diff --git a/crates/milli/src/vector/hf.rs b/crates/milli/src/vector/hf.rs
index 6e73c8247..ce7429d36 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/vector/hf.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/vector/hf.rs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ impl Embedder {
             options,
             dimensions: 0,
             pooling,
-            cache: EmbeddingCache::new(super::CAP_PER_THREAD),
+            cache: EmbeddingCache::new(super::CACHE_CAP),
         };
 
         let embeddings = this
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs b/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
index 55b865b4a..476ba28c9 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/vector/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::num::{NonZeroUsize, TryFromIntError};
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 use arroy::distances::{BinaryQuantizedCosine, Cosine};
@@ -555,48 +554,43 @@ pub enum Embedder {
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct EmbeddingCache {
-    data: thread_local::ThreadLocal<RefCell<lru::LruCache<String, Embedding>>>,
-    cap_per_thread: u16,
+    data: Option<Mutex<lru::LruCache<String, Embedding>>>,
 }
 
 impl EmbeddingCache {
-    pub fn new(cap_per_thread: u16) -> Self {
-        Self { cap_per_thread, data: thread_local::ThreadLocal::new() }
+    const MAX_TEXT_LEN: usize = 2000;
+
+    pub fn new(cap: u16) -> Self {
+        let data = NonZeroUsize::new(cap.into()).map(lru::LruCache::new).map(Mutex::new);
+        Self { data }
     }
 
     /// Get the embedding corresponding to `text`, if any is present in the cache.
     pub fn get(&self, text: &str) -> Option<Embedding> {
-        let mut cache = self
-            .data
-            .get_or_try(|| -> Result<RefCell<lru::LruCache<String, Vec<f32>>>, TryFromIntError> {
-                Ok(RefCell::new(lru::LruCache::new(NonZeroUsize::try_from(
-                    self.cap_per_thread as usize,
-                )?)))
-            })
-            .ok()?
-            .borrow_mut();
+        let data = self.data.as_ref()?;
+        if text.len() > Self::MAX_TEXT_LEN {
+            return None;
+        }
+        let mut cache = data.lock().unwrap();
 
         cache.get(text).cloned()
     }
 
     /// Puts a new embedding for the specified `text`
     pub fn put(&self, text: String, embedding: Embedding) {
-        let Ok(cache) = self.data.get_or_try(
-            || -> Result<RefCell<lru::LruCache<String, Vec<f32>>>, TryFromIntError> {
-                Ok(RefCell::new(lru::LruCache::new(NonZeroUsize::try_from(
-                    self.cap_per_thread as usize,
-                )?)))
-            },
-        ) else {
+        let Some(data) = self.data.as_ref() else {
             return;
         };
-        let mut cache = cache.borrow_mut();
+        if text.len() > Self::MAX_TEXT_LEN {
+            return;
+        }
+        let mut cache = data.lock().unwrap();
 
         cache.put(text, embedding);
     }
 }
 
-pub const CAP_PER_THREAD: u16 = 20;
+pub const CACHE_CAP: u16 = 150;
 
 /// Configuration for an embedder.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Default, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/vector/rest.rs b/crates/milli/src/vector/rest.rs
index b9b8b0fb3..9761c753e 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/vector/rest.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/vector/rest.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use super::error::EmbedErrorKind;
 use super::json_template::ValueTemplate;
 use super::{
-    DistributionShift, EmbedError, Embedding, EmbeddingCache, NewEmbedderError, CAP_PER_THREAD,
+    DistributionShift, EmbedError, Embedding, EmbeddingCache, NewEmbedderError, CACHE_CAP,
     REQUEST_PARALLELISM,
 };
 use crate::error::FaultSource;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ impl Embedder {
             data,
             dimensions,
             distribution: options.distribution,
-            cache: EmbeddingCache::new(CAP_PER_THREAD),
+            cache: EmbeddingCache::new(CACHE_CAP),
         })
     }