diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 53c338c05a..683d229420 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ sdss
 
 - Support new SDSS-V DR18 access URLs. [#3017]
 
+- Fix download caching. [#3123]
+
 simbad
 ^^^^^^
 
diff --git a/astroquery/sdss/core.py b/astroquery/sdss/core.py
index 56ea50db5a..1414eaddd0 100644
--- a/astroquery/sdss/core.py
+++ b/astroquery/sdss/core.py
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ def query_region_async(self, coordinates, *, radius=None,
                                                               region=True,
                                                               field_help=field_help,
                                                               get_query_payload=True,
-                                                              data_release=data_release)
+                                                              data_release=data_release,
+                                                              cache=cache)
 
         if width is not None:
             width = u.Quantity(width, u.degree).value
@@ -774,6 +775,7 @@ def get_spectra_async(self, *, coordinates=None, radius=2. * u.arcsec,
 
             link = linkstr.format(**format_args)
             results.append(commons.FileContainer(link,
+                                                 cache=cache,
                                                  encoding='binary',
                                                  remote_timeout=timeout,
                                                  show_progress=show_progress))