diff --git a/.woodpecker/build-paperclip.yml b/.woodpecker/build-paperclip.yml
index ca25fdf6..78faa429 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/build-paperclip.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/build-paperclip.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ steps:
       - printf '{"auths":{"gitea.renner.uno":{"auth":"%s"}}}' "$AUTH" > /kaniko/.docker/config.json
       - TAG=build.$(date +%s)
       # Same target and build args as upstream's docker.yml for nightly.
+      # --compressed-caching=false: pipeline 11717 was killed at the 8Gi limit
+      # (exit 137) in the server build; kaniko otherwise holds compressed
+      # layer tarballs in memory next to the 4 GiB Node heap.
       - |
         /kaniko/executor \
           --context . \
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ steps:
           --target production \
           --skip-unused-stages \
           --snapshot-mode=redo \
+          --compressed-caching=false \
           --build-arg PAPERCLIP_BUILD_COMMIT=$PAPERCLIP_COMMIT \
           --build-arg PAPERCLIP_BUILD_VERSION=$PAPERCLIP_VERSION \
           --build-arg CLI_TOOLS_CACHE_EPOCH=$(date -u +%G-W%V) \