diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
index 41c7829a5b82843c2de4b3abf02fbd3f095bba45..fd83d59efb53bc3daedb908b77f3178eed5955ed 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-maven.yml
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ stages:
   cache:
     key: "$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG-maven"
     paths:
-      - ${MAVEN_CFG_DIR}/repository
+      - "${MAVEN_PROJECT_DIR}/${MAVEN_CFG_DIR}/repository"
 
 mvn-build:
   extends: .mvn-base