diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-podman.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-podman.yaml
index 4ab94dbab..200c770d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-podman.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-podman.yaml
@@ -18,17 +18,16 @@ jobs:
       - uses: ./.github/composite/go-setup
       - name: Install Podman
         run: |
-          # TODO uncomment following once https:.github.com/containers/podman/pull/16781 is in the kubic repository
-          #. /etc/os-release
-          #sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
-          #curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable/xUbuntu_${VERSION_ID}/Release.key \
-          #  | gpg --dearmor \
-          #  | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg > /dev/null
-          #echo \
-          #  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg]\
-          #    https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable/xUbuntu_${VERSION_ID}/ /" \
-          #  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable.list > /dev/null
-          #sudo apt-get update -qq
+          . /etc/os-release
+          sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
+          curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable/xUbuntu_${VERSION_ID}/Release.key \
+            | gpg --dearmor \
+            | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg > /dev/null
+          echo \
+            "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg]\
+              https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable/xUbuntu_${VERSION_ID}/ /" \
+            | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable.list > /dev/null
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
           sudo apt-get -qq -y install podman
           podman info
       - name: Install Binaries
diff --git a/pkg/builders/s2i/builder.go b/pkg/builders/s2i/builder.go
index c7fb5950f..f7df3c129 100644
--- a/pkg/builders/s2i/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/builders/s2i/builder.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package s2i
 import (
 	"archive/tar"
 	"context"
+	"crypto/sha1"
+	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -256,6 +258,14 @@ func (b *Builder) Build(ctx context.Context, f fn.Function, platforms []fn.Platf
 	// s2i apparently is not excluding the files in --as-dockerfile mode
 	exclude := regexp.MustCompile(cfg.ExcludeRegExp)
 
+	// if exists, patch dockerfile to using cache mount
+	if _, e := os.Stat(cfg.AsDockerfile); e == nil {
+		err = patchDockerfile(cfg.AsDockerfile, f)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	const up = ".." + string(os.PathSeparator)
 	go func() {
 		tw := tar.NewWriter(pw)
@@ -333,6 +343,7 @@ func (b *Builder) Build(ctx context.Context, f fn.Function, platforms []fn.Platf
 	opts := types.ImageBuildOptions{
 		Tags:       []string{f.Build.Image},
 		PullParent: true,
+		Version:    types.BuilderBuildKit,
 	}
 
 	resp, err := client.ImageBuild(ctx, pr, opts)
@@ -356,6 +367,20 @@ func (b *Builder) Build(ctx context.Context, f fn.Function, platforms []fn.Platf
 	return jsonmessage.DisplayJSONMessagesStream(resp.Body, out, fd, isTerminal, nil)
 }
 
+func patchDockerfile(path string, f fn.Function) error {
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`RUN (.*assemble)`)
+	s := sha1.Sum([]byte(f.Root))
+	mountCmd := "--mount=type=cache,target=/tmp/artifacts/,uid=1001,id=" + hex.EncodeToString(s[:8])
+	replacement := fmt.Sprintf("RUN %s \\\n    $1", mountCmd)
+	newDockerFileStr := re.ReplaceAllString(string(data), replacement)
+
+	return os.WriteFile(path, []byte(newDockerFileStr), 0644)
+}
+
 func s2iScriptURL(ctx context.Context, cli DockerClient, image string) (string, error) {
 	img, _, err := cli.ImageInspectWithRaw(ctx, image)
 	if err != nil {