diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9f4f38..5b15e24 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <groupId>it.aboutbits</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-toolbox</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.1</version>
+    <version>2.4.2-RC1</version>
     <description>Utility library for Spring Boot projects.</description>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/aboutbits/springboot/toolbox/reflection/util/ClassScannerUtil.java b/src/main/java/it/aboutbits/springboot/toolbox/reflection/util/ClassScannerUtil.java
index 9bcd0fc..195feb7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/aboutbits/springboot/toolbox/reflection/util/ClassScannerUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/aboutbits/springboot/toolbox/reflection/util/ClassScannerUtil.java
@@ -6,19 +6,27 @@
 import org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 @NullMarked
 public final class ClassScannerUtil {
+    private static final Map<String, ClassScanner> CACHE = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
     private ClassScannerUtil() {
     }
 
     public static ClassScanner getScannerForPackages(String... packages) {
-        return new ClassScanner(packages);
+        var cacheKey = Arrays.stream(packages)
+                .sorted()
+                .collect(Collectors.joining("|"));
+        return CACHE.computeIfAbsent(cacheKey, _ -> new ClassScanner(packages));
     }
 
-    public static final class ClassScanner implements AutoCloseable {
+    public static final class ClassScanner {
         private final ScanResult scanResult;
         private final String[] packages;
 
@@ -51,10 +59,5 @@ public Set<Class<?>> getClassesAnnotatedWith(Class<? extends Annotation> clazz)
                     ClassInfo::loadClass
             ).collect(Collectors.toSet());
         }
-
-        @Override
-        public void close() {
-            scanResult.close();
-        }
     }
 }