diff --git a/build_files/buildbot/worker_compile.py b/build_files/buildbot/worker_compile.py
index 266f9e65313..8c6b44c5866 100644
--- a/build_files/buildbot/worker_compile.py
+++ b/build_files/buildbot/worker_compile.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def get_cmake_options(builder):
     elif builder.platform == 'linux':
         config_file = "build_files/buildbot/config/blender_linux.cmake"
 
-    optix_sdk_dir = os.path.join(builder.blender_dir, '..', '..', 'NVIDIA-Optix-SDK')
+    optix_sdk_dir = os.path.join(builder.blender_dir, '..', '..', 'NVIDIA-Optix-SDK-7.1')
     options.append('-DOPTIX_ROOT_DIR:PATH=' + optix_sdk_dir)
 
     # Workaround to build sm_30 kernels with CUDA 10, since CUDA 11 no longer supports that architecture