diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b9de93e59..081ed0847 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ official-eclipse-temurin
 library/
 .vscode/
 __pycache__/
+/adoptium_cache.sqlite
diff --git a/generate_dockerfiles.py b/generate_dockerfiles.py
index e3c32cf9e..8865a78a4 100644
--- a/generate_dockerfiles.py
+++ b/generate_dockerfiles.py
@@ -13,10 +13,13 @@
 
 import os
 
+import requests_cache
 import requests
 import yaml
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 
+requests_cache.install_cache("adoptium_cache", expire_after=3600)
+
 # Setup the Jinja2 environment
 env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader("docker_templates"))
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 33c43e26b..bebb236fa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Jinja2==3.1.3
 PyYAML==6.0.1
 Requests==2.31.0
+requests-cache==1.2.0