diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index 3218c9951..4b3fbc1a9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
       - master
 
 env:
-  CCACHE_DIR: ${{ env.HOME }}/.ccache
+  CCACHE_DIR: /cache/.ccache
   CCACHE_TEMPDIR: /tmp/.ccache-temp
   CCACHE_COMPRESS: 1
   CASHER_TIME_OUT: 599 # one second less than 10m to avoid 10m timeout error: https://github.com/Project-OSRM/osrm-backend/issues/2742