diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-docker-dryrun.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-docker-dryrun.yml
index 405521c354..bcc19e3eba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-docker-dryrun.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-docker-dryrun.yml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           context: .
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/riscv64
           push: false
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/go-gitea/gitea:buildcache-rootful
       - name: Build rootless container image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
@@ -36,3 +37,4 @@ jobs:
           push: false
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/riscv64
           file: Dockerfile.rootless
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/go-gitea/gitea:buildcache-rootless
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
index f073df05d3..a7b2fda042 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           annotations: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.annotations }}
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/go-gitea/gitea:buildcache-rootful
+          cache-to: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/go-gitea/gitea:buildcache-rootful,mode=max
       - name: build rootless docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
@@ -129,3 +131,5 @@ jobs:
           file: Dockerfile.rootless
           tags: ${{ steps.meta_rootless.outputs.tags }}
           annotations: ${{ steps.meta_rootless.outputs.annotations }}
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/go-gitea/gitea:buildcache-rootless
+          cache-to: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/go-gitea/gitea:buildcache-rootless,mode=max