diff --git a/runner/compose.yml b/runner/compose.yml
index 5d4b192..bd3c810 100644
--- a/runner/compose.yml
+++ b/runner/compose.yml
@@ -28,12 +28,17 @@ services:
 
 volumes:
   cargoxx-cache-store:
+    # Explicit name disables compose's project-prefix so spawned job
+    # containers (which don't know about compose) can reference the
+    # same volume by the same name.
+    name: cargoxx-cache-store
     driver: local
     driver_opts:
       type: none
       o: bind
       device: "${PWD}/cache/store"
   cargoxx-cache-keys:
+    name: cargoxx-cache-keys
     driver: local
     driver_opts:
       type: none
diff --git a/runner/config.yaml b/runner/config.yaml
index 29030c7..c009a49 100644
--- a/runner/config.yaml
+++ b/runner/config.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,12 @@ container:
   options: "-v cargoxx-cache-store:/srv/cargoxx-cache/store
             -v cargoxx-cache-keys:/srv/cargoxx-cache/keys:ro"
   workdir_parent: /workspace
-  valid_volumes: []
+  # Whitelist regex of bind sources act_runner is allowed to forward to
+  # spawned job containers. Must include the cache + key volumes named
+  # in `options` above (otherwise act_runner silently strips them).
+  valid_volumes:
+    - "^cargoxx-cache-store$"
+    - "^cargoxx-cache-keys$"
   docker_host: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
   force_pull: false