diff --git a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
index 71faa22c2..f3afa30fb 100644
--- a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
+++ b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ class PdfiumVer:
     V_KEYS = ("major", "minor", "build", "patch")
     
     # TODO consider cached property?
-    @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=1)
     @staticmethod
+    @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=1)
     def get_latest():
         git_ls = run_cmd(["git", "ls-remote", f"{ReleaseRepo}.git"], cwd=None, capture=True)
         tag = git_ls.split("\t")[-1]