diff --git a/server/badge/badge.go b/server/badge/badge.go
index 9b2cf122a7..fd61af11aa 100644
--- a/server/badge/badge.go
+++ b/server/badge/badge.go
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	badge = replaceFirstGroupSubMatch(rightText1Pattern, badge, rightText)
 	badge = replaceFirstGroupSubMatch(rightText2Pattern, badge, rightText)
 	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "image/svg+xml")
+
+	//Ask cache's to not cache the contents in order prevent the badge from becoming stale
+	w.Header().Set("Cache-Control", "private, no-store")
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	_, _ = w.Write([]byte(badge))
 }
diff --git a/server/badge/badge_test.go b/server/badge/badge_test.go
index b84acbf2bb..04e10858dd 100644
--- a/server/badge/badge_test.go
+++ b/server/badge/badge_test.go
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ func TestHandlerFeatureIsEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
 
+	assert.Equal(t, "private, no-store", rr.Header().Get("Cache-Control"))
+
 	response := rr.Body.String()
 	assert.Equal(t, success, leftPathColorPattern.FindStringSubmatch(response)[1])
 	assert.Equal(t, success, rightPathColorPattern.FindStringSubmatch(response)[1])
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ func TestHandlerFeatureIsDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	rr := httptest.NewRecorder()
 	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
 
+	assert.Equal(t, "private, no-store", rr.Header().Get("Cache-Control"))
+
 	response := rr.Body.String()
 	assert.Equal(t, unknown, leftPathColorPattern.FindStringSubmatch(response)[1])
 	assert.Equal(t, unknown, rightPathColorPattern.FindStringSubmatch(response)[1])