diff --git a/docs/changelog/88586.yaml b/docs/changelog/88586.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f3c60f5c6705f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/88586.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pr: 88586
+summary: Disable URL connection caching in SPIClassIterator
+area: Infra/Plugins
+type: bug
+issues:
+ - 88275
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/spi/SPIClassIterator.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/spi/SPIClassIterator.java
index 9c47ad38dfad9..d906cf066ded2 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/spi/SPIClassIterator.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/plugins/spi/SPIClassIterator.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -106,7 +107,9 @@ private boolean loadNextProfile() {
             }
             final URL url = profilesEnum.nextElement();
             try {
-                final InputStream in = url.openStream();
+                URLConnection urlc = url.openConnection();
+                urlc.setUseCaches(false); // prevents retaining a handle to the underlying jar file, when the stream is closed
+                final InputStream in = urlc.getInputStream();
                 boolean success = false;
                 try {
                     final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));