diff --git a/catalog/api/Containerfile b/catalog/api/Containerfile
index 3a69b2ebe..aa5ec2cb4 100644
--- a/catalog/api/Containerfile
+++ b/catalog/api/Containerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/python-311:latest
+FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi9/python-312:latest
 
 USER 0
 COPY . /tmp/src
diff --git a/catalog/api/app.py b/catalog/api/app.py
index 0fa439215..7c4a93507 100644
--- a/catalog/api/app.py
+++ b/catalog/api/app.py
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 ratings_api = os.environ.get('RATINGS_API', 'http://babylon-ratings.babylon-ratings.svc.cluster.local:8080')
 reporting_api = os.environ.get('SALESFORCE_API', 'http://reporting-api.demo-reporting.svc.cluster.local:8080')
 reporting_api_authorization_token = os.environ.get('SALESFORCE_AUTHORIZATION_TOKEN')
+response_cache = {}
+response_cache_clean_interval = int(os.environ.get('RESPONSE_CACHE_CLEAN_INTERVAL', 60))
+response_cache_clean_task = None
 session_cache = {}
 session_lifetime = int(os.environ.get('SESSION_LIFETIME', 600))
 
@@ -83,7 +86,7 @@ async def api_proxy(method, url, headers, data=None, params=None):
         )
 
 async def on_startup(app):
-    global app_api_client, babylon_namespace, console_url, core_v1_api, custom_objects_api, redis_connection
+    global app_api_client, babylon_namespace, console_url, core_v1_api, custom_objects_api, redis_connection, response_cache_clean_task
     if os.path.exists('/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount'):
         kubernetes_asyncio.config.load_incluster_config()
         if not babylon_namespace:
@@ -113,7 +116,11 @@ async def on_startup(app):
             username = os.environ.get('REDIS_USER', 'default'),
         )
 
+    response_cache_clean_task = asyncio.create_task(response_cache_clean())
+
 async def on_cleanup(app):
+    response_cache_clean_task.cancel()
+    await response_cache_clean_task
     await app_api_client.close()
 
 async def check_admin_access(api_client):
@@ -327,6 +334,12 @@ async def start_user_session(user, groups):
     elif await check_user_support_access(api_client):
         session['roles'].append('userSupport')
 
+    session['catalogNamespaces'] = await get_catalog_namespaces(api_client)
+
+    user_namespace, service_namespaces = await get_service_namespaces(user, api_client)
+    session['userNamespace'] = user_namespace
+    session['serviceNamespaces'] = service_namespaces
+
     token = random_string(32)
     if redis_connection:
         await redis_connection.setex(token, session_lifetime, json.dumps(session, separators=(',',':')))
@@ -342,20 +355,18 @@ async def get_auth_session(request):
     groups = await get_user_groups(user)
     api_client, session, token = await start_user_session(user, groups)
     try:
-        catalog_namespaces = await get_catalog_namespaces(api_client)
         user_is_admin = session.get('admin', False)
         roles = session.get('roles', [])
-        user_namespace, service_namespaces = await get_service_namespaces(user, api_client)
         ret = {
             "admin": user_is_admin,
             "consoleURL": console_url,
             "groups": groups,
             "user": user['metadata']['name'],
             "token": token,
-            "catalogNamespaces": catalog_namespaces,
+            "catalogNamespaces": session['catalogNamespaces'],
             "lifetime": session_lifetime,
-            "serviceNamespaces": service_namespaces,
-            "userNamespace": user_namespace,
+            "serviceNamespaces": session['serviceNamespaces'],
+            "userNamespace": session['userNamespace'],
             "roles": roles,
         }
         if not user_is_admin:
@@ -796,6 +807,32 @@ async def workshop_post(request):
 
     raise web.HTTPConflict()
 
+@routes.get("/apis/babylon.gpte.redhat.com/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/catalogitems")
+@routes.get("/apis/babylon.gpte.redhat.com/v1/namespaces/{namespace}/catalogitems/{name}")
+async def openshift_api_proxy_with_cache(request):
+    namespace = request.match_info.get('namespace')
+
+    user = await get_proxy_user(request)
+    session = await get_user_session(request, user)
+
+    for catalog_namespace in session.get('catalogNamespaces', []):
+        if catalog_namespace['name'] == namespace:
+            break
+    else:
+        raise web.HTTPForbidden()
+
+    resp, cache_time = response_cache.get(request.path_qs, (None, None))
+    if resp != None and time() - cache_time < response_cache_clean_interval:
+        return web.Response(
+            body=resp.body,
+            headers=resp.headers,
+            status=resp.status,
+        )
+
+    resp = await openshift_api_proxy(request)
+    response_cache[request.path_qs] = (resp, time())
+    return resp
+
 @routes.delete("/{path:apis?/.*}")
 @routes.get("/{path:apis?/.*}")
 @routes.patch("/{path:apis?/.*}")
@@ -867,6 +904,18 @@ async def openshift_api_proxy(request):
     finally:
         await api_client.close()
 
+async def response_cache_clean():
+    """Periodically remove old cache entries to avoid memory leak."""
+    try:
+        while True:
+            for key, value in list(response_cache.items()):
+                cache_time = value[1]
+                if time() - cache_time > response_cache_clean_interval:
+                    response_cache.pop(key, None)
+            await asyncio.sleep(response_cache_clean_interval)
+    except asyncio.CancelledError:
+        return
+
 
 app = web.Application()
 app.add_routes(routes)
diff --git a/helm/templates/catalog/interfaces/api/deployment.yaml b/helm/templates/catalog/interfaces/api/deployment.yaml
index 1e470d6d7..187bb58ce 100644
--- a/helm/templates/catalog/interfaces/api/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/catalog/interfaces/api/deployment.yaml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ spec:
           value: babylon-catalog-redis
         - name: REDIS_PORT
           value: "6379"
+        - name: RESPONSE_CACHE_CLEAN_INTERVAL
+          value: "{{ $api.responseCacheCleanInterval }}"
         - name: LOGGING_LEVEL
           value: "{{ $api.loggingLevel }}"
         image: {{ $api.image.repository }}:{{ $api.image.tag }}
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index 165186545..1c60a922e 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ catalog:
         limits:
           cpu: "2"
           memory: "2Gi"
+      responseCacheCleanInterval: 60
     oauthProxy:
       image:
         pullPolicy: Always