diff --git a/.gitlab/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitlab/workflows/ci.yml
index 21d0090d..29ac5f6f 100644
--- a/.gitlab/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ ci:
       coverage_report:
         coverage_format: cobertura
         path: coverage.xml
+  cache:
+    paths:
+      - .venv
+    key:
+      files:
+        - pdm.lock
+      prefix: venv-${PYTHON_VERSION}
   coverage: /(?i)total.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/
   image: ${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/dev:py${PYTHON_VERSION}
   interruptible: true
diff --git a/.gitlab/workflows/release.yml b/.gitlab/workflows/release.yml
index 736f2dfa..b279803a 100644
--- a/.gitlab/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/workflows/release.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ pages-build:
       - public
       - docs/changelog.md
       - release-notes.md
+  cache:
+    paths:
+      - .venv
+    key:
+      files:
+        - pdm.lock
+      prefix: venv-${PYTHON_VERSION}
+    policy: pull
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v?(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-?(a|b|rc)(0|[1-9][0-9]*)?)?$/
   script:
diff --git a/template/[% if repo_host_type == 'gitlab.com' or repo_host_type == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/ci.yml.jinja b/template/[% if repo_host_type == 'gitlab.com' or repo_host_type == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/ci.yml.jinja
index 7c8bc5e4..f8e5ef16 100644
--- a/template/[% if repo_host_type == 'gitlab.com' or repo_host_type == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/ci.yml.jinja	
+++ b/template/[% if repo_host_type == 'gitlab.com' or repo_host_type == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/ci.yml.jinja	
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ ci:
       coverage_report:
         coverage_format: cobertura
         path: coverage.xml
+  cache:
+    paths:
+      - .venv
+    key:
+      files:
+        - pdm.lock
+      prefix: venv-${PYTHON_VERSION}
   coverage: /(?i)total.*? (100(?:\.0+)?\%|[1-9]?\d(?:\.\d+)?\%)$/
   image: ${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/dev:py${PYTHON_VERSION}
   interruptible: true
diff --git a/template/[% if repo_host_type == 'gitlab.com' or repo_host_type == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/release.yml.jinja b/template/[% if repo_host_type == 'gitlab.com' or repo_host_type == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/release.yml.jinja
index e98392be..eda5da8c 100644
--- a/template/[% if repo_host_type == 'gitlab.com' or repo_host_type == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/release.yml.jinja	
+++ b/template/[% if repo_host_type == 'gitlab.com' or repo_host_type == 'gitlab-self-managed' %].gitlab[% endif %]/workflows/release.yml.jinja	
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ pages-build:
       - public
       - docs/changelog.md
       - release-notes.md
+  cache:
+    paths:
+      - .venv
+    key:
+      files:
+        - pdm.lock
+      prefix: venv-${PYTHON_VERSION}
+    policy: pull
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v?(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(-?(a|b|rc)(0|[1-9][0-9]*)?)?$/
   script: