diff --git a/api/subscriptions/message_cache.go b/api/subscriptions/message_cache.go
index 0ef85bf94..3fe0cb5a9 100644
--- a/api/subscriptions/message_cache.go
+++ b/api/subscriptions/message_cache.go
@@ -7,16 +7,14 @@ package subscriptions
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/simplelru"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2"
 	"github.com/vechain/thor/v2/thor"
 )
 
 // messageCache is a generic cache that stores messages of any type.
 type messageCache[T any] struct {
-	cache *simplelru.LRU
-	mu    sync.RWMutex
+	cache *lru.Cache[thor.Bytes32, interface{}]
 }
 
 // newMessageCache creates a new messageCache with the specified cache size.
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ func newMessageCache[T any](cacheSize uint32) *messageCache[T] {
 	if cacheSize == 0 {
 		cacheSize = 1
 	}
-	cache, err := simplelru.NewLRU(int(cacheSize), nil)
+	cache, err := lru.New[thor.Bytes32, interface{}](int(cacheSize))
 	if err != nil {
 		// lru.New only throws an error if the number is less than 1
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to create message cache: %v", err))
@@ -41,16 +39,8 @@ func newMessageCache[T any](cacheSize uint32) *messageCache[T] {
 // it will generate the message and add it to the cache. The second return value
 // indicates whether the message is newly generated.
 func (mc *messageCache[T]) GetOrAdd(id thor.Bytes32, createMessage func() (T, error)) (T, bool, error) {
-	mc.mu.RLock()
-	msg, ok := mc.cache.Get(id)
-	mc.mu.RUnlock()
-	if ok {
-		return msg.(T), false, nil
-	}
 
-	mc.mu.Lock()
-	defer mc.mu.Unlock()
-	msg, ok = mc.cache.Get(id)
+	msg, ok := mc.cache.Peek(id)
 	if ok {
 		return msg.(T), false, nil
 	}
@@ -60,6 +50,6 @@ func (mc *messageCache[T]) GetOrAdd(id thor.Bytes32, createMessage func() (T, er
 		var zero T
 		return zero, false, err
 	}
-	mc.cache.Add(id, newMsg)
+	mc.cache.ContainsOrAdd(id, newMsg)
 	return newMsg, true, nil
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f3032a927..a22df0ad6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-stack/stack v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20230207041349-798e818bf904 // indirect
+	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/huin/goupnp v0.0.0-20171109214107-dceda08e705b // indirect
 	github.com/jackpal/go-nat-pmp v1.0.2-0.20160603034137-1fa385a6f458 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 648890cc0..b8d225cd1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.1 h1:q7AeDBpnBk8AogcD4DSag/Ukw/KV+YhzLj2bP5HvK
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.1/go.mod h1:YR8l580nyteQvAITg2hZ9XVh4b55+EU/adAjf1fMHhE=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.0.0-20160813221303-0a025b7e63ad h1:eMxs9EL0PvIGS9TTtxg4R+JxuPGav82J8rA+GFnY7po=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.0.0-20160813221303-0a025b7e63ad/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
+github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 h1:a+bsQ5rvGLjzHuww6tVxozPZFVghXaHOwFs4luLUK2k=
+github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7/go.mod h1:QeFd9opnmA6QUJc5vARoKUSoFhyfM2/ZepoAG6RGpeM=
 github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.2.4 h1:jUc4Nk8fm9jZabQuqr2JzednajVmBpC+oiTiXZJEApU=
 github.com/holiman/uint256 v1.2.4/go.mod h1:EOMSn4q6Nyt9P6efbI3bueV4e1b3dGlUCXeiRV4ng7E=
 github.com/hpcloud/tail v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ab1qPbhIpdTxEkNHXyeSf5vhxWSCs/tWer42PpOxQnU=