diff --git a/.buildkite/distributed/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/distributed/pipeline.yml
index cfb326827c..d0dc0ef0d4 100644
--- a/.buildkite/distributed/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/distributed/pipeline.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ agents:
 
 env:
   JULIA_LOAD_PATH: "${JULIA_LOAD_PATH}:${BUILDKITE_BUILD_CHECKOUT_PATH}/.buildkite/distributed"
+  JULIA_DEPOT_PATH: "${JULIA_LOAD_PATH}:${BUILDKITE_BUILD_CHECKOUT_PATH}/.buildkite/distributed/.julia-oceananigans"
   OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS: 1
   JULIA_PKG_SERVER_REGISTRY_PREFERENCE: eager
   JULIA_NUM_PRECOMPILE_TASKS: 8