diff --git a/SharedCode.Core/Xml/XDocumentExtensions.cs b/SharedCode.Core/Xml/XDocumentExtensions.cs
index 27700ad..b63b235 100644
--- a/SharedCode.Core/Xml/XDocumentExtensions.cs
+++ b/SharedCode.Core/Xml/XDocumentExtensions.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ namespace SharedCode.Xml;
 /// </summary>
 public static class XDocumentExtensions
 {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Cached XML serializers by runtime type.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static readonly Dictionary<RuntimeTypeHandle, XmlSerializer> XmlSerializers = [];
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Deserializes the specified XML document.
 	/// </summary>
@@ -19,8 +24,32 @@ public static class XDocumentExtensions
 	{
 		_ = xmlDocument ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(xmlDocument));
 
-		var xmlSerializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(T));
+		var xmlSerializer = GetXmlSerializer(typeof(T));
 		using var reader = xmlDocument.CreateReader();
 		return (T?)xmlSerializer.Deserialize(reader);
 	}
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the XML serializer for the specified <paramref name="type" />.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="type">The type handled by the serializer.</param>
+    /// <returns>The <see cref="XmlSerializer" /> for the <paramref name="type" />.</returns>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">type</exception>
+    private static XmlSerializer GetXmlSerializer(Type type)
+    {
+        _ = type ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(type));
+
+        lock (XmlSerializers)
+        {
+            if (XmlSerializers.TryGetValue(type.TypeHandle, out var serializer))
+            {
+                return serializer;
+            }
+
+            serializer = new XmlSerializer(type);
+            XmlSerializers.Add(type.TypeHandle, serializer);
+
+            return serializer;
+        }
+    }
 }