# Cypress Dependencies Through A Docker Image

DevFeed: [Cypress Dependencies Through A Docker Image](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cypress-dependencies-through-a-docker-image-28882.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://glebbahmutov.com/blog/cypress-dependencies-through-docker-image/>)

Author: Gleb Bahmutov

Published: 2026-01-08T05:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Gleb Bahmutov](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/gleb-bahmutov.md>)

Topics: [Cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cypress.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Dockerfile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dockerfile.md>), [GitHub Actions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-actions.md>)

Tags: [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci.md>), [cypress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cypress.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [docker-hub](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-hub.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [github-actions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-actions.md>), [process](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/process.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial shows how to cache Cypress and Node development dependencies in a Docker image for test repositories. It uses GitHub Actions to build and push an image when dependency files change, then pulls the image in later CI runs so tests can start without reinstalling dependencies.

## Source excerpt

If you are testing a website, the DEV dependencies do not change very often. You might bump Cypress version once in a while, add or upgra