diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 156b436d2d6af8298dbce57eadca9e4c55828d47..1577dedb3380dd08a83f2714f264406b3aeea43b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 variables:
-  PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/pip-cache"
+  PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
 
 stages:
   - test
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ test_schemas:
   cache:
     key: "$CI_PROJECT_ID__pip_cache"
     paths:
-      - "$PIP_CACHE_DIR"
+      - .cache/pip
   before_script:
     - pip3 install .[dev]
   script: