diff --git a/cli/cli.go b/cli/cli.go
index 8b23262..b370ee7 100644
--- a/cli/cli.go
+++ b/cli/cli.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var Cli = Format{}
 type Format struct {
 	AllowMissingFormatter bool               `default:"false" help:"Do not exit with error if a configured formatter is missing"`
 	WorkingDirectory      kong.ChangeDirFlag `default:"." short:"C" help:"Run as if treefmt was started in the specified working directory instead of the current working directory"`
+	NoCache               bool               `help:"Ignore the evaluation cache entirely. Useful for CI"`
 	ClearCache            bool               `short:"c" help:"Reset the evaluation cache. Use in case the cache is not precise enough"`
 	ConfigFile            string             `type:"existingfile" default:"./treefmt.toml"`
 	FailOnChange          bool               `help:"Exit with error if any changes were made. Useful for CI."`
diff --git a/cli/format.go b/cli/format.go
index 6c46096..14ac16c 100644
--- a/cli/format.go
+++ b/cli/format.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
@@ -168,6 +169,20 @@ func (f *Format) Run() error {
 
 		var changes int
 
+		processBatch := func() error {
+			if Cli.NoCache {
+				changes += len(batch)
+			} else {
+				count, err := cache.Update(batch)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				changes += count
+			}
+			batch = batch[:0]
+			return nil
+		}
+
 	LOOP:
 		for {
 			select {
@@ -179,22 +194,17 @@ func (f *Format) Run() error {
 				}
 				batch = append(batch, path)
 				if len(batch) == batchSize {
-					count, err := cache.Update(batch)
-					if err != nil {
+					if err = processBatch(); err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
-					changes += count
-					batch = batch[:0]
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
 		// final flush
-		count, err := cache.Update(batch)
-		if err != nil {
+		if err = processBatch(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		changes += count
 
 		if Cli.FailOnChange && changes != 0 {
 			return ErrFailOnChange
@@ -251,6 +261,22 @@ func (f *Format) Run() error {
 		}
 
 		defer close(pathsCh)
+
+		if Cli.NoCache {
+			return walker.Walk(ctx, func(path string, info fs.FileInfo, err error) error {
+				select {
+				case <-ctx.Done():
+					return ctx.Err()
+				default:
+					// ignore symlinks and directories
+					if !(info.IsDir() || info.Mode()&os.ModeSymlink == os.ModeSymlink) {
+						pathsCh <- path
+					}
+					return nil
+				}
+			})
+		}
+
 		return cache.ChangeSet(ctx, walker, pathsCh)
 	})
 
diff --git a/nix/packages.nix b/nix/packages.nix
index 127eb08..e0f8604 100644
--- a/nix/packages.nix
+++ b/nix/packages.nix
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     packages = rec {
       treefmt = inputs'.gomod2nix.legacyPackages.buildGoApplication rec {
         pname = "treefmt";
-        version = "0.0.1+dev";
+        version = "2.0.0+dev";
 
         # ensure we are using the same version of go to build with
         inherit (pkgs) go;