diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2e14c602124b7789b8f9786f65e0f9acfde5b0b3..29f2967928ae1be6bee98d5420dd64ebfbe89178 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ eic_docker:
   script:
      - cd containers/docker
      - make login
-     - make release
+     - make release-cached
 
 eic_singularity:
   image: eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/containers/image_recipes/ubuntu_dind:latest