diff --git a/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml
index daaf1feb2dd272..77c1a9e875aa04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ env:
   # directory /home/runner/work.
   MAVEN_REPO_FOLDER: /__w/flink/flink/.m2/repository
   MAVEN_ARGS: -Dmaven.repo.local=/__w/flink/flink/.m2/repository
+  # required by tools/azure-pipelines/cache_docker_images.sh
+  DOCKER_IMAGES_CACHE_FOLDER: /__w/flink/flink/.docker-cache
   FLINK_ARTIFACT_DIR: /__w/flink/artifacts
   FLINK_ARTIFACT_FILENAME: flink_artifacts.tar.gz
-  DOCKER_IMAGES_CACHE_FOLDER: /__w/flink/flink/.docker-cache
 
 jobs:
   compile:
@@ -283,11 +284,12 @@ jobs:
       E2E_CACHE_FOLDER: ${{ github.workspace }}/.e2e-cache
       # required by common_artifact_download_cacher.sh in flink-end-to-end-tests/test-scripts
       E2E_TARBALL_CACHE: ${{ github.workspace }}/.e2e-tarbal-cache
+      # required by tools/azure-pipelines/cache_docker_images.sh
+      DOCKER_IMAGES_CACHE_FOLDER: ${{ github.workspace }}/.docker-cache
       MAVEN_REPO_FOLDER: ${{ github.workspace }}/.m2/repository
       MAVEN_ARGS: -Dmaven.repo.local=${{ github.workspace }}/.m2/repository
       FLINK_ARTIFACT_DIR: ${{ github.workspace }}
       FLINK_ARTIFACT_FILENAME: flink_artifacts.tar.gz
-      DOCKER_IMAGES_CACHE_FOLDER: ${{ github.workspace }}/.docker-cache
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: