diff --git a/soco/events_base.py b/soco/events_base.py
index f53e8e20f..8c7e6a6a0 100644
--- a/soco/events_base.py
+++ b/soco/events_base.py
@@ -438,6 +438,7 @@ def success(headers):
                 self.timeout = int(timeout.lstrip("Second-"))
             self._timestamp = time.time()
             self.is_subscribed = True
+            service.soco.zone_group_state.add_subscription(self)
             log.debug(
                 "Subscribed to %s, sid: %s",
                 service.base_url + service.event_subscription_url,
@@ -653,6 +654,7 @@ def _cancel_subscription(self, msg=None):
         # an attempt to unsubscribe fails
         self._has_been_unsubscribed = True
         self._timestamp = None
+        self.service.soco.zone_group_state.remove_subscription(self)
         # Cancel any auto renew
         self._auto_renew_cancel()
         if msg:
diff --git a/soco/zonegroupstate.py b/soco/zonegroupstate.py
index 1f89952f2..8c9c3b925 100755
--- a/soco/zonegroupstate.py
+++ b/soco/zonegroupstate.py
@@ -63,14 +63,15 @@
 import asyncio
 import logging
 import time
+from weakref import WeakSet
 
 from lxml import etree as LXML
 
 from . import config
+from .events_base import SubscriptionBase
 from .exceptions import NotSupportedException, SoCoException, SoCoUPnPException
 from .groups import ZoneGroup
 
-EVENT_CACHE_TIMEOUT = 60
 POLLING_CACHE_TIMEOUT = 5
 NEVER_TIME = -1200.0
 
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         self._cache_until = NEVER_TIME
         self._last_zgs = None
+        self._subscriptions = WeakSet()
 
         # Statistics
         self.total_requests = 0
@@ -124,6 +126,27 @@ def clear_cache(self):
         """Clear the cache timestamp."""
         self._cache_until = NEVER_TIME
 
+    def add_subscription(self, subscription: SubscriptionBase):
+        """Start tracking a ZoneGroupTopology subscription."""
+        if subscription.service.service_type == "ZoneGroupTopology" and subscription not in self._subscriptions:
+            self._subscriptions.add(subscription)
+            _LOG.debug("Monitoring ZoneGroupTopology subscription %s on %s", subscription.sid, subscription.service.soco)
+
+    def remove_subscription(self, subscription: SubscriptionBase):
+        """Stop tracking a ZoneGroupTopology subscription."""
+        if subscription in self._subscriptions:
+            self._subscriptions.remove(subscription)
+            _LOG.debug("Discarded unsubscribed subscription %s from %s, %d remaining", subscription.sid, subscription.service.soco, len(self._subscriptions))
+
+    @property
+    def has_subscriptions(self):
+        """Return True if active subscriptions are updating this ZoneGroupState."""
+        stale_subscriptions = [sub for sub in self._subscriptions if not sub.time_left]
+        for sub in stale_subscriptions:
+            _LOG.debug("Discarding stale subscription: %s", sub.sid)
+            self.remove_subscription(sub)
+        return bool(self._subscriptions)
+
     def clear_zone_groups(self):
         """Clear all known group sets."""
         self.groups.clear()
@@ -133,6 +156,15 @@ def clear_zone_groups(self):
     def poll(self, soco):
         """Poll using the provided SoCo instance and process the payload."""
         # pylint: disable=protected-access
+        if self.has_subscriptions:
+            self.total_requests += 1
+            _LOG.debug(
+                "Subscriptions (%s) still active (GetZoneGroupState) during poll for %s, using cache",
+                len(self._subscriptions),
+                soco.ip_address,
+            )
+            return
+
         if time.monotonic() < self._cache_until:
             self.total_requests += 1
             _LOG.debug(
@@ -156,6 +188,8 @@ def poll(self, soco):
         try:
             zgs = soco.zoneGroupTopology.GetZoneGroupState()["ZoneGroupState"]
             self.process_payload(payload=zgs, source="poll", source_ip=soco.ip_address)
+            self._cache_until = time.monotonic() + POLLING_CACHE_TIMEOUT
+            _LOG.debug("Extending ZGS cache by %ss", POLLING_CACHE_TIMEOUT)
 
         # In the event of failure, we fall back to using a ZGT event to
         # determine the ZGS. Fallback behaviour can be disabled by setting the
@@ -244,22 +278,12 @@ async def update_zgs_by_event_asyncio(speaker):
     def process_payload(self, payload, source, source_ip):
         """Update using the provided XML payload."""
         self.total_requests += 1
-
-        def update_cache():
-            if source == "event":
-                timeout = EVENT_CACHE_TIMEOUT
-            else:
-                timeout = POLLING_CACHE_TIMEOUT
-            self._cache_until = time.monotonic() + timeout
-            _LOG.debug("Setting ZGS cache to %ss", timeout)
-
         tree = normalize_zgs_xml(payload)
         normalized_zgs = str(tree)
         if normalized_zgs == self._last_zgs:
             _LOG.debug(
                 "Duplicate ZGS received from %s (%s), ignoring", source_ip, source
             )
-            update_cache()
             return
 
         self.processed_count += 1
@@ -272,7 +296,6 @@ def update_cache():
         )
 
         self.update_soco_instances(tree)
-        update_cache()
         self._last_zgs = normalized_zgs
 
     def parse_zone_group_member(self, member_element):