diff --git a/.github/actions/internal/install-haxelibs/action.yml b/.github/actions/internal/install-haxelibs/action.yml
index e41bad2..5eeb438 100644
--- a/.github/actions/internal/install-haxelibs/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/internal/install-haxelibs/action.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ runs:
         esac
         echo "HAXELIB_PATH=$HAXELIB_PATH" | tee -a "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
-        haxelib config
+        haxelib_version=$(haxelib version)
+        echo "haxelib version: $haxelib_version"
+        (set -x; haxelib config)
 
         haxelibs='${{ inputs.haxe-libs }}'
         if [[ ${TEST_CPP:-} == "true" ]]; then
@@ -109,7 +111,11 @@ runs:
               # in case it was already loaded from cache, delete it to prevent git errors like "You have divergent branches and need to specify how to reconcile them."
               rm -rf "$HAXELIB_PATH/$lib_name/git"
 
-              (set -x; haxelib git --always "$lib_name" "${lib_ver_splitted[0]}" ${lib_ver_splitted[1]:-}) || exit $?
+              if [[ $haxelib_version == "4.0.2" ]]; then # workaround for "Uncaught exception - Failed with error: Eof"
+                (set -x; haxelib git --always "$lib_name" "${lib_ver_splitted[0]}" ${lib_ver_splitted[1]:-} || true)
+              else
+                (set -x; haxelib git --always "$lib_name" "${lib_ver_splitted[0]}" ${lib_ver_splitted[1]:-})
+              fi
               continue;
             fi
 
@@ -124,7 +130,11 @@ runs:
 
               if [[ ! -f $HAXELIB_PATH/$lib_name/${lib_ver//./,}/haxelib.json ]]; then
                 (set -x; curl -sSfL --connect-timeout 10 --retry 3 "https://lib.haxe.org/p/$lib_name/$lib_ver/download/" -o "$lib_name.zip") || exit $?
-                (set -x; haxelib --always install "$lib_name.zip")
+                if [[ $haxelib_version == "4.0.2" ]]; then # workaround for "Uncaught exception - Failed with error: Eof"
+                  (set -x; haxelib --debug --always install "$lib_name.zip" || true)
+                else
+                  (set -x; haxelib --debug --always install "$lib_name.zip")
+                fi
                 rm "$lib_name.zip"
               else
                 echo "Library $lib_name $lib_ver is already present."