diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/dockerfile_runner.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/dockerfile_runner.yaml
index 3213d6d..49e9e61 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/dockerfile_runner.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/dockerfile_runner.yaml
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ jobs:
           key: pip
           restore-keys: pip
 
-      - name: Cache docker-ci
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+      - name: inject cache into docker
+        uses: reproducible-containers/buildkit-cache-dance@v3.1.0
         with:
-          path: /root/.cache/docker-ci
-          key: docker-ci
-          restore-keys: docker-ci
+           cache-source: /root/.cache/pip
+
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
@@ -47,8 +46,9 @@ jobs:
           push: true
         #build-contexts: pip_cache=${{steps.vars.outputs.pip-dir}}
           tags: gitea.tryton.geeraert.eu/pi-ux-ce/django-python:latest
-          cache-from: type=local,src=/root/.cache/docker-ci
-          cache-to: type=local,dest=/root/.cache/docker-ci,mode=max
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=gitea.tryton.geeraert.eu/pi-ux-ce/django-python:buildcache
+          cache-to: type=registry,ref=gitea.tryton.geeraert.eu/pi-ux-ce/django-python:buildcache,mode=max
+
       - name: drop the pod to force pulling the new image
         uses: actions-hub/kubectl@master
         env: