diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/KohaRest.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/KohaRest.php
index d5698bb6c9dd3f2ac7055446425f34db0170760f..35de8713fde7d5244d56d540d253f7c5bcb6fbdd 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/KohaRest.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/KohaRest.php
@@ -1994,12 +1994,14 @@ class KohaRest extends \VuFind\ILS\Driver\AbstractBase implements
      */
     protected function getItem($id)
     {
-        static $cachedRecords = [];
-        if (!isset($cachedRecords[$id])) {
+        $cacheId = "items|$id";
+        $item = $this->getCachedData($cacheId);
+        if (null === $item) {
             $result = $this->makeRequest(['v1', 'items', $id]);
-            $cachedRecords[$id] = $result['data'] ?? false;
+            $item = $result['data'] ?? false;
+            $this->putCachedData($cacheId, $item, 300);
         }
-        return $cachedRecords[$id];
+        return $item ?: null;
     }
 
     /**