diff --git a/bobbin/containerfiles/hydrant.Containerfile b/bobbin/containerfiles/hydrant.Containerfile
index ebe611dd7..cb8b88cf1 100644
--- a/bobbin/containerfiles/hydrant.Containerfile
+++ b/bobbin/containerfiles/hydrant.Containerfile
@@ -13,14 +13,17 @@ WORKDIR /src
 COPY --from=source /hydrant ./
 # remove hydrants wild linker config
 RUN rm -f .cargo/config.toml
-RUN cargo build --release --bin hydrant --features jetstream
-RUN strip target/release/hydrant
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/src/target \
+    cargo build --release --bin hydrant --features jetstream && \
+    strip target/release/hydrant && \
+    cp target/release/hydrant /usr/local/bin/hydrant
 
 FROM debian:trixie-slim
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
       ca-certificates \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-COPY --from=builder /src/target/release/hydrant /usr/local/bin/hydrant
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/hydrant /usr/local/bin/hydrant
 ENV HYDRANT_DATABASE_PATH=/var/lib/hydrant
 EXPOSE 3000
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/hydrant"]
diff --git a/localinfra/knot2.Dockerfile b/localinfra/knot2.Dockerfile
index 0f49146d7..13a0adde1 100644
--- a/localinfra/knot2.Dockerfile
+++ b/localinfra/knot2.Dockerfile
@@ -16,14 +16,17 @@ COPY gitmirror ./gitmirror
 COPY lexicons ./lexicons
 COPY knot2/crates ./knot2/crates
 COPY knot2/third_party ./knot2/third_party
-RUN cargo build --release --package knot-server
-RUN strip target/release/knot-server
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/src/target \
+    cargo build --release --package knot-server && \
+    cp target/release/knot-server /usr/local/bin/knot-server
+RUN strip /usr/local/bin/knot-server
 
 FROM debian:trixie-slim
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
       ca-certificates curl \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-COPY --from=builder /src/target/release/knot-server /usr/local/bin/knot-server
+COPY --from=builder /usr/local/bin/knot-server /usr/local/bin/knot-server
 
 COPY <<'EOF' /usr/local/bin/knot-entrypoint.sh
 #!/bin/sh