r docker/telemetry/workload/requirements.txt
 
-      - name: Install Conan
-        run: pip3 install conan
-
       # ── Build steps (mirrors main CI: setup-conan → build-deps → cmake) ──
 
-      - name: Set up Conan
+      - name: Setup Conan
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-conan
 
       - name: Log into Conan remote
         if: ${{ github.repository == 'XRPLF/rippled' }}
-        run: conan remote login xrplf "${{ secrets.CONAN_REMOTE_USERNAME }}" --password "${{ secrets.CONAN_REMOTE_PASSWORD }}"
+        env:
+          CONAN_USER: ${{ secrets.CONAN_REMOTE_USERNAME }}
+          CONAN_PASS: ${{ secrets.CONAN_REMOTE_PASSWORD }}
+        run: conan remote login xrplf "$CONAN_USER" --password "$CONAN_PASS"
 
-      - name: Cache Conan packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.conan2/p
-          key: telemetry-conan-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('conanfile.py') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            telemetry-conan-${{ runner.os }}-
-
-      # Use the same build-deps action as the main CI pipeline.
-      # This runs conan install with --options:host='&:xrpld=True' which
-      # sets xrpld=ON and telemetry=True (default) in the generated
-      # CMake toolchain — no manual -D flags needed.
       - name: Build dependencies
         uses: ./.github/actions/build-deps
         with:
-          build_nproc: 4
+          build_nproc: ${{ steps.nproc.outputs.nproc }}
           build_type: Release
 
       - name: Configure CMake
@@ -119,19 +117,22 @@ jobs:
             -G Ninja \
             -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE:FILEPATH=build/generators/conan_toolchain.cmake \
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
-            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
             ..
 
       - name: Build xrpld
         working-directory: ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}
+        env:
+          BUILD_NPROC: ${{ steps.nproc.outputs.nproc }}
         run: |
           cmake \
             --build . \
             --config Release \
-            --parallel $(nproc) \
+            --parallel "${BUILD_NPROC}" \
             --target xrpld
 
+      - name: Show ccache statistics
+        run: ccache --show-stats -vv
+
       # ── Telemetry validation steps ──
 
       - name: Make scripts executable
@@ -140,14 +141,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run full telemetry validation
         id: validation
         env:
-          XRPLD: ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}/xrpld
+          RPC_RATE: ${{ github.event.inputs.rpc_rate || '50' }}
+          RPC_DURATION: ${{ github.event.inputs.rpc_duration || '120' }}
+          TX_TPS: ${{ github.event.inputs.tx_tps || '5' }}
+          TX_DURATION: ${{ github.event.inputs.tx_duration || '120' }}
+          RUN_BENCHMARK: ${{ github.event.inputs.run_benchmark }}
         run: |
           ARGS="--xrpld ${{ env.BUILD_DIR }}/xrpld --skip-loki"
-          ARGS="$ARGS --rpc-rate ${{ github.event.inputs.rpc_rate || '50' }}"
-          ARGS="$ARGS --rpc-duration ${{ github.event.inputs.rpc_duration || '120' }}"
-          ARGS="$ARGS --tx-tps ${{ github.event.inputs.tx_tps || '5' }}"
-          ARGS="$ARGS --tx-duration ${{ github.event.inputs.tx_duration || '120' }}"
-          if [ "${{ github.event.inputs.run_benchmark }}" = "true" ]; then
+          ARGS="$ARGS --rpc-rate $RPC_RATE"
+          ARGS="$ARGS --rpc-duration $RPC_DURATION"
+          ARGS="$ARGS --tx-tps $TX_TPS"
+          ARGS="$ARGS --tx-duration $TX_DURATION"
+          if [ "$RUN_BENCHMARK" = "true" ]; then
             ARGS="$ARGS --with-benchmark"
           fi
           docker/telemetry/workload/run-full-validation.sh $ARGS
@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload validation reports
         if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: telemetry-validation-reports
           path: /tmp/xrpld-validation/reports/
@@ -163,7 +168,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload node logs
         if: failure()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@bbbca2ddaa5d8feaa63e36b76fdaad77386f024f # v7.0.0
         with:
           name: xrpld-node-logs
           path: /tmp/xrpld-validation/node*/debug.log