diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d8fdd7c66..b3595f93d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install nimble deps
         if: steps.cache-nimbledeps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
+          touch nimble.paths  # prevents nimble from generating include "" in buildtemp config.nims
           nimble setup --localdeps
           make rebuild-nat-libs-nimbledeps
           make rebuild-bearssl-nimbledeps
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install nimble deps
         if: steps.cache-nimbledeps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
+          touch nimble.paths  # prevents nimble from generating include "" in buildtemp config.nims
           nimble setup --localdeps
           make rebuild-nat-libs-nimbledeps
           make rebuild-bearssl-nimbledeps
@@ -208,6 +210,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install nimble deps
         if: steps.cache-nimbledeps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
+          touch nimble.paths  # prevents nimble from generating include "" in buildtemp config.nims
           nimble setup --localdeps
           make rebuild-nat-libs-nimbledeps
           make rebuild-bearssl-nimbledeps
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container-image.yml b/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
index 10af29b9e..b527fc60a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install nimble deps
         if: ${{ steps.secrets.outcome == 'success' && steps.cache-nimbledeps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
         run: |
+          touch nimble.paths  # prevents nimble from generating include "" in buildtemp config.nims
           nimble setup --localdeps
           make rebuild-nat-libs-nimbledeps
           make rebuild-bearssl-nimbledeps