diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_and_test_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_and_test_wheels.yml
index 4c295223bc27d..442f4ec6dbb13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable_build_and_test_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable_build_and_test_wheels.yml
@@ -276,8 +276,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run e2e roundtrip tests
         if: needs.set-config.outputs.RUN_TESTS == 'true'
         shell: bash
+        # --release so we can inherit from some of the artifacts that maturin has just built before
+        # --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu because otherwise cargo loses the target cache... even though this is the target anyhow...
+        # --no-build because rerun-sdk is already built and installed
         # NOTE: run with --release so we can reuse some of the "Build Wheel"'s job artifacts, hopefully
-        run: RUST_LOG=debug scripts/ci/run_e2e_roundtrip_tests.py --release --no-build # rerun-sdk is already built and installed
+        run: RUST_LOG=debug scripts/ci/run_e2e_roundtrip_tests.py --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --no-build 
 
       - name: Cache RRD dataset
         if: needs.set-config.outputs.RUN_TESTS == 'true'