diff --git a/src/libbot/cache/classes/cache_memcached.py b/src/libbot/cache/classes/cache_memcached.py
index a88c476..e2d4666 100644
--- a/src/libbot/cache/classes/cache_memcached.py
+++ b/src/libbot/cache/classes/cache_memcached.py
@@ -7,15 +7,22 @@ from pymemcache import Client
 from .cache import Cache
 from ..utils._objects import _json_to_string, _string_to_json
 
+DEFAULT_TTS_SECONDS: int = 300
+
 logger: Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class CacheMemcached(Cache):
     client: Client
 
-    def __init__(self, client: Client, prefix: Optional[str] = None):
+    def __init__(
+        self, client: Client, prefix: Optional[str] = None, default_ttl_seconds: Optional[int] = None
+    ) -> None:
         self.client: Client = client
         self.prefix: str | None = prefix
+        self.default_ttl_seconds: int = (
+            default_ttl_seconds if default_ttl_seconds is not None else DEFAULT_TTS_SECONDS
+        )
 
         logger.info("Initialized Memcached for caching")
 
@@ -73,7 +80,11 @@ class CacheMemcached(Cache):
         key = self._get_prefixed_key(key)
 
         try:
-            self.client.set(key, _json_to_string(value), expire=0 if ttl_seconds is None else ttl_seconds)
+            self.client.set(
+                key,
+                _json_to_string(value),
+                expire=self.default_ttl_seconds if ttl_seconds is None else ttl_seconds,
+            )
             logger.debug("Set json cache key '%s'", key)
         except Exception as exc:
             logger.error("Could not set json cache key '%s' due to: %s", key, exc)
@@ -83,7 +94,9 @@ class CacheMemcached(Cache):
         key = self._get_prefixed_key(key)
 
         try:
-            self.client.set(key, value, expire=0 if ttl_seconds is None else ttl_seconds)
+            self.client.set(
+                key, value, expire=self.default_ttl_seconds if ttl_seconds is None else ttl_seconds
+            )
             logger.debug("Set string cache key '%s'", key)
         except Exception as exc:
             logger.error("Could not set string cache key '%s' due to: %s", key, exc)
diff --git a/src/libbot/cache/classes/cache_redis.py b/src/libbot/cache/classes/cache_redis.py
index d70076a..5aad925 100644
--- a/src/libbot/cache/classes/cache_redis.py
+++ b/src/libbot/cache/classes/cache_redis.py
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ from typing import Dict, Any, Optional
 from redis import Redis
 
 from .cache import Cache
-from ..utils._objects import _string_to_json, _json_to_string
+from ..utils._objects import _json_to_string, _string_to_json
+
+DEFAULT_TTS_SECONDS: int = 300
 
 logger: Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -13,9 +15,14 @@ logger: Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 class CacheRedis(Cache):
     client: Redis
 
-    def __init__(self, client: Redis, prefix: Optional[str] = None):
+    def __init__(
+        self, client: Redis, prefix: Optional[str] = None, default_ttl_seconds: Optional[int] = None
+    ) -> None:
         self.client: Redis = client
         self.prefix: str | None = prefix
+        self.default_ttl_seconds: int = (
+            default_ttl_seconds if default_ttl_seconds is not None else DEFAULT_TTS_SECONDS
+        )
 
         logger.info("Initialized Redis for caching")
 
@@ -73,7 +80,11 @@ class CacheRedis(Cache):
         key = self._get_prefixed_key(key)
 
         try:
-            self.client.set(key, _json_to_string(value), ex=ttl_seconds)
+            self.client.set(
+                key,
+                _json_to_string(value),
+                ex=self.default_ttl_seconds if ttl_seconds is None else ttl_seconds,
+            )
             logger.debug("Set json cache key '%s'", key)
         except Exception as exc:
             logger.error("Could not set json cache key '%s' due to: %s", key, exc)
@@ -83,7 +94,7 @@ class CacheRedis(Cache):
         key = self._get_prefixed_key(key)
 
         try:
-            self.client.set(key, value, ex=ttl_seconds)
+            self.client.set(key, value, ex=self.default_ttl_seconds if ttl_seconds is None else ttl_seconds)
             logger.debug("Set string cache key '%s'", key)
         except Exception as exc:
             logger.error("Could not set string cache key '%s' due to: %s", key, exc)