diff --git a/.devcontainer/rapids.Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/rapids.Dockerfile
index 0a85aef3..95f9f0df 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/rapids.Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/rapids.Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ARG BASE
 ARG PYTHON_PACKAGE_MANAGER=conda
+ENV SCCACHE_IDLE_TIMEOUT=32768
 
 FROM ${BASE} as pip-base