diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 6c5d81ac4..64296b377 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
     - name: pip cache
-      uses: actions/cache@v1
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
       with:
         path: ~/.cache/pip
         key: lint-pip-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.py') }}
@@ -46,4 +46,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Lint
       run: tox -e lint
+      env:
+        PRE_COMMIT_COLOR: always
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 5593c29b4..19979cf77 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ line_length = 88
 multi_line_output = 3
 
 [tool:pytest]
-addopts = -ra
+addopts = -ra --color=yes
 testpaths = Tests
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9f310ca3a..aa6875374 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ deps =
 
 [testenv:lint]
 commands =
-    pre-commit run --all-files
+    pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
     check-manifest
 deps =
     pre-commit
     check-manifest
 skip_install = true
+passenv = PRE_COMMIT_COLOR