diff --git a/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml b/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
index 86073811670e..9d980567a9d0 100644
--- a/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
+++ b/.azure/pipelines/ci.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ variables:
   value: .NETCORE
 - name: _DotNetValidationArtifactsCategory
   value: .NETCORE
+- name: PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH
+  value: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/.tools/playwright
 - name: PostBuildSign
   value: true
 - ${{ if and(ne(variables['System.TeamProject'], 'public'), notin(variables['Build.Reason'], 'PullRequest')) }}:
@@ -659,6 +661,15 @@ stages:
         beforeBuild:
         - powershell: "& ./src/Servers/IIS/tools/UpdateIISExpressCertificate.ps1; & ./src/Servers/IIS/tools/update_schema.ps1"
           displayName: Setup IISExpress test certificates and schema
+        - task: Cache@2
+          inputs:
+            key: 'pw | "$(Agent.OS)" | eng/versions.props'
+            path: $(PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH)
+            cacheHitVar: CACHE_PLAYWRIGHT_HIT
+          displayName: Cache playwright browsers
+        - script: npm i -D playwright
+          condition: ne(variables['CACHE_PLAYWRIGHT_HIT'], 'true')
+          
         artifacts:
         - name: Windows_Test_Dumps
           path: artifacts/dumps/
@@ -727,6 +738,15 @@ stages:
         agentOs: Windows
         timeoutInMinutes: 240
         steps:
+        - task: Cache@2
+          inputs:
+            key: 'pw | "$(Agent.OS)" | eng/versions.props'
+            path: $(PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH)
+            cacheHitVar: CACHE_PLAYWRIGHT_HIT
+          displayName: Cache playwright browsers
+        - script: npm i -D playwright
+          condition: ne(variables['CACHE_PLAYWRIGHT_HIT'], 'true')
+        
         # Build the shared framework
         - script: ./eng/build.cmd -ci -nobl -all -pack -arch x64
                   /p:CrossgenOutput=false /p:ASPNETCORE_TEST_LOG_DIR=artifacts/log $(_InternalRuntimeDownloadArgs)