diff --git a/.github/workflows/devcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-cmd-check.yml
similarity index 51%
rename from .github/workflows/devcheck.yml
rename to .github/workflows/dev-cmd-check.yml
index d38469cf..a9ce625e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/devcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-cmd-check.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-
-# r cmd check workflow of the mlr3 ecosystem v0.3.1
+# r cmd check workflow of the mlr3 ecosystem v0.2.0
 # https://github.com/mlr-org/actions
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       debug_enabled:
         type: boolean
-        description: 'Run the build with tmate debugging enabled'
+        description: 'Run the build with tmate debugging enabled (https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate)'
         required: false
         default: false
   push:
@@ -18,94 +17,21 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron:  '0 4 * * 1'
 
-name: Dev Check
+
+name: r-cmd-check
 
 jobs:
-  check-package:
+  r-cmd-check:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
 
-    name: ${{ matrix.config.dev-package }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - {os: ubuntu-20.04, r: 'release', dev-package: "mlr-org/paradox', 'mlr-org/mlr3', 'mlr-org/mlr3pipelines', 'mlverse/torch"}
-    env:
-      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
-        with:
-          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
-
-      - name: Set test environment variables (unix)
-        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
-        run: |
-          echo "TORCH_TEST=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "INCLUDE_IGNORED=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Set test environment variables (windows)
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        run: |
-          echo "TORCH_TEST=1" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "INCLUDE_IGNORED=1" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
-        with:
-          extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
-          needs: check
-
-      - name: Install torch
-        run: |
-          Rscript -e 'torch::install_torch()'
-
-      - name: Install further packages
-        run: |
-          Rscript -e 'install.packages("rappdirs")'
-
-      - name: Get torchvision package version (Linux/macOS)
-        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
-        id: get_package_version_unix
-        run: |
-          echo "TORCHVISION_PACKAGE_VERSION=$(Rscript -e 'cat(as.character(packageVersion("torchvision")))')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Get torchvision package version (Windows)
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        id: get_package_version_windows
-        run: |
-          $version = Rscript -e 'cat(as.character(packageVersion("torchvision")))' 
-          echo "TORCHVISION_PACKAGE_VERSION=$version" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Get torch cache path (Linux/macOS)
-        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
-        id: get_cache_path_unix
-        run: |
-          echo "TORCH_CACHE_PATH=$(Rscript -e 'cat(rappdirs::user_cache_dir("torch"))')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest, r: 'release', dev-package: 'mlr-org/mlr3', 'mlr-org/mlr3pipelines', 'mlverse/torch', 'mlr-org/paradox'}
 
-      - name: Get torch cache path (Windows)
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        id: get_cache_path_windows
-        run: |
-          $cachePath = Rscript -e 'cat(rappdirs::user_cache_dir("torch"))'
-          echo "TORCH_CACHE_PATH=$cachePath" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Cache Torchvision Downloads
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.TORCH_CACHE_PATH }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-r-${{ env.TORCHVISION_PACKAGE_VERSION }}
-
-      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
-
-      - uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.debug_enabled }}
-        with:
-          limit-access-to-actor: true
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
@@ -135,6 +61,10 @@ jobs:
           extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
           needs: check
 
+      - name: Install dev versions
+        run: pak::pkg_install(c('${{ matrix.config.dev-package }}'))
+        shell: Rscript {0}
+
       - name: Install torch
         run: |
           Rscript -e 'torch::install_torch()'
@@ -181,4 +111,3 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.debug_enabled }}
         with:
           limit-access-to-actor: true
-