diff --git a/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/test_projects.py b/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/test_projects.py
index 17d7d3db517..e37fddeef67 100644
--- a/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/test_projects.py
+++ b/readthedocs/api/v3/tests/test_projects.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
+from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.test import TestCase
 from django.urls import reverse
@@ -101,6 +102,10 @@ def setUp(self):
 
         self.client = APIClient()
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # Cleanup cache to avoid throttling on tests
+        cache.clear()
+
     def _get_response_dict(self, view_name):
         filename = Path(__file__).absolute().parent / 'responses' / f'{view_name}.json'
         return json.load(open(filename))