diff --git a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/manager/SeleniumManager.java b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/manager/SeleniumManager.java
index 9547b4204e220..e2ded0068303e 100644
--- a/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/manager/SeleniumManager.java
+++ b/java/src/org/openqa/selenium/manager/SeleniumManager.java
@@ -16,18 +16,14 @@
 // under the License.
 package org.openqa.selenium.manager;
 
-import static java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING;
 import static org.openqa.selenium.Platform.MAC;
 import static org.openqa.selenium.Platform.WINDOWS;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
-import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
-import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -36,6 +32,7 @@
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import org.openqa.selenium.Beta;
+import org.openqa.selenium.BuildInfo;
 import org.openqa.selenium.Capabilities;
 import org.openqa.selenium.MutableCapabilities;
 import org.openqa.selenium.Platform;
@@ -63,20 +60,31 @@ public class SeleniumManager {
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(SeleniumManager.class.getName());
 
   private static final String SELENIUM_MANAGER = "selenium-manager";
+  private static final String DEFAULT_CACHE_PATH = "~/.cache/selenium";
+  private static final String BINARY_PATH_FORMAT = "/manager/%s/%s";
+  private static final String HOME = "~";
+  private static final String CACHE_PATH_ENV = "SE_CACHE_PATH";
+  private static final String BETA_PREFIX = "0.";
+  private static final String EXE = ".exe";
 
   private static volatile SeleniumManager manager;
-
   private final String managerPath = System.getenv("SE_MANAGER_PATH");
   private Path binary = managerPath == null ? null : Paths.get(managerPath);
+  private String seleniumManagerVersion;
+  private boolean binaryInTemporalFolder = false;
 
   /** Wrapper for the Selenium Manager binary. */
   private SeleniumManager() {
+    BuildInfo info = new BuildInfo();
+    String releaseLabel = info.getReleaseLabel();
+    int lastDot = releaseLabel.lastIndexOf(".");
+    seleniumManagerVersion = BETA_PREFIX + releaseLabel.substring(0, lastDot);
     if (managerPath == null) {
       Runtime.getRuntime()
           .addShutdownHook(
               new Thread(
                   () -> {
-                    if (binary != null && Files.exists(binary)) {
+                    if (binaryInTemporalFolder && binary != null && Files.exists(binary)) {
                       try {
                         Files.delete(binary);
                       } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -161,23 +169,27 @@ private static Result runCommand(Path binary, List<String> arguments) {
    */
   private synchronized Path getBinary() {
     if (binary == null) {
-      Platform current = Platform.getCurrent();
-      String folder = "linux";
-      String extension = "";
-      if (current.is(WINDOWS)) {
-        extension = ".exe";
-        folder = "windows";
-      } else if (current.is(MAC)) {
-        folder = "macos";
-      }
-      String binaryPath = String.format("%s/%s%s", folder, SELENIUM_MANAGER, extension);
-      try (InputStream inputStream = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(binaryPath)) {
-        Path tmpPath = Files.createTempDirectory(SELENIUM_MANAGER + System.nanoTime());
+      try {
+        Platform current = Platform.getCurrent();
+        String folder = "linux";
+        String extension = "";
+        if (current.is(WINDOWS)) {
+          extension = EXE;
+          folder = "windows";
+        } else if (current.is(MAC)) {
+          folder = "macos";
+        }
 
-        deleteOnExit(tmpPath);
+        binary = getBinaryInCache(SELENIUM_MANAGER + extension);
+        if (!binary.toFile().exists()) {
+          String binaryPathInJar = String.format("%s/%s%s", folder, SELENIUM_MANAGER, extension);
+          try (InputStream inputStream = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(binaryPathInJar)) {
+            binary.getParent().toFile().mkdirs();
+            Files.copy(inputStream, binary);
+          }
+          binary.toFile().setExecutable(true);
+        }
 
-        binary = tmpPath.resolve(SELENIUM_MANAGER + extension);
-        Files.copy(inputStream, binary, REPLACE_EXISTING);
       } catch (Exception e) {
         throw new WebDriverException("Unable to obtain Selenium Manager Binary", e);
       }
@@ -192,35 +204,6 @@ private synchronized Path getBinary() {
     return binary;
   }
 
-  private void deleteOnExit(Path tmpPath) {
-    Runtime.getRuntime()
-        .addShutdownHook(
-            new Thread(
-                () -> {
-                  try {
-                    Files.walkFileTree(
-                        tmpPath,
-                        new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
-                          @Override
-                          public FileVisitResult postVisitDirectory(Path dir, IOException exc)
-                              throws IOException {
-                            Files.delete(dir);
-                            return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
-                          }
-
-                          @Override
-                          public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs)
-                              throws IOException {
-                            Files.delete(file);
-                            return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
-                          }
-                        });
-                  } catch (IOException e) {
-                    // Do nothing. We're just tidying up.
-                  }
-                }));
-  }
-
   /**
    * Returns the browser binary path when present in the vendor options
    *
@@ -319,4 +302,25 @@ private Level getLogLevel() {
     }
     return level;
   }
+
+  private Path getBinaryInCache(String binaryName) throws IOException {
+    String cachePath = DEFAULT_CACHE_PATH.replace(HOME, System.getProperty("user.home"));
+
+    // Look for cache path as env
+    String cachePathEnv = System.getenv(CACHE_PATH_ENV);
+    if (cachePathEnv != null) {
+      cachePath = cachePathEnv;
+    }
+
+    // If cache path is not writable, SM will be extracted to a temporal folder
+    Path cacheParent = Paths.get(cachePath);
+    if (!Files.isWritable(cacheParent)) {
+      cacheParent = Files.createTempDirectory(SELENIUM_MANAGER);
+      binaryInTemporalFolder = true;
+    }
+
+    return Paths.get(
+        cacheParent.toString(),
+        String.format(BINARY_PATH_FORMAT, seleniumManagerVersion, binaryName));
+  }
 }