diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 9fac9b0b0..5a6f7d700 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ env:
   GOCACHE: /home/runner/work/go/pkg/build
   GOPATH: /home/runner/work/go
   DOWNLOAD_CACHE: /home/runner/work/download_cache
-  BITCOIN_VERSION: 0.19.1
+  BITCOIN_VERSION: 0.20.1
   GO_VERSION: 1.15.2
 
 jobs:
@@ -236,14 +236,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: '~${{ env.GO_VERSION }}'
 
-      - name: bitcoin cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
-        with:
-          path: /home/runner/bitcoin/bitcoin-${{ env.BITCOIN_VERSION }}/bin
-          key: lnd-${{ runner.os }}-bitcoin-${{ env.BITCOIN_VERSION }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            lnd-${{ runner.os }}-bitcoin-${{ env.BITCOIN_VERSION }}
-
       - name: install bitcoind
         run: ./scripts/install_bitcoind.sh
 
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 14de93d4e..5479a8327 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 language: go
 cache:
   directories:
-    - ~/bitcoin/bitcoin-0.19.1/bin
     - $DOWNLOAD_CACHE
     - $GOCACHE
     - $GOPATH/pkg/mod
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@ env:
   global:
     - GOCACHE=$HOME/.go-build
     - DOWNLOAD_CACHE=$HOME/download_cache
+    - BITCOIN_VERSION=0.20.1
 
 sudo: required
 
diff --git a/scripts/install_bitcoind.sh b/scripts/install_bitcoind.sh
index 638df9e03..756fb8afc 100755
--- a/scripts/install_bitcoind.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_bitcoind.sh
@@ -2,17 +2,9 @@
 
 set -ev
 
-export BITCOIND_VERSION=0.20.0
-
-if sudo cp ~/bitcoin/bitcoin-$BITCOIND_VERSION/bin/bitcoind /usr/local/bin/bitcoind
-then
-        echo "found cached bitcoind"
-else
-        mkdir -p ~/bitcoin && \
-        pushd ~/bitcoin && \
-        wget https://bitcoin.org/bin/bitcoin-core-$BITCOIND_VERSION/bitcoin-$BITCOIND_VERSION-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz && \
-        tar xvfz bitcoin-$BITCOIND_VERSION-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz && \
-        sudo cp ./bitcoin-$BITCOIND_VERSION/bin/bitcoind /usr/local/bin/bitcoind && \
-        popd
-fi
+BITCOIND_VERSION=${BITCOIN_VERSION:-0.20.1}
 
+docker pull ruimarinho/bitcoin-core:$BITCOIND_VERSION
+CONTAINER_ID=$(docker create ruimarinho/bitcoin-core:$BITCOIND_VERSION)
+sudo docker cp $CONTAINER_ID:/opt/bitcoin-$BITCOIND_VERSION/bin/bitcoind /usr/local/bin/bitcoind
+docker rm $CONTAINER_ID