diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/caching.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/caching.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0b20b86ab7c6a99d4844046902f8b5634bf0fc7f..8dfb76ac86fc3d8dfc787f6ffe67b52a9c789dd9 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/caching.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/caching.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,23 @@ cache:workhorse-hash:
     reports:
       dotenv: build.env
 
+#=================================
+# node_modules
+#=================================
+
+cache:node-modules-hash:
+  extends:
+    - .cache-pull-push-base
+    - .with-alpine-ruby-image
+    - .caching:rules:update-cache-on-code-changes
+  script:
+    - echo "GLCI_NODE_MODULES_HASH=$(ruby scripts/lib/node_modules_sha.rb)" > build.env
+    - echo "Calculated node modules checksum - $(cat build.env)"
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      dotenv: build.env
+
+
 #=================================
 # Frontend
 #=================================
@@ -118,6 +135,9 @@ cache:assets-hash:
       dotenv: build.env
   allow_failure: false
 
+#=================================
+# FE Islands
+#=================================
 cache:frontend-islands-hash:
   extends:
     - .cache-pull-push-base
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
index a6fa77557a9b8cb6b1b70411cee7ae1bdd7c26e4..f2e149f493797c85fb38b030c21a30b2a7849f5d 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/docs.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ docs-lint mermaid:
     - .docs-markdown-lint-image
     - .yarn-cache
   stage: lint
-  needs: []
+  needs:
+    - job: cache:node-modules-hash
   script:
     - source ./scripts/utils.sh
     - yarn_install_script
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/frontend.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/frontend.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3e3b24573426ea3dd5eac07ce9d2c3b8d8a7601c..f02e5dfaeb0a9dfffef5ce2b59188c1508f5fa76 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/frontend.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/frontend.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
     WEBPACK_COMPILE_LOG_PATH: "tmp/webpack-output.log"
   stage: prepare
   needs:
+    - cache:node-modules-hash
     - cache:assets-hash
     - job: cache:frontend-islands-hash
       optional: true
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ build-vite-prod:
     - .frontend:rules:compile-production-assets
   stage: prepare
   needs:
+    - job: cache:node-modules-hash
     - job: cache:node-modules
       optional: true
   script:
@@ -255,6 +257,7 @@ upload-graphql-schema-dump:
     - !reference [.yarn-cache, cache]
     - !reference [.frontend-islands-cache-pull]
   needs:
+    - job: cache:node-modules-hash
     - job: cache:frontend-islands-hash
       optional: true
 
@@ -587,6 +590,7 @@ coverage-frontend:
     - .frontend:rules:coverage-frontend
   needs:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
+    - job: cache:node-modules-hash
     - job: "jest"
       optional: true
     - job: "jest-with-fixtures"
@@ -620,6 +624,10 @@ webpack-dev-server:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
     - .frontend:rules:default-frontend-jobs
   stage: test-frontend
+  needs:
+    - job: cache:node-modules-hash
+    - job: clone-gitlab-repo
+      optional: true
   variables:
     WEBPACK_MEMORY_TEST: "true"
     WEBPACK_VENDOR_DLL: "true"
@@ -645,6 +653,7 @@ compile-storybook:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
     - !reference [.with-fixtures-needs, needs]
     - !reference [.with-graphql-schema-dump-needs, needs]
+    - job: cache:node-modules-hash
     - job: cache:frontend-islands-hash
       optional: true
   artifacts:
@@ -669,6 +678,7 @@ test-storybook:
     - !reference [.repo-from-artifacts, needs]
     - !reference [.with-fixtures-needs, needs]
     - !reference [.with-graphql-schema-dump-needs, needs]
+    - job: cache:node-modules-hash
     - job: cache:frontend-islands-hash
       optional: true
   allow_failure: true
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
index 575d9540823cc3aa051009ed7ebd0873a8e0b247..5fb2f539d8f92dfd37a98468a5766fc451fc7b0c 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/global.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -444,11 +444,7 @@
   policy: pull-push
 
 .node-modules-cache: &node-modules-cache
-  key:
-    files:
-      - yarn.lock
-      - ee/frontend_islands/apps/duo_next/yarn.lock
-    prefix: node-modules-${BUILD_OS}-${OS_VERSION}-${NODE_ENV}-node-${NODE_VERSION}
+  key: "node-modules-${BUILD_OS}-${OS_VERSION}-${NODE_ENV}-node-${NODE_VERSION}-${GLCI_NODE_MODULES_HASH}"
   paths:
     - node_modules/
     - ee/frontend_islands/apps/duo_next/node_modules/
@@ -542,6 +538,7 @@
 
 .static-analysis-cache:
   extends: .cache-analytics
+  needs: ["cache:node-modules-hash"]
   cache:
     - !reference [.ruby-gems-cache]
     - *node-modules-cache
@@ -558,6 +555,7 @@
     - *rubocop-cache-push
 
 .ruby-node-cache:
+  needs: ["cache:node-modules-hash"]
   cache:
     - !reference [.ruby-gems-cache]
     - *node-modules-cache
@@ -572,10 +570,12 @@
   policy: pull-push
 
 .yarn-cache:
+  needs: ["cache:node-modules-hash"]
   cache:
     - *node-modules-cache
 
 .yarn-cache-pull-push:
+  needs: ["cache:node-modules-hash"]
   cache:
     <<: *node-modules-cache
     policy: pull-push
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@
 .assets-compile-cache:
   extends:
     - .cache-analytics
+  needs: ["cache:node-modules-hash"]
   cache:
     - !reference [.ruby-gems-cache]
     - *node-modules-cache
@@ -592,6 +593,7 @@
 .assets-compile-cache-pull: # this cache is used only for gdk:compile-test-assets which should only pull, never push
   extends:
     - .cache-analytics
+  needs: ["cache:node-modules-hash"]
   cache:
     - !reference [.ruby-gems-cache]
     - *node-modules-cache
@@ -600,11 +602,13 @@
       policy: pull
 
 .storybook-yarn-cache:
+  needs: ["cache:node-modules-hash"]
   cache:
     - *node-modules-cache
     - *storybook-node-modules-cache
 
 .storybook-yarn-cache-pull-push:
+  needs: ["cache:node-modules-hash"]
   cache:
     - *node-modules-cache
     - *storybook-node-modules-cache-pull-push
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/includes/gitlab-com/danger-review.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/includes/gitlab-com/danger-review.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4f6565055629953f5adf0554a004c030495a2617..aace5a7828c2789292e2798905e81fa63455ecab 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/includes/gitlab-com/danger-review.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/includes/gitlab-com/danger-review.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ danger-review:
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
+    - job: cache:node-modules-hash
     - job: cache:node-modules
       optional: true
   variables:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/preflight.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/preflight.gitlab-ci.yml
index cf997340b49b5219eeb4c31a00efee6ff63656ed..e969e223115bb14d52b19deaeac35001df2983b6 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/preflight.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/preflight.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ bundle-size-review:
     - .repo-from-artifacts
     - .frontend:rules:bundle-size-review
   stage: preflight
+  needs:
+    - job: clone-gitlab-repo
+      optional: true
+    - job: cache:node-modules-hash
   variables:
     SETUP_DB: "false"
   script:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7ae8a1adce9b03432ac40a75c91d734042a7d667..346a6da5aae6db9b5a5a761a7144f01daa2fb3ec 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/rules.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -646,6 +646,12 @@
   - "{,ee/,jh/}spec/**/*"
   - "scripts/**/*"
   - "{,spec/}tooling/**/*"
+  # FE island changes
+  - "ee/frontend_islands/apps/**/.{gitattributes,nvmrc,prettierrc,stylelintrc,yamllint}"
+  - "ee/frontend_islands/apps/**/{package.json,yarn.lock}"
+  - "ee/frontend_islands/apps/**/tsconfig*.json"
+  - "ee/frontend_islands/apps/**/components.json"
+  - "ee/frontend_islands/apps/**/*.config.{js,ts,cjs,mjs}"
 
 # .code-patterns + .qa-patterns
 .code-qa-patterns: &code-qa-patterns
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
index 84873dca5a3334fb98b04edbeed01f5345fd4bd1..7e77018691a7baf11b2be57d58f8f6c7dd49efbf 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/static-analysis.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static-analysis:
   needs:
     - job: cache:ruby-gems
       optional: true
+    - job: cache:node-modules-hash
     - job: cache:node-modules
       optional: true
     - job: db:setup pg16
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ eslint-docs:
     - .static-analysis-base
     - .yarn-cache
     - .frontend:rules:default-frontend-jobs-with-docs-changes
+  needs:
+    - job: cache:node-modules-hash
   variables:
     USE_BUNDLE_INSTALL: "false"
   script:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/test-metadata.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/test-metadata.gitlab-ci.yml
index d46ffcca831c60d73869d50c701fb668a37f72c9..51fe8c2d144e4eff8b16fdda7f418b94e9f0d9cf 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/test-metadata.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/test-metadata.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ export-predictive-test-metrics:
     - .predictive:rules:default
   variables:
     GLCI_PREDICTIVE_TEST_METRICS_OUTPUT_DIR: "tmp/predictive_tests"
+  needs:
+    - cache:node-modules-hash
+    - graphql-schema-dump
+    - retrieve-tests-metadata
   dependencies:
     # required to generate predictive jest test list
     - graphql-schema-dump
diff --git a/scripts/lib/node_modules_sha.rb b/scripts/lib/node_modules_sha.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..cfe73c86cf1099c20d03912dc3f616e1433a7b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/lib/node_modules_sha.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require "digest"
+
+module NodeModulesSha
+  # Node.js dependency files that impact node_modules installation
+  NODE_MODULES_FILES = %w[
+    yarn.lock
+    package.json
+    ee/frontend_islands/apps/duo_next/yarn.lock
+    ee/frontend_islands/apps/duo_next/package.json
+  ].freeze
+
+  class << self
+    def sha256_of_node_modules_impacting_compilation
+      node_modules_sha256 = node_modules_impacting_compilation.map do |file|
+        Digest::SHA256.file(file).hexdigest
+      end.join
+
+      Digest::SHA256.hexdigest(node_modules_sha256)
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def node_modules_impacting_compilation
+      NODE_MODULES_FILES.select { |file| File.exist?(file) && File.file?(file) }.sort
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+printf NodeModulesSha.sha256_of_node_modules_impacting_compilation if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME