diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
index d020514c4eabce6a9458560577805d6cd6554f97..826a06aa4ed44398cb1eb77aeea5043127d32543 100644
--- a/.bazelignore
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 rules_download
 rules_toolchain
+.cache
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f9ffccce60fcab9cbc48bdfa03db7d431fe3928d..a3c376557a81a35f36a300657dc77088f3966928 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ bootstrap:
   image: node:lts
   variables:
     NPM_CACHE: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/npm"
-  cache:
-    key: "bazelisk-node-0"
-    paths: !reference [.bazelisk, cache, paths]
   before_script:
     - |
       cat <<"EOF" | tee /usr/local/bin/bazelisk
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 46c947e0b896ddbb73fbb18e16731f245889af3f..1dd4462f32605ca47decef3c5e0e856e2124170f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,8 +83,20 @@ custom:
   extends: .bazelisk
   script:
     - !reference [.bazelisk-fragment, rc]
-    - bazelisk build //...
-    - bazelisk run //...
+    - |
+      bazelisk \
+          --output_user_root=$BAZEL_OUTPUT_USER_ROOT \
+          build \
+          --disk_cache=$BAZEL_DISK_CACHE \
+          --repository_cache=$BAZEL_REPOSITORY_CACHE \
+          //...
+    - |
+      bazelisk \
+          --output_user_root=$BAZEL_OUTPUT_USER_ROOT \
+          run \
+          --disk_cache=$BAZEL_DISK_CACHE \
+          --repository_cache=$BAZEL_REPOSITORY_CACHE \
+          //...
 ```
 
 [gitlab-ci-reference]: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/yaml_optimization.html#reference-tags
diff --git a/template.yml b/template.yml
index 9c44a057f4b8558c1605b7a728b07ab5e235279b..a0e5a36be19235d353ad8cd702e1c81e59d13da5 100644
--- a/template.yml
+++ b/template.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,22 @@ spec:
       default: //...
     root:
       default: .
-    key:
-      default: "bazelisk-1"
+    bazelisk_home:
+      default: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/bazelisk"
+    bazelisk_home_key:
+      default: "bazelisk-home"
+    output_user_root:
+      default: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/bazel-output-user-root"
+    output_user_root_key:
+      default: "bazel-output-user-root"
+    disk_cache:
+      default: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/bazel-disk-cache"
+    disk_cache_key:
+      default: "bazel-disk-cache"
+    repository_cache:
+      default: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/bazel-repository-cache"
+    repository_cache_key:
+      default: "bazel-repository-cache"
 ---
 .bazelisk-fragment:
   rc:
@@ -34,7 +48,12 @@ spec:
   execute:
     - cd "${ROOT}"
     - >
-      "$[[inputs.bazelisk]]" "$[[inputs.command]]" "$[[inputs.target]]"
+      "$[[inputs.bazelisk]]" \
+          "--output_user_root=$[[inputs.output_user_root]]" \
+          "$[[inputs.command]]" \
+          "--disk_cache=$[[inputs.disk_cache]]" \
+          "--repository_cache=$[[inputs.repository_cache]]" \
+          "$[[inputs.target]]"
     - cd -
   testlogs: # https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/19746
     - |
@@ -57,12 +76,27 @@ spec:
   image: "$[[inputs.image]]:$[[inputs.tag]]"
   variables:
     ROOT: "$[[inputs.root]]"
-    BAZELISK_HOME: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.cache/bazelisk"
+    BAZELISK_HOME: "$[[inputs.bazelisk_home]]"
+    BAZEL_OUTPUT_USER_ROOT: "$[[inputs.output_user_root]]"
+    BAZEL_DISK_CACHE: "$[[inputs.disk_cache]]"
+    BAZEL_REPOSITORY_CACHE: "$[[inputs.repository_cache]]"
   cache:
-    key: "$[[inputs.key]]"
-    paths:
-      - ".cache"
-    when: always
+    - key: "$[[inputs.bazelisk_home_key]]"
+      paths:
+        - "$[[inputs.bazelisk_home]]"
+      when: always
+    - key: "$[[inputs.output_user_root_key]]"
+      paths:
+        - "$[[inputs.output_user_root]]"
+      when: always
+    - key: "$[[inputs.repository_cache_key]]"
+      paths:
+        - "$[[inputs.repository_cache]]"
+      when: always
+    - key: "$[[inputs.disk_cache_key]]"
+      paths:
+        - "$[[inputs.disk_cache]]"
+      when: always
   script:
     - !reference [.bazelisk-fragment, rc]
     - !reference [.bazelisk-fragment, execute]