diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml
index 75bf044e9f67d404835f338d734c0e77b4f3fd48..dbca4d848f5a66925bad711dbc5aceeae9f36cfe 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ variables:
   PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
   CONDA_ROOT: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/miniconda"
   BOOTSTRAP: "https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/raw/master/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py"
-  TORCH_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/torch"
+  XDG_CACHE_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache"
   # The version of cuda at Idiap
   CONDA_OVERRIDE_CUDA: "11.6"
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ stages:
     - conda clean --all
   cache:
     paths:
-      - torch
+      - ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/torch
 
 
 # Build target
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/nightlies.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/nightlies.yaml
index a81f6afa84720753b7b0daccb1f6a7aa7710cd23..72a9bf74bf059535874fb70b7f673e78d5666472 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/nightlies.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/nightlies.yaml
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ variables:
   PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
   CONDA_ROOT: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/miniconda"
   BOOTSTRAP: "https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/raw/master/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py"
-  TORCH_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/torch"
-  PRE_COMMIT_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/pre-commit"
+  XDG_CACHE_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache"
 
 
 # Definition of our build pipeline order
@@ -28,8 +27,8 @@ stages:
   cache:
     paths:
       - miniconda.sh
-      - ${TORCH_HOME}
-      - ${PRE_COMMIT_HOME}
+      - ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/torch
+      - ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/pre-commit
 
 
 # Build targets
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
index 387fb16376589f3294684e8a368ab1e10517406d..ba947809809c11f829f41ecd50e1ffba09f0741b 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ variables:
   PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
   CONDA_ROOT: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/miniconda"
   BOOTSTRAP: "https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/raw/master/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py"
-  TORCH_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/torch"
-  PRE_COMMIT_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/pre-commit"
+  XDG_CACHE_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache"
 
 
 # Definition of our build pipeline order
@@ -32,8 +31,8 @@ stages:
   cache:
     paths:
       - miniconda.sh
-      - ${TORCH_HOME}
-      - ${PRE_COMMIT_HOME}
+      - ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/torch
+      - ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/pre-commit
 
 
 # Build targets
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/python-package.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/python-package.yaml
index 01a0e335ced59b57368c6034ccaac524f905f489..b55045ac52afa105e1735172474b22f9d9330ded 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/python-package.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/python-package.yaml
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
 # Definition of global variables (all stages)
 variables:
   PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
-  PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
-  PRE_COMMIT_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/pre-commit"
   DEPLOY: "https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/raw/master/bob/devtools/deploy.py"
   # The version of cuda at Idiap
   CONDA_OVERRIDE_CUDA: "11.6"
+  XDG_CACHE_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache"
 
 
 # Definition of our build pipeline order
@@ -43,8 +42,9 @@ build:
   cache:
     key: "build-py"
     paths:
-      - ${PRE_COMMIT_HOME}
-      - ${PIP_CACHE_DIR}
+      - ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/pip
+      - ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/torch
+      - ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/pre-commit
 
 
 # Test targets
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
index d4729072b0ab7b4844e9f93f712e0d4aeb881553..599b50ec169ba8723ff72645ddfdeb0e25effd1f 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ variables:
   PYTHONUNBUFFERED: "1"
   CONDA_ROOT: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/miniconda"
   BOOTSTRAP: "https://gitlab.idiap.ch/bob/bob.devtools/raw/master/bob/devtools/bootstrap.py"
-  TORCH_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/torch"
-  PRE_COMMIT_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/pre-commit"
+  XDG_CACHE_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache"
 
 
 # Definition of our build pipeline order
@@ -32,8 +31,8 @@ stages:
   cache:
     paths:
       - miniconda.sh
-      - ${TORCH_HOME}
-      - ${PRE_COMMIT_HOME}
+      - ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/torch
+      - ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/pre-commit
 
 
 # Build targets