diff --git a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/api/client.py b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/api/client.py
index d73c405cbe7f5..0a3de02894150 100644
--- a/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/api/client.py
+++ b/task-sdk/src/airflow/sdk/api/client.py
@@ -851,9 +851,9 @@ def _should_retry_api_request(exception: BaseException) -> bool:
 
 
 class Client(httpx.Client):
-    @classmethod
     @lru_cache()
-    def _get_ssl_context_cached(cls, ca_file: str, ca_path: str | None = None) -> ssl.SSLContext:
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_ssl_context_cached(ca_file: str, ca_path: str | None = None) -> ssl.SSLContext:
         """Cache SSL context to prevent memory growth from repeated context creation."""
         ctx = ssl.create_default_context(cafile=ca_file)
         if ca_path:
diff --git a/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/api/test_client.py b/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/api/test_client.py
index abeda2acd31ea..ed3997aefc6cc 100644
--- a/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/api/test_client.py
+++ b/task-sdk/tests/task_sdk/api/test_client.py
@@ -1370,10 +1370,10 @@ def handle_request(request: httpx.Request) -> httpx.Response:
 
 
 class TestSSLContextCaching:
-    def setup_method(self):
+    @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+    def clear_ssl_context_cache(self):
         Client._get_ssl_context_cached.cache_clear()
-
-    def teardown_method(self):
+        yield
         Client._get_ssl_context_cached.cache_clear()
 
     def test_cache_hit_on_same_parameters(self):
@@ -1382,6 +1382,13 @@ def test_cache_hit_on_same_parameters(self):
         ctx2 = Client._get_ssl_context_cached(ca_file, None)
         assert ctx1 is ctx2
 
+    def test_cache_miss_if_cache_cleared(self):
+        ca_file = certifi.where()
+        ctx1 = Client._get_ssl_context_cached(ca_file, None)
+        Client._get_ssl_context_cached.cache_clear()
+        ctx2 = Client._get_ssl_context_cached(ca_file, None)
+        assert ctx1 is not ctx2
+
     def test_cache_miss_on_different_parameters(self):
         ca_file = certifi.where()