diff --git a/src/components/version.jsx b/src/components/version.jsx
index 72449a7a..52211219 100644
--- a/src/components/version.jsx
+++ b/src/components/version.jsx
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import useSWR from "swr";
 import { compareVersions } from "compare-versions";
 import { MdNewReleases } from "react-icons/md";
 
+import cachedFetch from "utils/proxy/cached-fetch";
+
 export default function Version() {
   const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();
 
@@ -10,7 +12,9 @@ export default function Version() {
   const revision = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_REVISION ?? "dev";
   const version = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_VERSION ?? "dev";
 
-  const { data: releaseData } = useSWR("https://api.github.com/repos/benphelps/homepage/releases");
+  const cachedFetcher = (resource) => cachedFetch(resource, 5).then((res) => res.json());
+
+  const { data: releaseData } = useSWR("https://api.github.com/repos/benphelps/homepage/releases", cachedFetcher);
 
   // use Intl.DateTimeFormat to format the date
   const formatDate = (date) => {