diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 067da99..a0bc826 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -34,15 +34,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: "0.14.0" # fixes zig cc cache race in 0.13.0
       - run: cargo install cargo-zigbuild --version 0.19.2
+      - name: Pre-warm zig cc cache
+        env:
+          ZIG_LOCAL_CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/zig-cache
+        run: |
+          echo 'int main(void) { return 0; }' > /tmp/zigwarm.c
+          zig cc --target=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu -c /tmp/zigwarm.c -o /tmp/zigwarm.o
       - name: Build embedded astgrep (target)
         env:
-          ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/zig-cache
+          ZIG_LOCAL_CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/zig-cache
         run: cargo zigbuild --manifest-path lib/astgrep/Cargo.toml --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.2.17
       - name: Build coderc (embed-astgrep)
         env:
           ASTGREP_RELEASE_BIN: ${{ github.workspace }}/lib/astgrep/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/astgrep
           CARGO_BUILD_EMBED_REQUIRED: "1"
-          ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/zig-cache
+          ZIG_LOCAL_CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/zig-cache
         run: cargo zigbuild -p cr-cli --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.2.17 --features cr-audit-static/embed-astgrep
       - run: strip target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/${{ env.BINARY_NAME }}
       - run: |
@@ -72,15 +78,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           version: "0.14.0" # fixes zig cc cache race in 0.13.0
       - run: cargo install cargo-zigbuild --version 0.19.2
+      - name: Pre-warm zig cc cache
+        env:
+          ZIG_LOCAL_CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/zig-cache
+        run: |
+          echo 'int main(void) { return 0; }' > /tmp/zigwarm.c
+          zig cc --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu -c /tmp/zigwarm.c -o /tmp/zigwarm.o
       - name: Build embedded astgrep (target)
         env:
-          ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/zig-cache
+          ZIG_LOCAL_CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/zig-cache
         run: cargo zigbuild --manifest-path lib/astgrep/Cargo.toml --release --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
       - name: Build coderc (embed-astgrep)
         env:
           ASTGREP_RELEASE_BIN: ${{ github.workspace }}/lib/astgrep/target/aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/astgrep
           CARGO_BUILD_EMBED_REQUIRED: "1"
-          ZIG_GLOBAL_CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/zig-cache
+          ZIG_LOCAL_CACHE_DIR: ${{ runner.temp }}/zig-cache
         run: cargo zigbuild -p cr-cli --release --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --features cr-audit-static/embed-astgrep
       - run: |
           sudo apt-get install -y binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu