diff --git a/docker/tests/Dockerfile b/docker/tests/Dockerfile
index 115f8fb8a93b35a09dd5f594562be2d8fa3a7b10..4874ef1e33ba5e0f847c16c3bb0821315ae8aaae 100644
--- a/docker/tests/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/tests/Dockerfile
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ RUN mv /usr/share/osm-tests/robot-systest /robot-systest
 RUN mv /usr/share/osm-tests/conformance-tests/ /robot-systest/
 RUN mv /usr/share/osm-tests/charm.sh /usr/sbin/charm
 
+ARG CACHE_DATE=not_a_date
 RUN git clone \
     https://osm.etsi.org/gitlab/vnf-onboarding/osm-packages.git \
     --recurse-submodules \
diff --git a/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy b/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
index 39fd7931508dc9ec455677322f593ec3aece7ffc..cd7cc8edfdcf0550149b34e17be5c6bf7dd9a350 100644
--- a/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
+++ b/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ node("${params.NODE}") {
                                 usernameVariable: 'USERNAME', passwordVariable: 'PASSWORD']]) {
                     sh "docker login ${INTERNAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY} -u ${USERNAME} -p ${PASSWORD}"
                 }
-                moduleBuildArgs = ""
+                datetime = sh(returnStdout: true, script: "date +%Y-%m-%d:%H:%M:%S").trim()
+                moduleBuildArgs = " --build-arg CACHE_DATE=${datetime}"
                 for (packageName in builtModules.keySet()) {
                     envName=packageName.replaceAll("-","_").toUpperCase()+"_URL"
                     moduleBuildArgs += " --build-arg ${envName}=" + builtModules[packageName]