diff --git a/.github/actions/cocoa-cache-key/action.yml b/.github/actions/cocoa-cache-key/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1862eaa9e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/cocoa-cache-key/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+name: Cocoa SDK cache key
+description: Computes the cache key for the Cocoa SDK that Sentry.Bindings.Cocoa builds from the sentry-cocoa submodule
+outputs:
+  key:
+    description: Covers the selected Xcode, build-sentry-cocoa.sh, sentry-cocoa.xcconfig and the submodule commit
+    value: ${{ steps.key.outputs.key }}
+runs:
+  using: composite
+
+  steps:
+    - id: key
+      shell: bash
+      run: echo "key=sentry-cocoa-$(xcodebuild -version | tr -cs '[:alnum:].' '-')-${{ hashFiles('scripts/build-sentry-cocoa.sh', 'scripts/sentry-cocoa.xcconfig') }}-${{ hashFiles('.git/modules/modules/sentry-cocoa/HEAD') }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 52976f9593..b3b3ad321b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -209,6 +209,22 @@ jobs:
           fail-on-cache-miss: true
           enableCrossOsArchive: true
 
+      # The Cocoa SDK is built from the submodule by the Sentry.Bindings.Cocoa project, which takes ~15 minutes
+      # on a hosted runner. build-sentry-cocoa.sh skips the build when the restored stamp matches.
+      # Release builds always build it from source, because it ships in the Sentry.Bindings.Cocoa package.
+      - name: Get Cocoa SDK cache key
+        id: cocoa-key
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS'
+        uses: ./.github/actions/cocoa-cache-key
+
+      - name: Restore Cocoa SDK
+        id: cache-cocoa
+        if: runner.os == 'macOS' && !startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/')
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: modules/sentry-cocoa/Carthage
+          key: ${{ steps.cocoa-key.outputs.key }}
+
       - name: Build Native Dependencies
         if: ${{ !matrix.container && !env.NO_MOBILE }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/buildnative
@@ -220,6 +236,14 @@ jobs:
         id: build
         run: dotnet build ${{ matrix.slnf }} -c Release --no-restore --nologo -v:minimal -flp:logfile=build.log -p:CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies=true -bl:build.binlog
 
+      # Only a completed Cocoa build writes the stamp, so a failed one is never cached.
+      - name: Save Cocoa SDK
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() && steps.cache-cocoa.outputs.cache-primary-key != '' && steps.cache-cocoa.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' && hashFiles('modules/sentry-cocoa/Carthage/.built-from-sha') != '' }}
+        uses: actions/cache/save@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: modules/sentry-cocoa/Carthage
+          key: ${{ steps.cache-cocoa.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+
       - name: Upload build logs
         if: ${{ always() }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@cf430e030ddbb5b0abf93d22962f4752f3646cd9 # v7.0.2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/device-tests-ios.yml b/.github/workflows/device-tests-ios.yml
index bbc751bcbe..222f969c52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/device-tests-ios.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/device-tests-ios.yml
@@ -75,9 +75,28 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Environment
         uses: ./.github/actions/environment
 
+      # See build.yml
+      - name: Get Cocoa SDK cache key
+        id: cocoa-key
+        uses: ./.github/actions/cocoa-cache-key
+
+      - name: Restore Cocoa SDK
+        id: cache-cocoa
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: modules/sentry-cocoa/Carthage
+          key: ${{ steps.cocoa-key.outputs.key }}
+
       - name: Build iOS Test App
         run: pwsh ./scripts/device-test.ps1 ios -Build
 
+      - name: Save Cocoa SDK
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() && steps.cache-cocoa.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' && hashFiles('modules/sentry-cocoa/Carthage/.built-from-sha') != '' }}
+        uses: actions/cache/save@55cc8345863c7cc4c66a329aec7e433d2d1c52a9 # v6.1.0
+        with:
+          path: modules/sentry-cocoa/Carthage
+          key: ${{ steps.cache-cocoa.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
+
       - name: Run Tests
         id: first-test-run
         continue-on-error: true