diff --git a/mddocs/docs/changelog/next_release/410.improvement.md b/mddocs/docs/changelog/next_release/410.improvement.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24890ff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mddocs/docs/changelog/next_release/410.improvement.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Cache Keycloak certs for JWT token validation. Previously every API request with KeycloakAuthProvider enabled made a request to Keycloak.
diff --git a/syncmaster/db/factory.py b/syncmaster/db/factory.py
index 2aa33527..e0bf2542 100644
--- a/syncmaster/db/factory.py
+++ b/syncmaster/db/factory.py
@@ -1,23 +1,13 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-present MTS PJSC
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator, Callable
-from typing import Any
 
 from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import (
-    AsyncEngine,
     AsyncSession,
     async_engine_from_config,
     async_sessionmaker,
-    create_async_engine,
 )
 
-from syncmaster.server.services.unit_of_work import UnitOfWork
 from syncmaster.server.settings import DatabaseSettings
-from syncmaster.server.settings import ServerAppSettings as Settings
-
-
-def create_engine(connection_uri: str, **engine_kwargs: Any) -> AsyncEngine:
-    return create_async_engine(url=connection_uri, **engine_kwargs)
 
 
 def create_session_factory(settings: DatabaseSettings) -> async_sessionmaker[AsyncSession]:
@@ -27,14 +17,3 @@ def create_session_factory(settings: DatabaseSettings) -> async_sessionmaker[Asy
         class_=AsyncSession,
         expire_on_commit=False,
     )
-
-
-def get_uow(
-    session_factory: async_sessionmaker[AsyncSession],
-    settings: Settings,
-) -> Callable[[], AsyncGenerator[UnitOfWork, None]]:
-    async def wrapper():
-        async with session_factory() as session:
-            yield UnitOfWork(session=session, settings=settings)
-
-    return wrapper
diff --git a/syncmaster/server/providers/auth/keycloak_provider.py b/syncmaster/server/providers/auth/keycloak_provider.py
index 191f27b4..84be040f 100644
--- a/syncmaster/server/providers/auth/keycloak_provider.py
+++ b/syncmaster/server/providers/auth/keycloak_provider.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-present MTS PJSC
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 import logging
+import time
 from typing import Any, NoReturn
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request
+from jwcrypto import jwk
 from jwcrypto.common import JWException
 from keycloak import KeycloakOpenID, KeycloakOperationError
 from starlette.middleware.sessions import SessionMiddleware
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ def __init__(self, settings: KeycloakAuthProviderSettings) -> None:
             client_secret_key=self.settings.keycloak.client_secret.get_secret_value(),
             verify=self.settings.keycloak.verify_ssl,
         )
+        self._key: jwk.JWKSet | None = None
+        self._key_expiration: float = time.monotonic()
 
     @classmethod
     def setup(cls, app: FastAPI) -> FastAPI:
@@ -88,7 +92,8 @@ async def get_current_user(self, access_token: str | None, request: Request, uow
         try:
             # if user is disabled or blocked in Keycloak after the token is issued, he will
             # remain authorized until the token expires (not more than 15 minutes in MTS SSO)
-            token_info = await self.keycloak_openid.a_decode_token(access_token)
+            key = await self._get_key()
+            token_info = await self.keycloak_openid.a_decode_token(access_token, key=key)
         except (KeycloakOperationError, JWException) as e:
             log.info("Access token is invalid or expired: %s", e)
             token_info = None
@@ -104,8 +109,10 @@ async def get_current_user(self, access_token: str | None, request: Request, uow
                 request.session["access_token"] = new_access_token
                 request.session["refresh_token"] = new_refresh_token
 
+                key = await self._get_key()
                 token_info = await self.keycloak_openid.a_decode_token(
                     token=new_access_token,
+                    key=key,
                 )
                 log.debug("Access token refreshed and decoded successfully.")
             except (KeycloakOperationError, JWException) as e:
@@ -160,3 +167,17 @@ async def logout(self, user: User, refresh_token: str | None) -> None:
             msg = f"Can't logout user: {user.username}"
             log.debug("%s. Error: %s", msg, err)
             raise LogoutError(msg) from err
+
+    async def _get_key(self) -> jwk.JWKSet:
+        # avoid sending requests to Keycloak for every received token
+        if self._key is not None and self._key_expiration > time.monotonic():
+            return self._key
+
+        key = jwk.JWKSet()
+        certs = await self.keycloak_openid.a_certs()
+        for cert in certs["keys"]:
+            key.add(jwk.JWK(**cert))
+
+        self._key = key
+        self._key_expiration = time.monotonic() + self.settings.keycloak.cert_cache_ttl.total_seconds()
+        return self._key
diff --git a/syncmaster/server/settings/auth/keycloak.py b/syncmaster/server/settings/auth/keycloak.py
index bd832fb4..f173d4ca 100644
--- a/syncmaster/server/settings/auth/keycloak.py
+++ b/syncmaster/server/settings/auth/keycloak.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023-present MTS PJSC
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 import textwrap
+from datetime import timedelta
 from typing import Literal
 
 from pydantic import (
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ class KeycloakSettings(BaseModel):
     ui_callback_url: str = Field(description="SyncMaster UI auth callback endpoint")
     verify_ssl: bool = Field(default=True, description="Verify SSL certificates")
     scope: str = Field(default="openid", description="Keycloak scope")
+    cert_cache_ttl: timedelta = Field(default=timedelta(hours=1), description="Keycloak certs cache TTL")
 
 
 class KeycloakCookieSettings(BaseModel):
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ class KeycloakCookieSettings(BaseModel):
             same_site: lax
             https_only: false
             domain: localhost
+            cert_cache_ttl: 1D
     ```
     For production environment:
 
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ class KeycloakCookieSettings(BaseModel):
             same_site: strict
             https_only: true
             domain: example.com
+            cert_cache_ttl: 1H
     ```
     """