diff --git a/reposerver/cache/cache.go b/reposerver/cache/cache.go
index 5b15299660ad4..71b8b69a718a7 100644
--- a/reposerver/cache/cache.go
+++ b/reposerver/cache/cache.go
@@ -354,6 +354,11 @@ func (c *Cache) GetManifests(revision string, appSrc *appv1.ApplicationSource, s
 	// The expected hash matches the actual hash, so remove the hash from the returned value
 	res.CacheEntryHash = ""
 
+	if res.ManifestResponse != nil {
+		// cached manifest response might be reused across different revisions, so we need to assume that the revision is the one we are looking for
+		res.ManifestResponse.Revision = revision
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/reposerver/cache/cache_test.go b/reposerver/cache/cache_test.go
index 452a9f6e14edb..e1df3138daa08 100644
--- a/reposerver/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/reposerver/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -124,11 +124,18 @@ func TestCache_GetManifests(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, ErrCacheMiss, err)
 	})
 	t.Run("expect cache hit", func(t *testing.T) {
-		err = cache.GetManifests("my-revision", &ApplicationSource{}, q.RefSources, q, "my-namespace", "", "my-app-label-key", "my-app-label-value", value, nil)
+		err = cache.SetManifests(
+			"my-revision1", &ApplicationSource{}, q.RefSources, q, "my-namespace", "", "my-app-label-key", "my-app-label-value",
+			&CachedManifestResponse{ManifestResponse: &apiclient.ManifestResponse{SourceType: "my-source-type", Revision: "my-revision2"}}, nil)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		assert.Equal(t, &CachedManifestResponse{ManifestResponse: &apiclient.ManifestResponse{SourceType: "my-source-type"}}, value)
+
+		err = cache.GetManifests("my-revision1", &ApplicationSource{}, q.RefSources, q, "my-namespace", "", "my-app-label-key", "my-app-label-value", value, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		assert.Equal(t, "my-source-type", value.ManifestResponse.SourceType)
+		assert.Equal(t, "my-revision1", value.ManifestResponse.Revision)
 	})
-	mockCache.AssertCacheCalledTimes(t, &mocks.CacheCallCounts{ExternalSets: 1, ExternalGets: 8})
+	mockCache.AssertCacheCalledTimes(t, &mocks.CacheCallCounts{ExternalSets: 2, ExternalGets: 8})
 }
 
 func TestCache_GetAppDetails(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/reposerver/repository/repository_test.go b/reposerver/repository/repository_test.go
index 34b8088c77d12..f99ce611777c2 100644
--- a/reposerver/repository/repository_test.go
+++ b/reposerver/repository/repository_test.go
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func TestGenerateManifests_K8SAPIResetCache(t *testing.T) {
 		ProjectSourceRepos: []string{"*"},
 	}
 
-	cachedFakeResponse := &apiclient.ManifestResponse{Manifests: []string{"Fake"}}
+	cachedFakeResponse := &apiclient.ManifestResponse{Manifests: []string{"Fake"}, Revision: mock.Anything}
 
 	err := service.cache.SetManifests(mock.Anything, &src, q.RefSources, &q, "", "", "", "", &cache.CachedManifestResponse{ManifestResponse: cachedFakeResponse}, nil)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)