diff --git a/panter-kubernetes-base.yml b/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
index 5fd538b3b24743df88835adea6cfa3fefe6bb3d9..c0b4a7596f2093635ee5ab21c660c1d7cc66a9fe 100644
--- a/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
+++ b/panter-kubernetes-base.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ variables:
 
   CACHE_FOLDER: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache"
   # see https://on.cypress.io/caching
-  CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER: "$CACHE_FOLDER/Cypress"
+  CYPRESS_CACHE_FOLDER: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/Cypress"
 
   # currently completly useless because of a bug: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/-/issues/27293
   #CACHE_FALLBACK_KEY: $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH