diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4a9356f3e..764f60d71e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ src/OrcaSlicer-doc/
 **/process_full/
 **/machine_full/
 **/filament_full/
+/deps/DL_CACHE/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index 66a858cf6f..1f0c8e5bc1 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if (NPROC EQUAL 0)
 endif ()
 
 set(DESTDIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/destdir" CACHE PATH "Destination directory")
-set(DEP_DOWNLOAD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/DL_CACHE CACHE PATH "Path for downloaded source packages.")
+set(DEP_DOWNLOAD_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../DL_CACHE CACHE PATH "Path for downloaded source packages.")
 
 option(DEP_DEBUG "Build debug variants (only applicable on Windows)" OFF)