diff --git a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpcount.rs b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpcount.rs
index 1286c6b5b1bc..8da154430fc5 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpcount.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions/src/regex/regexpcount.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use datafusion_expr::{
 };
 use itertools::izip;
 use regex::Regex;
+use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
 
@@ -548,16 +549,22 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-fn compile_and_cache_regex<'a>(
-    regex: &'a str,
-    flags: Option<&'a str>,
-    regex_cache: &'a mut HashMap<String, Regex>,
-) -> Result<&'a Regex, ArrowError> {
-    if !regex_cache.contains_key(regex) {
-        let compiled = compile_regex(regex, flags)?;
-        regex_cache.insert(regex.to_string(), compiled);
-    }
-    Ok(regex_cache.get(regex).unwrap())
+fn compile_and_cache_regex<'strings, 'cache>(
+    regex: &'strings str,
+    flags: Option<&'strings str>,
+    regex_cache: &'cache mut HashMap<(&'strings str, Option<&'strings str>), Regex>,
+) -> Result<&'cache Regex, ArrowError>
+where
+    'strings: 'cache,
+{
+    let result = match regex_cache.entry((regex, flags)) {
+        Entry::Occupied(occupied_entry) => occupied_entry.into_mut(),
+        Entry::Vacant(vacant_entry) => {
+            let compiled = compile_regex(regex, flags)?;
+            vacant_entry.insert(compiled)
+        }
+    };
+    Ok(result)
 }
 
 fn compile_regex(regex: &str, flags: Option<&str>) -> Result<Regex, ArrowError> {
@@ -634,6 +641,8 @@ mod tests {
         test_case_sensitive_regexp_count_array_complex::<GenericStringArray<i32>>();
         test_case_sensitive_regexp_count_array_complex::<GenericStringArray<i64>>();
         test_case_sensitive_regexp_count_array_complex::<StringViewArray>();
+
+        test_case_regexp_count_cache_check::<GenericStringArray<i32>>();
     }
 
     fn test_case_sensitive_regexp_count_scalar() {
@@ -977,4 +986,25 @@ mod tests {
         .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(re.as_ref(), &expected);
     }
+
+    fn test_case_regexp_count_cache_check<A>()
+    where
+        A: From<Vec<&'static str>> + Array + 'static,
+    {
+        let values = A::from(vec!["aaa", "Aaa", "aaa"]);
+        let regex = A::from(vec!["aaa", "aaa", "aaa"]);
+        let start = Int64Array::from(vec![1, 1, 1]);
+        let flags = A::from(vec!["", "i", ""]);
+
+        let expected = Int64Array::from(vec![1, 1, 1]);
+
+        let re = regexp_count_func(&[
+            Arc::new(values),
+            Arc::new(regex),
+            Arc::new(start),
+            Arc::new(flags),
+        ])
+        .unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(re.as_ref(), &expected);
+    }
 }