diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 91f6d8dfa..110f17f1a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 FROM ubuntu:22.04 AS skiplang-base
 
+ARG TARGETARCH
+
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN --mount=type=bind,source=./bin/apt-install.sh,target=/tmp/apt-install.sh \
-    /tmp/apt-install.sh skiplang-build-deps && \
-    apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    --mount=type=cache,id=apt-cache-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=apt-lists-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/lib/apt/lists,sharing=locked \
+    /tmp/apt-install.sh skiplang-build-deps
 
 ENV CC=clang
 ENV CXX=clang++
@@ -24,6 +27,8 @@ FROM skiplang AS skip
 
 RUN --mount=type=bind,source=./bin/apt-install.sh,target=/tmp/apt-install.sh \
     --mount=type=bind,source=./requirements-dev.txt,target=/tmp/requirements-dev.txt \
-    /tmp/apt-install.sh skipruntime-deps other-CI-tools other-dev-tools && \
-    apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-    pip cache purge && npm cache clean --force
+    --mount=type=cache,id=apt-cache-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=apt-lists-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/lib/apt/lists,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.npm,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/pip,sharing=locked \
+    /tmp/apt-install.sh skipruntime-deps other-CI-tools other-dev-tools
diff --git a/skiplang/Dockerfile b/skiplang/Dockerfile
index 7fc4aabae..71d2c441c 100644
--- a/skiplang/Dockerfile
+++ b/skiplang/Dockerfile
@@ -6,19 +6,21 @@
 FROM debian:bookworm-20250113-slim AS base
 
 ARG LLVM_VERSION=20
+ARG TARGETARCH
 
 # Install LLVM via apt repository directly
 # Note: [trusted=yes] is needed because apt.llvm.org's GPG key uses SHA1 signatures
 # which modern Debian rejects since Feb 2026. This is an upstream LLVM issue.
-RUN apt-get update --quiet && \
-    apt-get install --quiet --yes make wget && \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=apt-cache-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=apt-lists-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/lib/apt/lists,sharing=locked \
+    apt-get update --quiet && \
+    apt-get install --quiet --yes --no-install-recommends ca-certificates make wget && \
     echo "deb [trusted=yes] http://apt.llvm.org/bookworm/ llvm-toolchain-bookworm-${LLVM_VERSION} main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/llvm.list && \
     apt-get update --quiet && \
-    apt-get install --quiet --yes \
+    apt-get install --quiet --yes --no-install-recommends \
         clang-${LLVM_VERSION} \
         llvm-${LLVM_VERSION} \
         lld-${LLVM_VERSION} && \
-    apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
     update-alternatives \
       --install /usr/bin/clang clang /usr/bin/clang-${LLVM_VERSION} 101 \
       --slave /usr/bin/clang++ clang++ /usr/bin/clang++-${LLVM_VERSION} \
diff --git a/skipruntime-ts/tests/native_addon/Dockerfile b/skipruntime-ts/tests/native_addon/Dockerfile
index 0fb3c9299..d3523ed74 100644
--- a/skipruntime-ts/tests/native_addon/Dockerfile
+++ b/skipruntime-ts/tests/native_addon/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 FROM ubuntu:latest
 
+ARG TARGETARCH
+
 # install dependencies needed to build the node addon
-RUN apt-get update --quiet \
- && apt-get install --quiet --yes g++ make python3 wget \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=apt-cache-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=apt-lists-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/lib/apt/lists,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.npm,sharing=locked \
+    apt-get update --quiet \
+ && apt-get install --quiet --yes --no-install-recommends ca-certificates g++ make python3 wget \
  && wget --quiet --output-document=- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | bash - \
- && apt-get install --quiet --yes nodejs \
- && apt-get clean \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
- && npm install --global typescript \
- && npm cache clean --force
+ && apt-get install --quiet --yes --no-install-recommends nodejs \
+ && npm install --global typescript
 
 # copy the test code
 COPY package.json test.ts /work/
@@ -29,9 +31,9 @@ RUN VERSION=$(npm install --dry-run @skipruntime/native | grep native | cut -d'
  && npm install @skipruntime/native
 
 # build the test
-RUN npm install \
- && tsc --module node16 test.ts \
- && npm cache clean --force
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.npm,sharing=locked \
+    npm install \
+ && tsc --module node16 test.ts
 
