diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index cba7e8f..af574ce 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -48,16 +48,13 @@ jobs:
           key: go-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
           restore-keys: go-${{ runner.os }}-
 
-      # Cache apt downloads — saves ~50s on the wine + innoextract install.
-      # Bump the cache key (-v2, -v3, ...) when the package list changes.
-      - name: Cache apt packages
-        id: apt-cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: |
-            /var/cache/apt/archives
-            /var/lib/apt/lists
-          key: apt-trixie-wine-innoextract-v2
+      # NOTE: actions/cache for the apt archive (~300 MB) is disabled. The
+      # save step works (~28s in v0.1.4) but restore times out on the
+      # next run — Gitea's cache server can't push 300 MB back fast
+      # enough. The Wine + Inno Setup install stays at ~1m20s. The
+      # right fix is a pre-baked Docker image (golang:1.25 + wine +
+      # innoextract + xauth + wine32:i386) pushed to git.okcu.io as
+      # the job's container.image. Tracked as future work.
 
       - name: Extract version from tag
         id: version