diff --git a/.github/workflows/master.yml b/.github/workflows/master.yml
index ca1cb80eb0b92..c0c065df62291 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master.yml
@@ -95,9 +95,10 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt-get install -y libcurl4-openssl-dev
         sudo R CMD javareconf
     - name: Install dependencies
+      working-directory: mlflow/R/mlflow
       run: |
         install.packages("devtools")
-        remotes::install_deps('mlflow/R/mlflow', dependencies = TRUE, upgrade = FALSE)
+        remotes::install_deps('.', dependencies = TRUE, upgrade = FALSE)
       shell: Rscript {0}
     - name: Create test environment
       run: |
diff --git a/mlflow/R/mlflow/.Rprofile b/mlflow/R/mlflow/.Rprofile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d394ae7b9039f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlflow/R/mlflow/.Rprofile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# https://packagemanager.rstudio.com provides pre-compiled package binaries for Linux
+# that can be installed significantly faster than uncompiled package sources.
+options(repos = c(REPO_NAME = "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/focal/latest"))