diff --git a/src/ocrmypdf/subprocess.py b/src/ocrmypdf/subprocess.py
index 96a0afb6..5cc540fa 100644
--- a/src/ocrmypdf/subprocess.py
+++ b/src/ocrmypdf/subprocess.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ def _fix_windows_args(program, args, env):
     return args
 
 
+@lru_cache(maxsize=None)
 def get_version(program, *, version_arg='--version', regex=r'(\d+(\.\d+)*)', env=None):
     """Get the version of the specified program"""
     args_prog = [program, version_arg]