diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c50fc70..19adecb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Singer Tap for Jotform. Built with the [Meltano Singer SDK](https://sdk.meltano.
 | api_url             | False    | https://api.jotform.com | API Base URL |
 | user_agent          | False    | tap-jotform/0.0.1 | User-Agent header |
 | start_date          | False    | None    | Start date for data collection |
+| requests_cache_config| False    | None    | Cache configuration for HTTP requests |
 | stream_maps         | False    | None    | Config object for stream maps capability. For more information check out [Stream Maps](https://sdk.meltano.com/en/latest/stream_maps.html). |
 | stream_map_config   | False    | None    | User-defined config values to be used within map expressions. |
 | flattening_enabled  | False    | None    | 'True' to enable schema flattening and automatically expand nested properties. |
diff --git a/meltano.yml b/meltano.yml
index 3f6924c..43d2abe 100644
--- a/meltano.yml
+++ b/meltano.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ plugins:
       kind: date_iso8601
       label: Start Date
       description: Start date for collecting data
+    - name: requests_cache.enabled
+      kind: boolean
+      label: Requests Cache Enabled
+      description: Enable requests cache
+    - name: requests_cache.config.expire_after
+      kind: integer
+      label: Requests Cache Expire After
+      description: Requests cache expire after
+    config:
+      requests_cache.enabled: true
+      requests_cache.config.expire_after: 3600
   loaders:
   - name: target-duckdb
     variant: jwills
diff --git a/tap_jotform/client.py b/tap_jotform/client.py
index 5adb3dd..0cff99d 100644
--- a/tap_jotform/client.py
+++ b/tap_jotform/client.py
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 from singer_sdk.pagination import BaseOffsetPaginator
 from singer_sdk.streams import RESTStream
 
-requests_cache.install_cache("requests_cache")
-
 
 class JotformPaginator(BaseOffsetPaginator):
     """Jotform pagination class."""
@@ -111,6 +109,22 @@ def parse_response(
         )
         yield from super().parse_response(response)
 
+    @property
+    def requests_session(self) -> requests.Session:
+        """Return a new requests session object.
+
+        Returns:
+            A new requests session object.
+        """
+        if (
+            self.config.get("requests_cache")
+            and self.config["requests_cache"]["enabled"]
+        ):
+            self._requests_session = requests_cache.CachedSession(
+                **self.config["requests_cache"]["config"]
+            )
+        return super().requests_session
+
 
 class JotformPaginatedStream(JotformStream):
     """A Jotform stream with pagination."""
diff --git a/tap_jotform/tap.py b/tap_jotform/tap.py
index bb17cb8..448701f 100644
--- a/tap_jotform/tap.py
+++ b/tap_jotform/tap.py
@@ -58,6 +58,30 @@ def config_jsonschema(cls) -> dict:  # type: ignore
                 required=False,
                 description="Start date for data collection",
             ),
+            th.Property(
+                "requests_cache",
+                th.ObjectType(
+                    th.Property(
+                        "enabled",
+                        th.BooleanType,
+                        default=False,
+                        description="Enable requests cache",
+                    ),
+                    th.Property(
+                        "config",
+                        th.ObjectType(
+                            th.Property(
+                                "expire_after",
+                                th.IntegerType,
+                                description="Cache expiration time in seconds",
+                            ),
+                        ),
+                        description="Requests cache configuration",
+                        default={},
+                    ),
+                ),
+                description="Cache configuration for HTTP requests",
+            ),
         ).to_dict()
 
     def discover_streams(self) -> list[Stream]: