diff --git a/deploy.php b/deploy.php
index acc0e229..e187eb72 100644
--- a/deploy.php
+++ b/deploy.php
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ require 'recipe/typo3.php';
 require 'contrib/rsync.php';
 require 'contrib/cachetool.php';
 
+// Use cachetool version compatible with PHP 7.4 on the host
+set('cachetool_url', 'https://github.com/gordalina/cachetool/releases/download/7.0.0/cachetool.phar');
+
 set('typo3_webroot', 'public');
 set('application', 'ep-reisen-typo3');
 set('keep_releases', 3);
@@ -113,7 +116,9 @@ task('deploy:buspronet:symlink', function () {
 });
 
 task ('deploy:assets:build', function () {
-    runLocally('npm i && npm rebuild node-sass && npm run build');
+    runLocally('ddev exec npm ci');
+    runLocally('ddev exec npm rebuild node-sass');
+    runLocally('ddev exec npm run build');
 });
 
 task('typo3:database:migrate', function () {