diff --git a/.gitlab/Windows-CI.yml b/.gitlab/Windows-CI.yml
index 8acead2f1b..d2957d2956 100644
--- a/.gitlab/Windows-CI.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/Windows-CI.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ win64_build:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/kicad/kicad-ci/windows-build-image/win1809-msvc:latest
   variables:
     VCPKG_BINARY_SOURCES: 'nuget,kicad,readwrite'
+    # Switch the compressor to fastzip and reduce the compression level
+    FF_USE_FASTZIP: "true"
+    CACHE_COMPRESSION_LEVEL: "fast"
   cache:
     key: win64-vcpkg-"$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG"
     paths: