diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/git.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/git.py
index fb08c391a3..6c7dfc8ad8 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/git.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/git.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-from functools import lru_cache
 import subprocess
 
 
 class Repository:
     def __init__(self, path: str = ".") -> None:
         self.path = path
+        self._is_git_repo_cache: bool | None = None
 
         if not self.is_git_installed():
             raise ValueError("Git is not installed or not found in your PATH.")
@@ -40,22 +40,24 @@ def status(self) -> str:
             encoding="utf-8",
         ).strip()
 
-    @lru_cache(maxsize=None)  # noqa: B019
     def is_git_repo(self) -> bool:
         """Check if the current directory is a git repository.
 
-        Notes:
-          - TODO: This method is cached to avoid redundant checks, but using lru_cache on methods can lead to memory leaks
+        Uses an instance-level cache to avoid redundant subprocess calls
+        without the memory leak caused by @lru_cache on instance methods.
         """
+        if self._is_git_repo_cache is not None:
+            return self._is_git_repo_cache
         try:
             subprocess.check_output(
                 ["git", "rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree"],  # noqa: S607
                 cwd=self.path,
                 encoding="utf-8",
             )
-            return True
+            self._is_git_repo_cache = True
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-            return False
+            self._is_git_repo_cache = False
+        return self._is_git_repo_cache or False
 
     def has_uncommitted_changes(self) -> bool:
         """Check if the repository has uncommitted changes."""
diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/cli/test_git.py b/lib/crewai/tests/cli/test_git.py
index b77106d3fc..aef3dd234f 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/cli/test_git.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/cli/test_git.py
@@ -99,3 +99,35 @@ def test_origin_url(fp, repository):
         stdout="https://github.com/user/repo.git\n",
     )
     assert repository.origin_url() == "https://github.com/user/repo.git"
+
+
+def test_is_git_repo_caches_result(fp):
+    """Calling is_git_repo multiple times should only invoke subprocess once."""
+    fp.register(["git", "--version"], stdout="git version 2.30.0\n")
+    fp.register(["git", "rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree"], stdout="true\n")
+    fp.register(["git", "fetch"], stdout="")
+
+    repo = Repository(path=".")
+    # __init__ already called is_git_repo once via constructor
+    assert repo.is_git_repo() is True
+
+    # Second call should return cached value without a new subprocess.
+    # If caching were broken a second subprocess would be spawned, but
+    # only one "rev-parse" was registered so it would raise.
+    assert repo.is_git_repo() is True
+
+
+def test_is_git_repo_no_global_cache_leak(fp):
+    """Repository instances must be garbage-collectable (no global lru_cache holding refs)."""
+    import gc
+    import weakref
+
+    fp.register(["git", "--version"], stdout="git version 2.30.0\n")
+    fp.register(["git", "rev-parse", "--is-inside-work-tree"], stdout="true\n")
+    fp.register(["git", "fetch"], stdout="")
+
+    repo = Repository(path=".")
+    weak = weakref.ref(repo)
+    del repo
+    gc.collect()
+    assert weak() is None, "Repository instance was not garbage collected"