diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/LocalResponseCacheAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/LocalResponseCacheAutoConfiguration.java
index ddeaafd27e..908e2883f8 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/LocalResponseCacheAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/config/LocalResponseCacheAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.config;
 
-import java.time.Duration;
-
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine;
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Weigher;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -35,8 +33,8 @@
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory.cache.GlobalLocalResponseCacheGatewayFilter;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory.cache.LocalResponseCacheGatewayFilterFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory.cache.LocalResponseCacheProperties;
+import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory.cache.LocalResponseCacheUtils;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory.cache.ResponseCacheManagerFactory;
-import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory.cache.ResponseCacheSizeWeigher;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory.cache.keygenerator.CacheKeyGenerator;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ public GlobalLocalResponseCacheGatewayFilter globalLocalResponseCacheGatewayFilt
 	@Bean(name = RESPONSE_CACHE_MANAGER_NAME)
 	@Conditional(LocalResponseCacheAutoConfiguration.OnGlobalLocalResponseCacheCondition.class)
 	public CacheManager gatewayCacheManager(LocalResponseCacheProperties cacheProperties) {
-		return createGatewayCacheManager(cacheProperties);
+		return LocalResponseCacheUtils.createGatewayCacheManager(cacheProperties);
 	}
 
 	@Bean
@@ -91,23 +89,13 @@ public CacheKeyGenerator cacheKeyGenerator() {
 		return new CacheKeyGenerator();
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated since 4.1.2 for removal in 4.2.0 in favor of
+	 * {@link LocalResponseCacheUtils#createGatewayCacheManager(LocalResponseCacheProperties)}
+	 */
+	@Deprecated(since = "4.1.2", forRemoval = true)
 	public static CaffeineCacheManager createGatewayCacheManager(LocalResponseCacheProperties cacheProperties) {
-		Caffeine caffeine = Caffeine.newBuilder();
-		LOGGER.info("Initializing Caffeine");
-		Duration ttlSeconds = cacheProperties.getTimeToLive();
-		caffeine.expireAfterWrite(ttlSeconds);
-
-		if (cacheProperties.getSize() != null) {
-			caffeine.maximumWeight(cacheProperties.getSize().toBytes()).weigher(responseCacheSizeWeigher());
-		}
-		CaffeineCacheManager caffeineCacheManager = new CaffeineCacheManager();
-		caffeineCacheManager.setCaffeine(caffeine);
-		return caffeineCacheManager;
-	}
-
-	private static ResponseCacheSizeWeigher responseCacheSizeWeigher() {
-		return new ResponseCacheSizeWeigher();
+		return LocalResponseCacheUtils.createGatewayCacheManager(cacheProperties);
 	}
 
 	Cache responseCache(CacheManager cacheManager) {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/cache/LocalResponseCacheGatewayFilterFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/cache/LocalResponseCacheGatewayFilterFactory.java
index 652de96f80..a173882727 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/cache/LocalResponseCacheGatewayFilterFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/cache/LocalResponseCacheGatewayFilterFactory.java
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine;
+
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.cache.Cache;
-import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.config.LocalResponseCacheAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cache.caffeine.CaffeineCacheManager;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.GatewayFilter;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory.AbstractGatewayFilterFactory;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory.cache.LocalResponseCacheProperties.RequestOptions;
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ public class LocalResponseCacheGatewayFilterFactory
 
 	private final RequestOptions requestOptions;
 
+	private final CaffeineCacheManager caffeineCacheManager;
+
 	@Deprecated
 	public LocalResponseCacheGatewayFilterFactory(ResponseCacheManagerFactory cacheManagerFactory,
 			Duration defaultTimeToLive, DataSize defaultSize) {
@@ -64,19 +68,29 @@ public LocalResponseCacheGatewayFilterFactory(ResponseCacheManagerFactory cacheM
 
 	public LocalResponseCacheGatewayFilterFactory(ResponseCacheManagerFactory cacheManagerFactory,
 			Duration defaultTimeToLive, DataSize defaultSize, RequestOptions requestOptions) {
+		this(cacheManagerFactory, defaultTimeToLive, defaultSize, requestOptions, new CaffeineCacheManager());
+	}
+
+	public LocalResponseCacheGatewayFilterFactory(ResponseCacheManagerFactory cacheManagerFactory,
+			Duration defaultTimeToLive, DataSize defaultSize, RequestOptions requestOptions,
+			CaffeineCacheManager caffeineCacheManager) {
 		super(RouteCacheConfiguration.class);
 		this.cacheManagerFactory = cacheManagerFactory;
 		this.defaultTimeToLive = defaultTimeToLive;
 		this.defaultSize = defaultSize;
 		this.requestOptions = requestOptions;
+		this.caffeineCacheManager = caffeineCacheManager;
 	}
 
 	@Override
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
 	public GatewayFilter apply(RouteCacheConfiguration config) {
 		LocalResponseCacheProperties cacheProperties = mapRouteCacheConfig(config);
 
-		Cache routeCache = LocalResponseCacheAutoConfiguration.createGatewayCacheManager(cacheProperties)
-				.getCache(config.getRouteId() + "-cache");
+		Caffeine caffeine = LocalResponseCacheUtils.createCaffeine(cacheProperties);
+		String cacheName = config.getRouteId() + "-cache";
+		caffeineCacheManager.registerCustomCache(cacheName, caffeine.build());
+		Cache routeCache = caffeineCacheManager.getCache(cacheName);
 		return new ResponseCacheGatewayFilter(
 				cacheManagerFactory.create(routeCache, cacheProperties.getTimeToLive(), requestOptions));
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/cache/LocalResponseCacheUtils.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/cache/LocalResponseCacheUtils.java
index 6de54ac5d1..71349db043 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/cache/LocalResponseCacheUtils.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-server/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/cache/LocalResponseCacheUtils.java
@@ -16,11 +16,20 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory.cache;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
+
+import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+import org.springframework.cache.caffeine.CaffeineCacheManager;
 import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.ServerHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 public final class LocalResponseCacheUtils {
 
+	private static final Log LOGGER = LogFactory.getLog(LocalResponseCacheUtils.class);
+
 	private LocalResponseCacheUtils() {
 	}
 
@@ -29,4 +38,24 @@ public static boolean isNoCacheRequest(ServerHttpRequest request) {
 		return StringUtils.hasText(cacheControl) && cacheControl.matches(".*(\s|,|^)no-cache(\\s|,|$).*");
 	}
 
+	public static CaffeineCacheManager createGatewayCacheManager(LocalResponseCacheProperties cacheProperties) {
+		Caffeine caffeine = createCaffeine(cacheProperties);
+		CaffeineCacheManager caffeineCacheManager = new CaffeineCacheManager();
+		caffeineCacheManager.setCaffeine(caffeine);
+		return caffeineCacheManager;
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+	public static Caffeine createCaffeine(LocalResponseCacheProperties cacheProperties) {
+		Caffeine caffeine = Caffeine.newBuilder();
+		LOGGER.info("Initializing Caffeine");
+		Duration ttlSeconds = cacheProperties.getTimeToLive();
+		caffeine.expireAfterWrite(ttlSeconds);
+
+		if (cacheProperties.getSize() != null) {
+			caffeine.maximumWeight(cacheProperties.getSize().toBytes()).weigher(new ResponseCacheSizeWeigher());
+		}
+		return caffeine;
+	}
+
 }