diff --git a/.github/actions/maven-cache/action.yml b/.github/actions/maven-cache/action.yml
index 8d66ff851e..fbfbfb2d3a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/maven-cache/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/maven-cache/action.yml
@@ -54,18 +54,6 @@ runs:
         key: ${{ steps.weekly-cache-key.outputs.key }}
         enableCrossOsArchive: true
 
-    - name: Get Node.js and PNPM versions
-      id: tooling-versions
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        echo "node=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=node.version -q -DforceStdout | cut -c 2-)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        echo "pnpm=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=pnpm.version -q -DforceStdout)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-    # Downloading Node.js often fails due to network issues, therefore we cache the artifacts downloaded by the frontend plugin.
-    - uses: actions/cache@v4
-      name: Cache Node.js related artifacts
-      with:
-        path: |
-          ~/.m2/repository/com/github/eirslett/node
-          ~/.m2/repository/com/github/eirslett/pnpm
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-frontend-plugin-artifacts-${{ steps.tooling-versions.outputs.node }}-${{ steps.tooling-versions.outputs.pnpm }}
+    - id: node-cache
+      name: Node cache
+      uses: ./.github/actions/node-cache
diff --git a/.github/actions/node-cache/action.yml b/.github/actions/node-cache/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bcfb69d49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/node-cache/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Node Cache
+description: Caches Node and PNPM binaries
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Get Node.js and PNPM versions
+      id: tooling-versions
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "node=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=node.version -q -DforceStdout | cut -c 2-)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "pnpm=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=pnpm.version -q -DforceStdout)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    # Downloading Node.js often fails due to network issues, therefore we cache the artifacts downloaded by the frontend plugin.
+    - uses: actions/cache@v4
+      name: Cache Node.js and PNPM binaries
+      with:
+        path: |
+          ~/.m2/repository/com/github/eirslett/node
+          ~/.m2/repository/com/github/eirslett/pnpm
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-frontend-plugin-artifacts-${{ steps.tooling-versions.outputs.node }}-${{ steps.tooling-versions.outputs.pnpm }}
diff --git a/.github/scripts/ansible/keycloak_ec2_installer.sh b/.github/scripts/ansible/keycloak_ec2_installer.sh
index f91237d8ce..5d04ed1c4e 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/ansible/keycloak_ec2_installer.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/ansible/keycloak_ec2_installer.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ fi
 REGION=$1
 CLUSTER_NAME=$2
 KEYCLOAK_SRC=$3
+MAVEN_ARCHIVE=$4
 
 ansible-playbook -i ${CLUSTER_NAME}_${REGION}_inventory.yml keycloak.yml \
-  -e "keycloak_src=\"${KEYCLOAK_SRC}\""
+  -e "keycloak_src=\"${KEYCLOAK_SRC}\"" \
+  -e "maven_archive=\"${MAVEN_ARCHIVE}\""
diff --git a/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/keycloak_ec2_installer/defaults/main.yml b/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/keycloak_ec2_installer/defaults/main.yml
index 1079802a0e..b0f7a3190f 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/keycloak_ec2_installer/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/keycloak_ec2_installer/defaults/main.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ansible_ssh_user: ec2-user
 # Workspace on the remote hosts
 kc_home: /opt/keycloak
+m2_home: ~/.m2
 update_system_packages: no
 install_java: yes
 java_version: 21
diff --git a/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/keycloak_ec2_installer/tasks/install.yml b/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/keycloak_ec2_installer/tasks/install.yml
index a86db4e1bf..0c19fbacf8 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/keycloak_ec2_installer/tasks/install.yml
+++ b/.github/scripts/ansible/roles/keycloak_ec2_installer/tasks/install.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,10 @@
     src: "{{ keycloak_src }}"
     dest: "{{ kc_home }}"
     owner: "{{ ansible_ssh_user }}"
+
+- name: Install Maven repository on the remote hosts
+  unarchive:
+    src: "{{ maven_archive }}"
+    creates: "{{ kc_home }}"
+    dest: "{{ kc_home }}"
+    owner: "{{ ansible_ssh_user }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 846f5ffefd..659248dc89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -418,6 +418,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - id: node-cache
+        name: Node cache
+        uses: ./.github/actions/node-cache
+
       - id: aurora-init
         name: Initialize Aurora environment
         run: |
@@ -457,6 +461,7 @@ jobs:
           
           git archive --format=zip --output /tmp/keycloak.zip $GITHUB_REF
           zip -u /tmp/keycloak.zip aws.pem
+          tar -C ~/ -czvf m2.tar.gz .m2
  
           cd .github/scripts/ansible
           python3 -m venv .venv
@@ -464,7 +469,7 @@ jobs:
           ./aws_ec2.sh requirements
           pipx inject ansible-core boto3 botocore
           ./aws_ec2.sh create ${AWS_REGION} ${EC2_CLUSTER_NAME}
-          ./keycloak_ec2_installer.sh ${AWS_REGION} ${EC2_CLUSTER_NAME} /tmp/keycloak.zip
+          ./keycloak_ec2_installer.sh ${AWS_REGION} ${EC2_CLUSTER_NAME} /tmp/keycloak.zip m2.tar.gz
           ./mvn_ec2_runner.sh ${AWS_REGION} ${EC2_CLUSTER_NAME} "clean install -B -DskipTests -Pdistribution"
           ./mvn_ec2_runner.sh ${AWS_REGION} ${EC2_CLUSTER_NAME} "clean install -B -DskipTests -pl testsuite/integration-arquillian/servers/auth-server/quarkus -Pauth-server-quarkus -Pdb-aurora-postgres -Dmaven.build.cache.enabled=true"