diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/CacheableDSpaceObject.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/CacheableDSpaceObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa6ec7676a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/CacheableDSpaceObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.content;
+
+import jakarta.persistence.Cacheable;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract class for DSpaceObjects which are safe to cache in Hibernate's second level cache.
+ * See hibernate-ehcache-config.xml for caching configurations for each DSpaceObject which extends this class.
+ */
+@Cacheable
+@org.hibernate.annotations.Cache(usage = CacheConcurrencyStrategy.NONSTRICT_READ_WRITE, include = "non-lazy")
+public abstract class CacheableDSpaceObject extends DSpaceObject {
+}
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Collection.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Collection.java
index f34d926bb4..17a6b1eb94 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Collection.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Collection.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import org.dspace.eperson.Group;
  */
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "collection")
-public class Collection extends DSpaceObject implements DSpaceObjectLegacySupport {
+public class Collection extends CacheableDSpaceObject implements DSpaceObjectLegacySupport {
 
     @Column(name = "collection_id", insertable = false, updatable = false)
     private Integer legacyId;
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Community.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Community.java
index be29110860..4c41736165 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Community.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Community.java
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import org.dspace.eperson.Group;
  */
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "community")
-public class Community extends DSpaceObject implements DSpaceObjectLegacySupport {
+public class Community extends CacheableDSpaceObject implements DSpaceObjectLegacySupport {
     @Column(name = "community_id", insertable = false, updatable = false)
     private Integer legacyId;
 
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DSpaceObject.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DSpaceObject.java
index 998bb5fd57..b659035dc6 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DSpaceObject.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DSpaceObject.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
-import jakarta.persistence.Cacheable;
 import jakarta.persistence.CascadeType;
 import jakarta.persistence.Column;
 import jakarta.persistence.Entity;
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils;
 import org.dspace.authorize.ResourcePolicy;
 import org.dspace.core.ReloadableEntity;
 import org.dspace.handle.Handle;
-import org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.GenericGenerator;
 
 /**
@@ -38,8 +36,6 @@ import org.hibernate.annotations.GenericGenerator;
 @Entity
 @Inheritance(strategy = InheritanceType.JOINED)
 @Table(name = "dspaceobject")
-@Cacheable
-@org.hibernate.annotations.Cache(usage = CacheConcurrencyStrategy.NONSTRICT_READ_WRITE, includeLazy = false)
 public abstract class DSpaceObject implements Serializable, ReloadableEntity<java.util.UUID> {
     @Id
     @GeneratedValue(generator = "predefined-uuid")
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Site.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Site.java
index c6fe272f60..904c1d3e6b 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Site.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/Site.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.dspace.services.factory.DSpaceServicesFactory;
  */
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "site")
-public class Site extends DSpaceObject {
+public class Site extends CacheableDSpaceObject {
 
     @Transient
     private transient SiteService siteService;
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPerson.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPerson.java
index 54099cee46..996fc96e3a 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPerson.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/EPerson.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import jakarta.persistence.TemporalType;
 import jakarta.persistence.Transient;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.BooleanUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.dspace.content.DSpaceObject;
+import org.dspace.content.CacheableDSpaceObject;
 import org.dspace.content.DSpaceObjectLegacySupport;
 import org.dspace.content.Item;
 import org.dspace.core.Constants;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import org.dspace.eperson.service.EPersonService;
  */
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "eperson")
-public class EPerson extends DSpaceObject implements DSpaceObjectLegacySupport {
+public class EPerson extends CacheableDSpaceObject implements DSpaceObjectLegacySupport {
     @Column(name = "eperson_id", insertable = false, updatable = false)
     private Integer legacyId;
 
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/Group.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/Group.java
index 1eef748cc1..24b44b8149 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/Group.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/eperson/Group.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import jakarta.persistence.ManyToMany;
 import jakarta.persistence.Table;
 import jakarta.persistence.Transient;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
-import org.dspace.content.DSpaceObject;
+import org.dspace.content.CacheableDSpaceObject;
 import org.dspace.content.DSpaceObjectLegacySupport;
 import org.dspace.core.Constants;
 import org.dspace.core.Context;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import org.dspace.core.HibernateProxyHelper;
  */
 @Entity
 @Table(name = "epersongroup")
-public class Group extends DSpaceObject implements DSpaceObjectLegacySupport {
+public class Group extends CacheableDSpaceObject implements DSpaceObjectLegacySupport {
 
     @Transient
     public static final String ANONYMOUS = "Anonymous";