diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9f935c81..95cb5f6e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -169,7 +169,20 @@ clippy:
   needs: [fmt]
   variables:
     SKIP_WASM_BUILD: "1"
-  timeout: 2h
+    # Use pre-baked registry in the CI image instead of re-downloading all
+    # crates on every run (global CARGO_HOME=$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cargo is wiped).
+    CARGO_HOME: /root/.cargo
+  timeout: 3h
+  before_script:
+    - rustup show
+    - rustc --version && cargo --version
+    - rustup target add wasm32v1-none
+    - export CACHE_KEY="$(cat Cargo.lock rust-toolchain.toml | md5sum | cut -c1-12)"
+    - export CARGO_TARGET_DIR="/cache/cargo-target/${CACHE_KEY}/clippy"
+    - mkdir -p "$CARGO_TARGET_DIR"
+    - find /cache/cargo-target -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d ! -name "${CACHE_KEY}" -exec rm -rf {} + 2>/dev/null || true
+    - echo "CARGO_TARGET_DIR=$CARGO_TARGET_DIR (disk $(df -h /cache/cargo-target | tail -1 | awk '{print $3 "/" $2 " used, " $4 " free"}'))"
+  cache: []
   script:
     - git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
     - |