diff --git a/includes/cache.yml b/includes/cache.yml
index a3bde03fca1d7943d74aa57d4aaf07f697af2478..d3ad9f00f9be44ea78ab71d89028a964db5a6cf9 100644
--- a/includes/cache.yml
+++ b/includes/cache.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
     paths:
       - "$APP_DIR/node_modules/"
       - "$APP_DIR/.next/cache/"
-      - "$CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER"
+      - "$CACHE_FOLDER"
diff --git a/panter-kubernetes-base.yml b/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
index fe2eceacb5140320b304b51ac13a8bfe91290a3d..5fd538b3b24743df88835adea6cfa3fefe6bb3d9 100644
--- a/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
+++ b/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ variables:
   # APP NAME LOCAL TO THE APP NAMESPACEGIT S
   KUBE_APP_NAME: ${COMPONENT_NAME}
 
+  CACHE_FOLDER: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"
   # see https://on.cypress.io/caching
-  CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/Cypress"
+  CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER: "$CACHE_FOLDER/Cypress"
 
   # currently completly useless because of a bug: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27293
   #CACHE_FALLBACK_KEY: $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH