diff --git a/custom_components/hacs/helpers/functions/misc.py b/custom_components/hacs/helpers/functions/misc.py
index 85ff848f001..83bd56cd753 100644
--- a/custom_components/hacs/helpers/functions/misc.py
+++ b/custom_components/hacs/helpers/functions/misc.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Helper functions: misc"""
 import re
 import semantic_version
+from functools import lru_cache
 
 RE_REPOSITORY = re.compile(
     r"(?:(?:.*github.com.)|^)([A-Za-z0-9-]+\/[\w.-]+?)(?:(?:\.git)?|(?:[^\w.-].*)?)$"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ def get_repository_name(repository) -> str:
     )
 
 
+@lru_cache(maxsize=1024)
 def version_left_higher_then_right(new: str, old: str) -> bool:
     """Return a bool if source is newer than target, will also be true if identical."""
     if not isinstance(new, str) or not isinstance(old, str):
diff --git a/tests/helpers/misc/test_version_is_newer_than_version.py b/tests/helpers/misc/test_version_is_newer_than_version.py
index 774fb02ce1b..88190e2c008 100644
--- a/tests/helpers/misc/test_version_is_newer_than_version.py
+++ b/tests/helpers/misc/test_version_is_newer_than_version.py
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ def test_wierd_stuff():
     assert version_left_higher_then_right("1.0.0", "1.0.0rc0")
     assert not version_left_higher_then_right(None, "1.0.0rc0")
     assert not version_left_higher_then_right(1.0, "1.0.0rc0")
-    assert not version_left_higher_then_right({}, "1.0.0rc0")
+    assert not version_left_higher_then_right("0", "1.0.0rc0")