diff --git a/.circleci/src/jobs/push-docker-image.yml b/.circleci/src/jobs/push-docker-image.yml
index f42fa11472c..70e20ebb628 100644
--- a/.circleci/src/jobs/push-docker-image.yml
+++ b/.circleci/src/jobs/push-docker-image.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ steps:
       path: '~/audius-protocol'
   - run: AUDIUS_DEV=false bash ~/audius-protocol/dev-tools/setup.sh
   - docker-login
-  - run: . ~/.profile; DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 audius-compose push --prod "<< parameters.service >>"
+  - run: . ~/.profile; audius-compose push --prod "<< parameters.service >>"
   - docker-logout
   - docker-prune
   - run:
diff --git a/dev-tools/audius-compose b/dev-tools/audius-compose
index dc9e9d30130..bd6387c8b83 100755
--- a/dev-tools/audius-compose
+++ b/dev-tools/audius-compose
@@ -215,6 +215,12 @@ def build(
         protocol_dir, discovery_provider_replicas, elasticsearch_replicas, prod
     )
 
+    # Include DOCKER_BUILDKIT=0 in the environment
+    # see bug with buildkit failing to cache docker layers
+    # https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/11804
+    env = os.environ.copy()
+    env["DOCKER_BUILDKIT"] = "0"
+
     proc = subprocess.run(
         [
             "docker",
@@ -243,6 +249,7 @@ def build(
             *args,
             *services,
         ],
+        env=env,
     )
 
     if proc.returncode != 0: