diff --git a/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md b/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md
index e45bcc171b..1dfac30cca 100644
--- a/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md
+++ b/doc/website/release-notes/iceoryx-unreleased.md
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
 - Fix call to non-existing `getService` in channel.inl [#2426](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2426)
 - Fix chunk management race condition causing failed management allocation [#2440](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2440)
 - Fix compile error with GCC 8 [#2480](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2480)
+- Fix cmake cache inconsistency [#2485](https://github.com/eclipse-iceoryx/iceoryx/issues/2485)
 
 **Refactoring:**
 
diff --git a/iceoryx_meta/build_options.cmake b/iceoryx_meta/build_options.cmake
index c3fb6f0a04..0e7c470964 100644
--- a/iceoryx_meta/build_options.cmake
+++ b/iceoryx_meta/build_options.cmake
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ option(IOX_ROUDI_DEFAULT_MONITORING_MODE "Enable roudi monitoring mode by defaul
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON) # "Create compile_commands.json file"
 
 if(BUILD_ALL)
-  set(EXAMPLES ON)
-  set(BUILD_TEST ON)
-  set(INTROSPECTION ON)
-  set(BINDING_C ON)
+  set(EXAMPLES ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+  set(BUILD_TEST ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+  set(INTROSPECTION ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+  set(BINDING_C ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 endif()
 
 ## must be before the BUILD_TEST check
 if(COVERAGE AND NOT BUILD_TEST)
-  set(BUILD_TEST ON)
+  set(BUILD_TEST ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
   set(BUILD_TEST_HINT "${BUILD_TEST_HINT} (activated by COVERAGE=ON)")
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_TEST AND NOT ROUDI_ENVIRONMENT)
   set(ROUDI_ENV_HINT "${ROUDI_ENV_HINT} (activated by BUILD_TEST=ON)")
-  set(ROUDI_ENVIRONMENT ON)
+  set(ROUDI_ENVIRONMENT ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 endif()
 
 if(CCACHE)