diff --git a/.github/actions/depot_tools/action.yaml b/.github/actions/depot_tools/action.yaml
index 97598b3d746bb..e88148f724e67 100644
--- a/.github/actions/depot_tools/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/depot_tools/action.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ runs:
         run: echo "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/depot_tools" >> $GITHUB_PATH
         shell: bash
       - name: Generate gclient file
-        run: gclient config --name=src --custom-var=download_remoteexec_cfg=True --custom-var='rbe_instance="projects/cobalt-actions-prod/instances/default_instance"' https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}
+        run: gclient config --name=src --custom-var=download_remoteexec_cfg=True --custom-var='rbe_instance="projects/cobalt-actions-prod/instances/default_instance"' --cache-dir=/gclient-sync-cache/git https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}
         shell: bash
       - name: Set target OS for Android
         if: ${{ contains(matrix.platform, 'android') }}
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ runs:
         shell: bash
       - name: gclient sync
         if: inputs.run_sync == 'true'
-        run: gclient sync -v --shallow --no-history -r ${{ github.sha }}
+        run: gclient sync -v --shallow --no-history --lock_timeout=700 --jobs=1 -r ${{ github.sha }} && ls -l /gclient-sync-cache/git
         shell: bash
       - name: Disable Chromium client side build telemetry
         run: build_telemetry opt-out
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linearize_main.yaml b/.github/workflows/linearize_main.yaml
index edfaa4152ae74..83ba4477129f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linearize_main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linearize_main.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   trigger_linearize:
-    runs-on: [self-hosted, chrobalt-linux-runner]
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, chrobalt-linux-runner-with-cache]
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps: