diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
index d8468bf..959709c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           CACHE_KEY="python-$(cat dashboard/backend/requirements.txt dashboard/backend/requirements-dev.txt | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1)"
           CACHE_DIR="/tmp/pytest-cache/$CACHE_KEY"
+          PIP_CACHE_DIR="/tmp/pip-cache"
           echo "CACHE_DIR=$CACHE_DIR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "CACHE_KEY=$CACHE_KEY" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PIP_CACHE_DIR=$PIP_CACHE_DIR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          mkdir -p "$PIP_CACHE_DIR"
           if [ -d "$CACHE_DIR" ]; then
             echo "Cache hit for $CACHE_KEY"
             echo "cache-hit=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -45,17 +48,17 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd dashboard/backend
           if [ "${{ steps.cache-python.outputs.cache-hit }}" = "true" ]; then
-            echo "Restoring from cache $CACHE_KEY..."
+            echo "Restoring venv from cache $CACHE_KEY..."
             cp -a $CACHE_DIR/venv .
           else
             echo "Installing fresh dependencies..."
             python3 -m venv venv
             . venv/bin/activate
-            pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
-            pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-dev.txt
-            pip install --no-cache-dir pytest-timeout
+            pip install --cache-dir=$PIP_CACHE_DIR -r requirements.txt
+            pip install --cache-dir=$PIP_CACHE_DIR -r requirements-dev.txt
+            pip install --cache-dir=$PIP_CACHE_DIR pytest-timeout
             # Save to cache
-            echo "Saving to cache $CACHE_KEY..."
+            echo "Saving venv to cache $CACHE_KEY..."
             cp -a venv $CACHE_DIR/
           fi