diff --git a/jenkins/Dockerfile.kinetic b/jenkins/Dockerfile.kinetic
index d2cc9ba..227aa79 100644
--- a/jenkins/Dockerfile.kinetic
+++ b/jenkins/Dockerfile.kinetic
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ ADD https://api.github.com/repos/googlecartographer/cartographer/git/refs/heads/
 # wstool needs the updated rosinstall file to clone the correct repos.
 COPY cartographer_ros.rosinstall cartographer_ros/
 COPY scripts/prepare_jenkins_catkin_workspace.sh cartographer_ros/scripts/
+
+# Invalidates the Docker cache to ensure this command is always executed.
+ARG CACHEBUST=1
 RUN CARTOGRAPHER_VERSION=$CARTOGRAPHER_VERSION \
     cartographer_ros/scripts/prepare_jenkins_catkin_workspace.sh
 
diff --git a/jenkins/Jenkinsfile b/jenkins/Jenkinsfile
index 9f835ae..06bb2fc 100644
--- a/jenkins/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/jenkins/Jenkinsfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ podTemplate(label: 'node-0', containers: [
         sh 'gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/opt/config/gcloud-svc-account.json'
         sh 'cd /data && rm -Rf *'
         sh 'cd /data && git clone https://github.com/googlecartographer/cartographer_ros'
-        sh 'cd /data/cartographer_ros && docker build -f jenkins/Dockerfile.kinetic -t kinetic-jenkins-slave .'
+        sh 'cd /data/cartographer_ros && docker build -f jenkins/Dockerfile.kinetic -t kinetic-jenkins-slave --build-arg CACHEBUST=$(date +%s)  .'
       }
       stage('Push') {
         sh 'docker tag kinetic-jenkins-slave eu.gcr.io/cartographer-141408/kinetic-jenkins-slave'