diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 106064ab1fb..6f7c8f1f205 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compute node modules cache key
         id: nodeModulesCacheKey
         run: echo "::set-output name=value::$(node build/azure-pipelines/common/computeNodeModulesCacheKey.js)"
-      - name: Cache node modules
+      - name: Cache node_modules archive
         id: cacheNodeModules
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
-          path: "**/node_modules"
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-cacheNodeModules11-${{ steps.nodeModulesCacheKey.outputs.value }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-cacheNodeModules11-
+          path: ".build/node_modules_cache"
+          key: "${{ runner.os }}-cacheNodeModulesArchive-${{ steps.nodeModulesCacheKey.outputs.value }}"
+      - name: Extract node_modules archive
+        if: ${{ steps.cacheNodeModules.outputs.cache-hit == 'true' }}
+        run: 7z.exe x .build/node_modules_cache/cache.7z -aos
       - name: Get yarn cache directory path
         id: yarnCacheDirPath
         if: ${{ steps.cacheNodeModules.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
@@ -56,6 +58,12 @@ jobs:
           PLAYWRIGHT_SKIP_BROWSER_DOWNLOAD: 1
           ELECTRON_SKIP_BINARY_DOWNLOAD: 1
         run: yarn --frozen-lockfile --network-timeout 180000
+      - name: Create node_modules archive
+        if: ${{ steps.cacheNodeModules.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
+        run: |
+          node build/azure-pipelines/common/listNodeModules.js .build/node_modules_list.txt
+          mkdir -Force .build/node_modules_cache
+          7z.exe a .build/node_modules_cache/cache.7z -mx3 `@.build/node_modules_list.txt
 
       - name: Compile and Download
         run: yarn npm-run-all --max_old_space_size=4095 -lp compile "electron x64" playwright-install download-builtin-extensions