diff --git a/.github/workflows/testnode.bash b/.github/workflows/testnode.bash
index be7e696..63e5edf 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/testnode.bash
+++ b/.github/workflows/testnode.bash
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Start the test node and get PID, to terminate it once send-l2 is done.
 cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
 
-./test-node.bash "$@"
+./test-node.bash "$@" --ci
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
     echo "test-node.bash failed"
diff --git a/docker-compose-ci-cache.json b/docker-compose-ci-cache.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fee603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose-ci-cache.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "target": {
+    "scripts": {
+      "cache-from": [
+        "type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache"
+      ],
+      "cache-to": [
+        "type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache,mode=max"
+      ],
+      "output": [
+        "type=docker"
+      ]
+    },
+    "rollupcreator": {
+      "cache-from": [
+        "type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache"
+      ],
+      "cache-to": [
+        "type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache,mode=max"
+      ],
+      "output": [
+        "type=docker"
+      ]
+    },
+    "tokenbridge": {
+      "cache-from": [
+        "type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache"
+      ],
+      "cache-to": [
+        "type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache,mode=max"
+      ],
+      "output": [
+        "type=docker"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test-node.bash b/test-node.bash
index d40484a..58cb2ef 100755
--- a/test-node.bash
+++ b/test-node.bash
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 run=true
+ci=false
 validate=false
 detach=false
 blockscout=false
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
                 done
             fi
             ;;
+        --ci)
+            ci=true
+            shift
+            ;;
         --build)
             build_dev_nitro=true
             build_dev_blockscout=true
@@ -342,11 +347,17 @@ if $build_utils; then
   if $tokenbridge || $l3_token_bridge; then
     LOCAL_BUILD_NODES="$LOCAL_BUILD_NODES tokenbridge"
   fi
-  UTILS_NOCACHE=""
-  if $force_build_utils; then
+
+  if [ "$ci" == true ]; then
+    # workaround to cache docker layers and keep using docker-compose in CI
+    docker buildx bake --file docker-compose.yaml --file docker-compose-ci-cache.json $LOCAL_BUILD_NODES
+  else
+    UTILS_NOCACHE=""
+    if $force_build_utils; then
       UTILS_NOCACHE="--no-cache"
+    fi
+    docker compose build --no-rm $UTILS_NOCACHE $LOCAL_BUILD_NODES
   fi
-  docker compose build --no-rm $UTILS_NOCACHE $LOCAL_BUILD_NODES
 fi
 
 if $dev_nitro; then