diff --git a/.github/workflows/nextest-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/nextest-build.yaml
index c2d7bcd51..7d6190380 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nextest-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nextest-build.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ jobs:
     name: Build test artifacts
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
+        with:
+          packages: build-essential ca-certificates clang curl git libpq-dev libssl-dev pkg-config lsof lld
+          version: 1.0
+
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # By default actions/checkout checks out a merge commit. Check out the PR head instead.