diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 072c8fe11b..a3997e4f68 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Unit Tests
 env:
   # increment this when downloads substantially change to avoid the internet
-  DOWNLOAD_CACHE_VERSION: '10'
+  DOWNLOAD_CACHE_VERSION: '11'
   PYTHON_CACHE_VERSION: '2'
   CAPTURE_PROCESS_REPLAY: 1
   GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/symbolic.py b/tinygrad/uop/symbolic.py
index 6918062d9a..48bc9461f0 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/symbolic.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/symbolic.py
@@ -242,18 +242,18 @@ def gep_through_wmma(gep:UOp, wmma:UOp):
 
 gep_pushing = PatternMatcher([
   # GEP/VECTORIZE, GEP/GEP, GEP/CONST, GEP/VCONST
-  (UPat(Ops.GEP, src=(UPat(Ops.GEP, name='g2'),), name='g1'),
+  (UPat(Ops.GEP, name='g2').f(Ops.GEP, name='g1'),
    lambda g1, g2: g2.src[0].gep(tuple(g2.arg[g1.arg[i]] for i in range(len(g1.arg))))),
-  (UPat(Ops.GEP, src=(UPat(Ops.VECTORIZE, name="vec"),), name="gep"),
+  (UPat(Ops.VECTORIZE, name='vec').f(Ops.GEP, name='gep'),
    lambda gep, vec: UOp(Ops.VECTORIZE, gep.dtype, tuple(vec.src[i] for i in gep.arg)) if len(gep.arg) > 1 else vec.src[gep.arg[0]]),
-  (UPat(Ops.GEP, src=(UPat.cvar("c", vec=False),), name="gep"), lambda gep, c: gep.const_like(c.arg)),
-  (UPat(Ops.GEP, src=(UPat(Ops.VCONST, name="c"),), name="gep"), lambda gep, c: gep.const_like(tuple(c.arg[x] for x in gep.arg))),
+  (UPat.cvar("c", vec=False).f(Ops.GEP, name="gep"), lambda gep, c: gep.const_like(c.arg)),
+  (UPat(Ops.VCONST, name="c").f(Ops.GEP, name="gep"), lambda gep, c: gep.const_like(tuple(c.arg[x] for x in gep.arg))),
   # GEP on void is skipped
   (UPat(Ops.GEP, src=(UPat(dtype=dtypes.void, name="x"),)), lambda x: x),
   # GEP in order is removed
   (UPat(Ops.GEP, name="g"), lambda g: g.src[0] if not isinstance(g.dtype, PtrDType) and g.arg == tuple(range(g.src[0].dtype.count)) else None),
   # push all GEPs through ALUs (fix arange stuff)
-  (UPat(Ops.GEP, src=(UPat((*GroupOp.ALU, Ops.CAST, Ops.BITCAST), name='alu'),), name='gep'),
+  (UPat((*GroupOp.ALU, Ops.CAST, Ops.BITCAST), name='alu').f(Ops.GEP, name='gep'),
    lambda gep,alu: UOp(alu.op, alu.dtype.scalar().vec(gep.dtype.count), tuple(x.gep(gep.arg) for x in alu.src), alu.arg) \
      if not isinstance(gep.dtype, PtrDType) else None),
   # CAT can't be rendered. it's a VECTORIZE on vectors, we expand to a single VECTORIZEs with GEPs (TODO: move this later)
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ gep_pushing = PatternMatcher([
   # VECTORIZE on same GEP
   (UPat(Ops.VECTORIZE, name="v", src=UPat(Ops.GEP, src=(UPat.var("x"),))), lambda v,x: x.gep(tuple(get_single_element(i.arg) for i in v.src))),
   # push some GEPs through WMMAs
-  (UPat(Ops.GEP, src=(UPat(Ops.WMMA, name="wmma"),), name="gep"), gep_through_wmma),
+  (UPat(Ops.WMMA, name="wmma").f(Ops.GEP, name="gep"), gep_through_wmma),
 ])
 
 commutative = PatternMatcher([