 # set LD_LIBRARY_PATH so node can find the native addon's shared object file
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PREFIX}/lib
diff --git a/skipruntime-ts/tests/native_addon_unreleased/Dockerfile b/skipruntime-ts/tests/native_addon_unreleased/Dockerfile
index 7b14ad5ae..766c68db2 100644
--- a/skipruntime-ts/tests/native_addon_unreleased/Dockerfile
+++ b/skipruntime-ts/tests/native_addon_unreleased/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 FROM ubuntu:latest
 
+ARG TARGETARCH
+
 # install dependencies needed to build the node addon
-RUN apt-get update --quiet \
- && apt-get install --quiet --yes g++ make python3 wget \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=apt-cache-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=apt-lists-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/lib/apt/lists,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.npm,sharing=locked \
+    apt-get update --quiet \
+ && apt-get install --quiet --yes --no-install-recommends ca-certificates g++ make python3 wget \
  && wget --quiet --output-document=- https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_22.x | bash - \
- && apt-get install --quiet --yes nodejs \
- && apt-get clean \
- && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
- && npm install --global typescript \
- && npm cache clean --force
+ && apt-get install --quiet --yes --no-install-recommends nodejs \
+ && npm install --global typescript
 
 # copy the npm pack archives, libskipruntime.so files, and install_runtime.sh
 COPY build /work/build
@@ -34,9 +36,9 @@ RUN VERSION=$(npm install --dry-run @skipruntime/native | grep native | cut -d'
  && npm install @skipruntime/native
 
 # build the test
-RUN npm install \
- && tsc --module node16 test.ts \
- && npm cache clean --force
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.npm,sharing=locked \
+    npm install \
+ && tsc --module node16 test.ts
 
 # set LD_LIBRARY_PATH so node can find the native addon's shared object file
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${PREFIX}/lib
diff --git a/sql/Dockerfile b/sql/Dockerfile
index e798a9e6c..7b350d0df 100644
--- a/sql/Dockerfile
+++ b/sql/Dockerfile
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 FROM skiplabs/skip AS base
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -q -y curl sqlite3 unzip zip && \
+ARG TARGETARCH
+
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=apt-cache-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,id=apt-lists-$TARGETARCH,target=/var/lib/apt/lists,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.npm,sharing=locked \
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -q -y --no-install-recommends curl sqlite3 unzip zip && \
     npm install -g bun && \
-    npx playwright install-deps && \
-    apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && \
-    npm cache clean --force
+    npx playwright install-deps
 
 RUN sh -c 'curl -s "https://get.sdkman.io?rcupdate=false" | bash'
-RUN bash -c "source $HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh && \
+RUN --mount=type=cache,id=sdkman-$TARGETARCH,target=/root/.sdkman/archives,sharing=locked \
+    bash -c "source $HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh && \
     sdk install gradle && \
-    sdk install java 20.0.2-tem && \
-    rm -rf $HOME/.sdkman/archives/*"
+    sdk install java 20.0.2-tem"
 
 FROM base AS skdb
 
diff --git a/sql/server/core/Dockerfile b/sql/server/core/Dockerfile
index 7ffa0ab9d..984bdadcb 100644
--- a/sql/server/core/Dockerfile
+++ b/sql/server/core/Dockerfile
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ FROM eclipse-temurin:20
 
 COPY . /skdb
 WORKDIR /skdb/sql/server/core
-RUN ../gradlew build --no-daemon --console plain && \
-    rm -rf ~/.gradle/caches ~/.gradle/wrapper
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.gradle,sharing=locked \
+    ../gradlew build --no-daemon --console plain
diff --git a/sql/server/dev/Dockerfile b/sql/server/dev/Dockerfile
index abce52463..a2f3b75c0 100644
--- a/sql/server/dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/sql/server/dev/Dockerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ FROM eclipse-temurin:20 AS skgw
 COPY . /skdb
 
 WORKDIR /skdb/sql/server/dev
-RUN ../gradlew jar --no-daemon --console plain
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.gradle,sharing=locked \
+    ../gradlew jar --no-daemon --console plain
 
 ################################################################################
 # Build the development image by copying out artifacts