diff --git a/lemminx-maven/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/maven/searcher/RemoteCentralRepositorySearcher.java b/lemminx-maven/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/maven/searcher/RemoteCentralRepositorySearcher.java
index 632f9ff3..9457bed0 100644
--- a/lemminx-maven/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/maven/searcher/RemoteCentralRepositorySearcher.java
+++ b/lemminx-maven/src/main/java/org/eclipse/lemminx/extensions/maven/searcher/RemoteCentralRepositorySearcher.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -56,8 +57,45 @@ public class RemoteCentralRepositorySearcher {
 	public static boolean disableCentralSearch = Boolean
 			.parseBoolean(System.getProperty(RemoteCentralRepositorySearcher.class.getName() + ".disableCentralSearch"));
 
+	public static long cacheDeprecationTimeoutMs = Long
+			.parseLong(System.getProperty(RemoteCentralRepositorySearcher.class.getName() + ".cacheDeprecationTimeoutMs", "-1"), 10);
+
 	private OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
 
+	private static class Cache<K,V> {
+		private static long DEFAULT_DEPRECATION_TIMEOUT = 15*60*1000; 
+		private HashMap <Object,ValueDescriptor< V>> cache = new HashMap<>();
+		private long cacheDeprecationTimeout = DEFAULT_DEPRECATION_TIMEOUT;
+		
+		public Cache(long deprecationTimeoutMs) {
+			cacheDeprecationTimeout = deprecationTimeoutMs != -1 ? 
+					deprecationTimeoutMs : DEFAULT_DEPRECATION_TIMEOUT;
+		}
+		
+		class ValueDescriptor<T> {
+			T data;
+			long timestamp;
+		}
+
+		void put (K key, V value) {
+			ValueDescriptor<V> descriptor = new ValueDescriptor<>();
+			descriptor.data = value;
+			descriptor.timestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+			cache.put(key.toString(), descriptor);
+		}
+			
+		V get(K key) {
+			ValueDescriptor<V> descriptor = cache.get(key.toString());
+			if (descriptor != null 
+					&& (System.currentTimeMillis() - descriptor.timestamp 
+							< cacheDeprecationTimeout)) {
+				return descriptor.data;
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	
 	public RemoteCentralRepositorySearcher(MavenLemminxExtension lemminxMavenPlugin) {
 	}
 	
@@ -88,8 +126,14 @@ public Set<String> getPluginGroupIds(Dependency artifactToSearch) {
 		return disableCentralSearch ? Collections.emptySet() : internalGetGroupIds(artifactToSearch, PACKAGING_TYPE_MAVEN_PLUGIN);
 	}
 	
+	private static Cache<Request, Collection<Artifact>> artifactsCache = new Cache<>(cacheDeprecationTimeoutMs);
 	private Collection<Artifact> internalGetArtifacts(Dependency artifactToSearch, String packaging) {
 		Request request = createArtifactIdsRequesty(artifactToSearch, packaging);
+		Collection<Artifact> cachedValue = artifactsCache.get(request);
+		if (cachedValue != null) {
+			return cachedValue;
+		}
+
 		JsonObject responseBody = getResponseBody(request, artifactToSearch);
 		if (responseBody == null || responseBody.get("numFound").getAsInt() <= 0 ) {
 			return Collections.emptyList();
@@ -99,15 +143,23 @@ private Collection<Artifact> internalGetArtifacts(Dependency artifactToSearch, S
 		responseBody.get("docs").getAsJsonArray().forEach(d -> {
 			artifactInfos.add(toArtifactInfo(d.getAsJsonObject()));
 		});
+		
+		artifactsCache.put(request, artifactInfos);
 		return artifactInfos;
 	}
-	
+
+	private static Cache<Request, Set<ArtifactVersion>> artifactVersionsCache = new Cache<>(cacheDeprecationTimeoutMs);
 	private Set<ArtifactVersion> internalGetArtifactVersions(Dependency artifactToSearch, String packaging) {
 		if (isEmpty(artifactToSearch.getArtifactId())) {
 			return Collections.emptySet();
 		}
 
 		Request request = createArtifactVersionsRequest(artifactToSearch, packaging);
+		Set<ArtifactVersion> cachedValue = artifactVersionsCache.get(request);
+		if (cachedValue != null) {
+			return cachedValue;
+		}
+		
 		JsonObject responseBody = getResponseBody(request, artifactToSearch);
 		if (responseBody == null || responseBody.get("numFound").getAsInt() <= 0 ) {
 			return Collections.emptySet();
@@ -117,15 +169,23 @@ private Set<ArtifactVersion> internalGetArtifactVersions(Dependency artifactToSe
 		responseBody.get("docs").getAsJsonArray().forEach(d -> {
 			artifactVersions.add(new DefaultArtifactVersion(d.getAsJsonObject().get(VERSION).getAsString()));
 		});
+
+		artifactVersionsCache.put(request, artifactVersions);
 		return artifactVersions;
 	}
 	
+	private static Cache<Request, Set<String>> groupIdsCache = new Cache<>(cacheDeprecationTimeoutMs);
 	private Set<String> internalGetGroupIds(Dependency artifactToSearch, String packaging) {
 		if (isEmpty(artifactToSearch.getGroupId())) {
 			return Collections.emptySet();
 		}
 		
 		Request request = createGroupIdsRequest(artifactToSearch, packaging);
+		Set<String> cachedValue = groupIdsCache.get(request);
+		if (cachedValue != null) {
+			return cachedValue;
+		}
+
 		JsonObject responseBody = getResponseBody(request, artifactToSearch);
 		if (responseBody == null || responseBody.get("numFound").getAsInt() <= 0 ) {
 			return Collections.emptySet();
@@ -135,6 +195,8 @@ private Set<String> internalGetGroupIds(Dependency artifactToSearch, String pack
 		responseBody.get("docs").getAsJsonArray().forEach(d -> {
 			artifactGroupIds.add(d.getAsJsonObject().get(GROUP_ID).getAsString());
 		});
+		
+		groupIdsCache.put(request, artifactGroupIds);
 		return artifactGroupIds;
 	}