diff --git a/lib/ui5Framework/npm/Registry.js b/lib/ui5Framework/npm/Registry.js
index 73cc9947b..fb678be53 100644
--- a/lib/ui5Framework/npm/Registry.js
+++ b/lib/ui5Framework/npm/Registry.js
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ class Registry {
 		await configuration.load(); // Reads through the configurations
 		const config = configuration.flat; // JSON. Formatted via "flatten"
 
+		// Always use our cache dir instead of the configured one
+		config.cache = this._cacheDir;
+
 		if (!config.proxy && !config.httpsProxy) {
 			// Disable usage of shared keep-alive agents unless a proxy is configured
 			// which only works with agents.
diff --git a/test/lib/graph/helpers/ui5Framework.integration.js b/test/lib/graph/helpers/ui5Framework.integration.js
index a989f3a31..3eec2a802 100644
--- a/test/lib/graph/helpers/ui5Framework.integration.js
+++ b/test/lib/graph/helpers/ui5Framework.integration.js
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ test.beforeEach(async (t) => {
 	}
 	sinon.stub(Config.prototype, "flat").value({
 		registry: "https://registry.fake",
-		cache: path.join(ui5FrameworkBaseDir, "cacache"),
 		proxy: ""
 	});
 
diff --git a/test/lib/ui5framework/npm/Registry.js b/test/lib/ui5framework/npm/Registry.js
index 6fb430244..01436837b 100644
--- a/test/lib/ui5framework/npm/Registry.js
+++ b/test/lib/ui5framework/npm/Registry.js
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ test.serial("_getPacoteOptions", async (t) => {
 
 	const expectedPacoteOptions = {
 		fake: "config",
-		agent: false
+		agent: false,
+		cache: "cacheDir"
 	};
 	npmConfigFlat.value(npmConfig);
 
@@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ test.serial("_getPacoteOptions (proxy config set)", async (t) => {
 	};
 
 	const expectedPacoteOptions = {
-		proxy: "http://localhost:9999"
+		proxy: "http://localhost:9999",
+		cache: "cacheDir"
 	};
 
 	npmConfigFlat.value(npmConfig);
@@ -134,7 +136,8 @@ test.serial("_getPacoteOptions (https-proxy config set)", async (t) => {
 	};
 
 	const expectedPacoteOptions = {
-		httpsProxy: "http://localhost:9999"
+		httpsProxy: "http://localhost:9999",
+		cache: "cacheDir"
 	};
 
 	npmConfigFlat.value(npmConfig);