diff --git a/packages/tool-cache/__tests__/tool-cache.test.ts b/packages/tool-cache/__tests__/tool-cache.test.ts
index 42a3e4ea..f3718327 100644
--- a/packages/tool-cache/__tests__/tool-cache.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tool-cache/__tests__/tool-cache.test.ts
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ describe('@actions/tool-cache', function() {
         ]
         await exec.exec(`"${powershellPath}"`, args)
       } else {
-        const zipPath: string = await io.which('zip')
+        const zipPath: string = await io.which('zip', true)
         await exec.exec(`"${zipPath}`, [zipFile, '-r', '.'], {cwd: stagingDir})
       }
 
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ describe('@actions/tool-cache', function() {
         ]
         await exec.exec(`"${powershellPath}"`, args)
       } else {
-        const zipPath: string = await io.which('zip')
+        const zipPath: string = await io.which('zip', true)
         await exec.exec(zipPath, [zipFile, '-r', '.'], {cwd: stagingDir})
       }
 
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ describe('@actions/tool-cache', function() {
         ]
         await exec.exec(`"${powershellPath}"`, args)
       } else {
-        const zipPath: string = await io.which('zip')
+        const zipPath: string = await io.which('zip', true)
         await exec.exec(zipPath, [zipFile, '-r', '.'], {cwd: stagingDir})
       }
 
diff --git a/packages/tool-cache/src/tool-cache.ts b/packages/tool-cache/src/tool-cache.ts
index ea2b9036..f43f8b51 100644
--- a/packages/tool-cache/src/tool-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/tool-cache/src/tool-cache.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ async function extractZipWin(file: string, dest: string): Promise<void> {
   const command = `$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop' ; try { Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem } catch { } ; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory('${escapedFile}', '${escapedDest}')`
 
   // run powershell
-  const powershellPath = await io.which('powershell')
+  const powershellPath = await io.which('powershell', true)
   const args = [
     '-NoLogo',
     '-Sta',
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ async function extractZipWin(file: string, dest: string): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 async function extractZipNix(file: string, dest: string): Promise<void> {
-  const unzipPath = await io.which('unzip')
+  const unzipPath = await io.which('unzip', true)
   await exec(`"${unzipPath}"`, [file], {cwd: dest})
 }