diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aaffb003e..5a922d8d0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/RoaringBitmap/roaring v1.2.3
 	github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.2.0
 	github.com/blevesearch/bleve_index_api v1.0.6
-	github.com/blevesearch/geo v0.1.17
+	github.com/blevesearch/geo v0.1.18
 	github.com/blevesearch/go-metrics v0.0.0-20201227073835-cf1acfcdf475
 	github.com/blevesearch/go-porterstemmer v1.0.3
 	github.com/blevesearch/goleveldb v1.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index dd5d422ac..90ebfb29b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.2.0 h1:Kn4yilvwNtMACtf1eYDlG8H77R07mZSPbMjL
 github.com/bits-and-blooms/bitset v1.2.0/go.mod h1:gIdJ4wp64HaoK2YrL1Q5/N7Y16edYb8uY+O0FJTyyDA=
 github.com/blevesearch/bleve_index_api v1.0.6 h1:gyUUxdsrvmW3jVhhYdCVL6h9dCjNT/geNU7PxGn37p8=
 github.com/blevesearch/bleve_index_api v1.0.6/go.mod h1:YXMDwaXFFXwncRS8UobWs7nvo0DmusriM1nztTlj1ms=
-github.com/blevesearch/geo v0.1.17 h1:AguzI6/5mHXapzB0gE9IKWo+wWPHZmXZoscHcjFgAFA=
-github.com/blevesearch/geo v0.1.17/go.mod h1:uRMGWG0HJYfWfFJpK3zTdnnr1K+ksZTuWKhXeSokfnM=
+github.com/blevesearch/geo v0.1.18 h1:Np8jycHTZ5scFe7VEPLrDoHnnb9C4j636ue/CGrhtDw=
+github.com/blevesearch/geo v0.1.18/go.mod h1:uRMGWG0HJYfWfFJpK3zTdnnr1K+ksZTuWKhXeSokfnM=
 github.com/blevesearch/go-metrics v0.0.0-20201227073835-cf1acfcdf475 h1:kDy+zgJFJJoJYBvdfBSiZYBbdsUL0XcjHYWezpQBGPA=
 github.com/blevesearch/go-metrics v0.0.0-20201227073835-cf1acfcdf475/go.mod h1:9eJDeqxJ3E7WnLebQUlPD7ZjSce7AnDb9vjGmMCbD0A=
 github.com/blevesearch/go-porterstemmer v1.0.3 h1:GtmsqID0aZdCSNiY8SkuPJ12pD4jI+DdXTAn4YRcHCo=
diff --git a/index_impl.go b/index_impl.go
index b5d6efb90..592b3c694 100644
--- a/index_impl.go
+++ b/index_impl.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2/search/facet"
 	"github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2/search/highlight"
 	index "github.com/blevesearch/bleve_index_api"
+	"github.com/blevesearch/geo/s2"
 )
 
 type indexImpl struct {
@@ -482,6 +483,18 @@ func (i *indexImpl) SearchInContext(ctx context.Context, req *SearchRequest) (sr
 	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, search.SearchIOStatsCallbackKey,
 		search.SearchIOStatsCallbackFunc(sendBytesRead))
 
+	var bufPool *s2.GeoBufferPool
+	getBufferPool := func() *s2.GeoBufferPool {
+		if bufPool == nil {
+			bufPool = s2.NewGeoBufferPool(search.MaxGeoBufPoolSize, search.MinGeoBufPoolSize)
+		}
+
+		return bufPool
+	}
+
+	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, search.GeoBufferPoolCallbackKey,
+		search.GeoBufferPoolCallbackFunc(getBufferPool))
+
 	searcher, err := req.Query.Searcher(ctx, indexReader, i.m, search.SearcherOptions{
 		Explain:            req.Explain,
 		IncludeTermVectors: req.IncludeLocations || req.Highlight != nil,
diff --git a/search/searcher/search_geoshape.go b/search/searcher/search_geoshape.go
index 1107c9438..ae113107d 100644
--- a/search/searcher/search_geoshape.go
+++ b/search/searcher/search_geoshape.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2/search"
 	index "github.com/blevesearch/bleve_index_api"
 	"github.com/blevesearch/geo/geojson"
+	"github.com/blevesearch/geo/s2"
 )
 
 func NewGeoShapeSearcher(ctx context.Context, indexReader index.IndexReader, shape index.GeoJSON,
@@ -70,6 +71,12 @@ func buildRelationFilterOnShapes(ctx context.Context, dvReader index.DocValueRea
 	var dvShapeValue []byte
 	var startReading, finishReading bool
 	var reader *bytes.Reader
+
+	var bufPool *s2.GeoBufferPool
+	if ctx != nil {
+		bufPool = ctx.Value(search.GeoBufferPoolCallbackKey).(search.GeoBufferPoolCallbackFunc)()
+	}
+
 	return func(d *search.DocumentMatch) bool {
 		var found bool
 
@@ -104,7 +111,7 @@ func buildRelationFilterOnShapes(ctx context.Context, dvReader index.DocValueRea
 					// apply the filter once the entire docvalue is finished reading.
 					if finishReading {
 						v, err := geojson.FilterGeoShapesOnRelation(shape,
-							dvShapeValue, relation, &reader)
+							dvShapeValue, relation, &reader, bufPool)
 						if err == nil && v {
 							found = true
 						}
diff --git a/search/util.go b/search/util.go
index 82aa21acb..b2cb62a2d 100644
--- a/search/util.go
+++ b/search/util.go
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 
 package search
 
-import "context"
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/blevesearch/geo/s2"
+)
 
 func MergeLocations(locations []FieldTermLocationMap) FieldTermLocationMap {
 	rv := locations[0]
@@ -119,3 +123,13 @@ func RecordSearchCost(ctx context.Context,
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+const GeoBufferPoolCallbackKey = "_geo_buffer_pool_callback_key"
+
+// Assigning the size of the largest buffer in the pool to 24KB and
+// the smallest buffer to 24 bytes. The pools are used to read a
+// sequence of vertices which are always 24 bytes each.
+const MaxGeoBufPoolSize = 24 * 1024
+const MinGeoBufPoolSize = 24
+
+type GeoBufferPoolCallbackFunc func() *s2.GeoBufferPool