diff --git a/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml
index e7729f96c6e836..29768caed8e9ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/template.flink-ci.yml
@@ -66,12 +66,10 @@ env:
   FLINK_ARTIFACT_DIR: /root/artifact-directory
   FLINK_ARTIFACT_FILENAME: flink_artifacts.tar.gz
 
-  # The following environment variables refer to folders that are subject to caching and, therefore,
-  # have to live in the mounted folder.
-  MAVEN_REPO_FOLDER: /__w/.m2/repository
-  MAVEN_ARGS: -Dmaven.repo.local=/__w/.m2/repository
+  MAVEN_REPO_FOLDER: /root/.m2/repository
+  MAVEN_ARGS: -Dmaven.repo.local=/root/.m2/repository
   # required by tools/azure-pipelines/cache_docker_images.sh
-  DOCKER_IMAGES_CACHE_FOLDER: /__w/.docker-cache
+  DOCKER_IMAGES_CACHE_FOLDER: /root/.docker-cache
 
 jobs:
   compile: