diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yaml b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
index e0ffbd8..c76ee65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - {image: ghcr.io/insightsengineering/rstudio_4.1.2_bioc_3.14, tag: latest}
+          - {image: ghcr.io/insightsengineering/rstudio_4.2.1_bioc_3.15, tag: latest}
     steps:
       - name: Install package
         run: >
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 28698bb..ba48874 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: staged.dependencies
 Type: Package
 Title: Install R packages from Particular Git Branches
-Version: 0.2.6
+Version: 0.2.7
 Authors@R: c(
   person("Adrian", "Waddell", email = "adrian.waddell@roche.com", role = c("aut", "cre")),
   person("Maximilian", "Mordig", email = "maximilian_oliver.mordig@roche.com", role = "aut"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2336ab5..df1ca81 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# staged.dependencies 0.2.7
+
+* Fixed a bug whereby the cache file for packages with compiled code was not reset after installation thereby `dependency_table` failed on a 2nd run.
+
 # staged.dependencies 0.2.6
 
 * Fixed bug whereby `renv` did not recognize internal dependencies already installed. 
diff --git a/R/git_tools.R b/R/git_tools.R
index 2dc1d2f..0413128 100644
--- a/R/git_tools.R
+++ b/R/git_tools.R
@@ -289,7 +289,11 @@ install_repo_add_sha <- function(repo_dir,
   # once we have installed or failed to install the package we reset the repo
   # so that further operations on the repo do not fail by the above
   # "the git directory contains changes" check
-  on.exit(git2r::reset(git2r::commits(repo_dir)[[1]], reset_type = "hard"))
+  on.exit({
+    git2r::reset(git2r::commits(repo_dir)[[1]], reset_type = "hard")
+    # git clean
+    try(unlink(file.path(repo_dir, rlang::flatten_chr(git2r::status(repo_dir)$untracked)), recursive = TRUE))
+  })
 
   desc <- utils::modifyList(desc, metadata)
   write_dcf(source_desc, desc)