diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9e973e9..df16571 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ jobs:
         jq '."branch" = "localtest"' org.flatpak.Builder.BaseApp.json >> org.flatpak.Builder.BaseApp-modified.json
         flatpak-builder --verbose --user --sandbox --force-clean --repo=repo \
           --default-branch=localtest --ccache \
-          --install builddir org.flatpak.Builder.BaseApp-modified.json
+          --install --keep-build-dirs builddir \
+          org.flatpak.Builder.BaseApp-modified.json
 
     - name: Build org.flatpak.Builder
       run: |
@@ -58,7 +59,8 @@ jobs:
         jq '."runtime-version" = $ENV.BASEAPP_RUNTIME_VERSION | ."base-version" = "localtest"' org.flatpak.Builder.json >> org.flatpak.Builder-modified.json
         flatpak-builder --verbose --user --sandbox --force-clean --repo=repo \
           --default-branch=localtest --ccache \
-          --install builddir org.flatpak.Builder-modified.json
+          --install --keep-build-dirs --disable-cache builddir \
+          org.flatpak.Builder-modified.json
 
     - name: Check if org.flatpak.Builder launches
       run: |