diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 39d8d45..5356a8b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Create changelog file for release notes
 - The source set the generated sources are added to is now user-selectable via extension property, `main` is chosen by default.
+- DownloadTask became cacheable, so the downloaded Jextract archives can be shared and re-used via build cache.
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/kotlin/de/infolektuell/gradle/jextract/tasks/DownloadTask.kt b/plugin/src/main/kotlin/de/infolektuell/gradle/jextract/tasks/DownloadTask.kt
index 3d2bc9c..373204f 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/kotlin/de/infolektuell/gradle/jextract/tasks/DownloadTask.kt
+++ b/plugin/src/main/kotlin/de/infolektuell/gradle/jextract/tasks/DownloadTask.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty
 import org.gradle.api.model.ObjectFactory
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Property
 import org.gradle.api.provider.Provider
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.CacheableTask
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Internal
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Nested
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ import java.security.MessageDigest
 import java.time.Duration
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
+@CacheableTask
 abstract class DownloadTask : DefaultTask() {
     abstract class Resource @Inject constructor(objects: ObjectFactory) {
         @get:Input
@@ -52,15 +54,12 @@ abstract class DownloadTask : DefaultTask() {
 
     private fun download(source: URI, checksum: String, algorithm: String, target: Path) {
         val client: HttpClient = HttpClient.newBuilder().connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10)).version(HttpClient.Version.HTTP_1_1).build()
-        val downloaded = verify(target, checksum, algorithm)
-        if (downloaded) return
         val request: HttpRequest = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
             .uri(source)
             .GET()
             .build()
         val response = client.send(request, ofInputStream())
         if (response.statusCode() != 200) throw GradleException("Downloading from $source failed with status code ${response.statusCode()}.")
-        println(response.version())
         val isValid = copyVerify(response.body(), target, checksum, algorithm)
         if (!isValid) throw GradleException("Data integrity of downloaded file $source could not be verified, checksums do not match.")
     }
@@ -73,16 +72,4 @@ abstract class DownloadTask : DefaultTask() {
         if (calculatedChecksum != checksum) Files.deleteIfExists(file)
         return calculatedChecksum == checksum
     }
-    @OptIn(ExperimentalStdlibApi::class)
-    private fun verify(file: Path, checksum: String, algorithm: String): Boolean {
-        if (Files.notExists(file)) return false
-        val md = MessageDigest.getInstance(algorithm)
-        DigestInputStream(Files.newInputStream(file), md).use { input ->
-            input.readAllBytes()
-        }
-        val calculatedChecksum = md.digest().toHexString()
-        val isValid = calculatedChecksum == checksum
-        if (!isValid) Files.deleteIfExists(file)
-        return isValid
-    }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/kotlin/de/infolektuell/gradle/jextract/tasks/ExtractTask.kt b/plugin/src/main/kotlin/de/infolektuell/gradle/jextract/tasks/ExtractTask.kt
index e3b51d5..a939f1b 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/kotlin/de/infolektuell/gradle/jextract/tasks/ExtractTask.kt
+++ b/plugin/src/main/kotlin/de/infolektuell/gradle/jextract/tasks/ExtractTask.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 package de.infolektuell.gradle.jextract.tasks
+
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
 import org.gradle.api.file.DirectoryProperty
 import org.gradle.api.file.RegularFileProperty
@@ -7,8 +8,10 @@ import org.gradle.api.file.FileSystemOperations
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFile
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputDirectory
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
+import org.gradle.work.DisableCachingByDefault
 import javax.inject.Inject
 
+@DisableCachingByDefault(because = "Extracting an archive is not worth caching")
 abstract class ExtractTask @Inject constructor(private val fileSystem: FileSystemOperations, private val archives: ArchiveOperations) : DefaultTask() {
     @get:InputFile
     abstract val source: RegularFileProperty