diff --git a/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py b/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py
index 298fc1e815b..3fc11a02731 100644
--- a/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py
+++ b/src/poetry/repositories/http_repository.py
@@ -79,10 +79,13 @@ def _get_info_from_wheel(self, url: str) -> PackageInfo:
         from poetry.inspection.info import PackageInfo
 
         wheel_name = urllib.parse.urlparse(url).path.rsplit("/")[-1]
-        self._log(f"Downloading wheel: {wheel_name}", level="debug")
 
         filename = os.path.basename(wheel_name)
+        filepath = self._authenticator.get_cached_file_for_url(url)
+        if filepath:
+            return PackageInfo.from_wheel(filepath)
 
+        self._log(f"Downloading wheel: {wheel_name}", level="debug")
         with temporary_directory() as temp_dir:
             filepath = Path(temp_dir) / filename
             self._download(url, filepath)
diff --git a/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py b/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py
index edf6fe073e4..bd80735eb95 100644
--- a/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py
+++ b/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Any
+from typing import cast
 
 import lockfile
 import requests
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@
 
 from cachecontrol import CacheControlAdapter
 from cachecontrol.caches import FileCache
+from cachecontrol.caches.file_cache import url_to_file_path
 from filelock import FileLock
 
 from poetry.config.config import Config
@@ -157,6 +159,7 @@ def __init__(
             self._get_repository_config_for_url
         )
         self._pool_size = pool_size
+        self._disable_cache = disable_cache
 
     def create_session(self) -> requests.Session:
         session = requests.Session()
@@ -463,6 +466,13 @@ def _get_certs_for_url(self, url: str) -> RepositoryCertificateConfig:
             return selected.certs(config=self._config)
         return RepositoryCertificateConfig()
 
+    def get_cached_file_for_url(self, url: str) -> Path | None:
+        if self._disable_cache:
+            return None
+
+        path = Path(url_to_file_path(url, cast(FileCache, self._cache_control)))
+        return path if path.exists() else None
+
 
 _authenticator: Authenticator | None = None
 
diff --git a/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py b/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py
index 2a0d1bee564..335e2b50c1e 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_authenticator.py
@@ -627,6 +627,22 @@ def test_authenticator_git_repositories(
     assert not three.password
 
 
+def test_authenticator_get_cached_file_for_url__cache_miss(config: Config) -> None:
+    authenticator = Authenticator(config, NullIO())
+    assert (
+        authenticator.get_cached_file_for_url("https://foo.bar/cache/miss.whl") is None
+    )
+
+
+def test_authenticator_get_cached_file_for_url__cache_hit(config: Config) -> None:
+    authenticator = Authenticator(config, NullIO())
+    url = "https://foo.bar/files/foo-0.1.0.tar.gz"
+
+    authenticator._cache_control.set(url, b"hello")
+
+    assert authenticator.get_cached_file_for_url(url)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("ca_cert", "client_cert", "result"),
     [