diff --git a/.github/workflows/django-test.yml b/.github/workflows/django-test.yml
index 4514720d..c5f45215 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/django-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/django-test.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ on:
 jobs:
   django-test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    services:
+      redis:
+        image: redis
+        options: >-
+          --health-cmd "redis-cli ping"
+          --health-interval 10s
+          --health-timeout 5s
+          --health-retries 5
+        ports:
+          - 6379:6379
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index aca34eac..b6382fee 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -321,6 +321,21 @@ tzdata = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 argon2 = ["argon2-cffi (>=19.1.0)"]
 bcrypt = ["bcrypt"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "django-cacheops"
+version = "7.0.2"
+description = "A slick ORM cache with automatic granular event-driven invalidation for Django."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "django-cacheops-7.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:77a37c73d7facfc7299365ed66a12be7a487dd745dd86c1d33ca2ebfd3b32878"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+django = ">=3.2"
+funcy = ">=1.8,<3.0"
+redis = ">=3.0.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "django-cleanup"
 version = "6.0.0"
@@ -579,6 +594,17 @@ category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "funcy"
+version = "2.0"
+description = "A fancy and practical functional tools"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "funcy-2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:53df23c8bb1651b12f095df764bfb057935d49537a56de211b098f4c79614bb0"},
+    {file = "funcy-2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3963315d59d41c6f30c04bc910e10ab50a3ac4a225868bfa96feed133df075cb"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyperlink"
 version = "21.0.0"
diff --git a/procollab/settings.py b/procollab/settings.py
index 1d54ce63..410dd882 100644
--- a/procollab/settings.py
+++ b/procollab/settings.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
     "channels",
     "taggit",
     "django_prometheus",
+    "cacheops",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -186,20 +187,30 @@
         }
     }
 
+    REDIS_CONN_URL = "redis://127.0.0.1:6379"
+
     CACHES = {
         "default": {
-            "BACKEND": "django_prometheus.cache.backends.filebased.FileBasedCache",
-            "LOCATION": "/var/tmp/django_cache",
+            "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+            "LOCATION": REDIS_CONN_URL,
+            "OPTIONS": {
+                "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+            },
         }
     }
 
     CHANNEL_LAYERS = {"default": {"BACKEND": "channels.layers.InMemoryChannelLayer"}}
 else:
+    REDIS_CONN_URL = "redis://redis:6379"
+
     # fixme
     CACHES = {
         "default": {
-            "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.redis.RedisCache",
-            "LOCATION": "redis://redis:6379",
+            "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+            "LOCATION": REDIS_CONN_URL,
+            "OPTIONS": {
+                "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+            },
         }
     }
 
@@ -355,3 +366,9 @@
 )
 
 DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_NUMBER_FIELDS = None  # for mailing
+
+CACHEOPS_REDIS = REDIS_CONN_URL
+
+CACHEOPS = {
+    "users.CustomUser": {"ops": "all", "timeout": 60 * 15},
+}
diff --git a/projects/signals.py b/projects/signals.py
index 59ea5d3b..2400b620 100644
--- a/projects/signals.py
+++ b/projects/signals.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 from chats.models import ProjectChat
 from projects.models import Collaborator, Project
+from django.core.cache import cache
 
 
 @receiver(post_save, sender=Project)
@@ -18,3 +19,7 @@ def create_project(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
         Collaborator.objects.create(
             user=instance.leader, project=instance, role="Основатель"
         )
+
+    # invalidating cache from ProjectList view
+    keys = cache.keys("*project_list*")
+    cache.delete_many(keys)
diff --git a/projects/views.py b/projects/views.py
index 530252d9..1aa01e8d 100644
--- a/projects/views.py
+++ b/projects/views.py
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 from rest_framework.permissions import IsAuthenticated
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework.views import APIView
+from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
+from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 
 from core.permissions import IsStaffOrReadOnly
 from core.serializers import SetLikedSerializer
@@ -113,6 +115,10 @@ def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         # set leader to current user
         return self.create(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
+    @method_decorator(cache_page(60 * 30, cache="default", key_prefix="project_list"))
+    def get(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        return super(ProjectList, self).get(*args, **kwargs)
+
 
 class ProjectDetail(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     queryset = Project.objects.get_projects_for_detail_view()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4c88a97b..b4646515 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ django-stubs = {extras = ["compatible-mypy"], version = "^4.2.6"}
 djangorestframework-stubs = {extras = ["compatible-mypy"], version = "^3.14.4"}
 flake8-print = "^5.0.0"
 flake8-variables-names = "^0.0.6"
+django-cacheops = "^7.0.2"
 pandas = "^2.2.1"
 
 
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core"]
 build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vacancy/serializers.py b/vacancy/serializers.py
index 2b1007cf..3a6d3442 100644
--- a/vacancy/serializers.py
+++ b/vacancy/serializers.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from rest_framework import serializers
 
+
 from core.models import Skill, SkillToObject
 from core.serializers import SkillToObjectSerializer
 from projects.models import Project