diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 01a8ef8eaa..d0fe70c0fb 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name = "AbstractAlgebra"
 uuid = "c3fe647b-3220-5bb0-a1ea-a7954cac585d"
-version = "0.40.6"
+version = "0.40.7"
 
 [deps]
 InteractiveUtils = "b77e0a4c-d291-57a0-90e8-8db25a27a240"
diff --git a/src/julia/GF.jl b/src/julia/GF.jl
index 8702f0127f..6ff71a1ded 100644
--- a/src/julia/GF.jl
+++ b/src/julia/GF.jl
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ By default, the integer $p$ is checked with a probabilistic algorithm for primal
 When `check == false`, no check is made, but the behaviour of the resulting object
 is undefined if $p$ is composite.
 """
-function GF(p::T; check::Bool=true) where T <: Integer
+function GF(p::T; cached::Bool = true, check::Bool=true) where T <: Integer
    check && !is_probable_prime(p) && throw(DomainError(p, "Characteristic is not prime in GF(p)"))
-   return GFField{T}(p)
+   return GFField{T}(p; cached = cached)
 end
diff --git a/src/julia/JuliaTypes.jl b/src/julia/JuliaTypes.jl
index 29070588d6..2eaf5dfce7 100644
--- a/src/julia/JuliaTypes.jl
+++ b/src/julia/JuliaTypes.jl
@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ end
 mutable struct GFField{T <: Integer} <: FinField
    p::T
 
-   function GFField{T}(p::T) where T <: Integer
-      if haskey(GFFieldID, (T, p))
+   function GFField{T}(p::T; cached::Bool = true) where T <: Integer
+      if cached && haskey(GFFieldID, (T, p))
          z = GFFieldID[T, p]::GFField{T}
       else
          z = new{T}(p)
-         GFFieldID[T, p] = z
+         if cached
+           GFFieldID[T, p] = z
+         end
       end
       return z
    end
diff --git a/test/julia/GFElem-test.jl b/test/julia/GFElem-test.jl
index a6f2d2390a..93c65626d3 100644
--- a/test/julia/GFElem-test.jl
+++ b/test/julia/GFElem-test.jl
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ end
 end
 
 @testset "Julia.GFElem.constructors" begin
+   @test GF(2, cached = false) !== GF(2, cached = false)
+   @test GF(2) === GF(2)
    @test_throws DomainError GF(4)
    @test_throws DomainError GF(4, check=true)
    F = GF(4, check=false)