diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a7010012..df2156e68 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "lint.fix": "yarn lint --fix",
     "build": "ttsc --build ./packages/tsconfig.build.json",
     "posttest": "yarn lint",
-    "test": "jest",
+    "test": "node --expose-gc ./node_modules/.bin/jest",
     "release": "lerna version",
     "prebuild.binary": "yarn build",
     "build.binary": "npx pkg --output ./cli-binaries/prism-cli --options max_old_space_size=4096 ./packages/cli/",
diff --git a/packages/http/src/__tests__/memory-leak-prevention.spec.ts b/packages/http/src/__tests__/memory-leak-prevention.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fcb102b99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/http/src/__tests__/memory-leak-prevention.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { createClientFromOperations, PrismHttp } from '../client';
+import { httpOperations } from './fixtures';
+import { createTestLogger } from './test-helpers';
+
+describe('Checks if memory leaks', () => {
+  function round(client: PrismHttp) {
+    return client.post(
+      '/todos?overwrite=yes',
+      {
+        name: 'some name',
+        completed: false,
+      },
+      { headers: { 'x-todos-publish': '2021-09-21T09:48:48.108Z' } }
+    );
+  }
+
+  it('when handling 5k of requests', () => {
+    const logger = createTestLogger();
+    const client = createClientFromOperations(httpOperations, {
+      validateRequest: true,
+      validateResponse: true,
+      checkSecurity: true,
+      errors: true,
+      mock: {
+        dynamic: false,
+      },
+      logger,
+    });
+
+    round(client);
+    const baseMemoryUsage = process.memoryUsage().heapUsed;
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 5000; i++) {
+      round(client);
+      if (i % 100 === 0) {
+        global.gc();
+      }
+    }
+
+    global.gc();
+    expect(process.memoryUsage().heapUsed).toBeLessThanOrEqual(baseMemoryUsage * 1.02);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/http/src/__tests__/test-helpers.ts b/packages/http/src/__tests__/test-helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad59ef6ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/http/src/__tests__/test-helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import * as pino from 'pino';
+
+/**
+ * Creates special instance of pino logger that prevent collecting or logging anything
+ * Unfortunately disabled logger didn't work
+ */
+export function createTestLogger() {
+  const logger = pino({
+    enabled: false,
+  });
+
+  logger.success = logger.info;
+  return logger;
+}
diff --git a/packages/http/src/client.ts b/packages/http/src/client.ts
index 88e2de96f..18181ffe0 100644
--- a/packages/http/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/http/src/client.ts
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@ logger.success = logger.info;
 
 type IClientConfig = IHttpConfig & {
   baseUrl?: string;
+  logger?: pino.Logger;
 };
 
 export function createClientFromOperations(resources: IHttpOperation[], defaultConfig: IClientConfig): PrismHttp {
-  const obj = createInstance(defaultConfig, { logger });
+  const finalLogger = defaultConfig.logger ?? logger;
+  const obj = createInstance(defaultConfig, { logger: finalLogger });
 
   type headersFromRequest = Required<Pick<IHttpRequest, 'headers'>>;
 
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ interface IRequestFunctionWithMethod {
     input: Required<Pick<IHttpRequest, 'headers'>>,
     config?: Partial<IClientConfig>
   ): Promise<PrismOutput>;
+
   (this: PrismHttp, url: string, config?: Partial<IClientConfig>): Promise<PrismOutput>;
 }
 
@@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ interface IRequestFunctionWithMethodWithBody {
     input: Required<Pick<IHttpRequest, 'headers'>>,
     config?: Partial<IClientConfig>
   ): Promise<PrismOutput>;
+
   (this: PrismHttp, url: string, body: unknown, config?: Partial<IClientConfig>): Promise<PrismOutput>;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/http/src/validator/validators/body.ts b/packages/http/src/validator/validators/body.ts
index eb2e84a72..808afc207 100644
--- a/packages/http/src/validator/validators/body.ts
+++ b/packages/http/src/validator/validators/body.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { validateAgainstSchema } from './utils';
 import { ValidationContext, validateFn } from './types';
 
 import { stripReadOnlyProperties, stripWriteOnlyProperties } from '../../utils/filterRequiredProperties';
+import { JSONSchema7 } from 'json-schema';
 
 export function deserializeFormBody(
   schema: JSONSchema,
@@ -84,9 +85,23 @@ function deserializeAndValidate(content: IMediaTypeContent, schema: JSONSchema,
   );
 }
 
-const normalizeSchemaProcessorMap: Record<ValidationContext, (schema: JSONSchema) => O.Option<JSONSchema>> = {
-  [ValidationContext.Input]: stripReadOnlyProperties,
-  [ValidationContext.Output]: stripWriteOnlyProperties,
+function memoizeSchemaNormalizer(normalizer: SchemaNormalizer): SchemaNormalizer {
+  const cache = new WeakMap<JSONSchema7, O.Option<JSONSchema7>>();
+  return (schema: JSONSchema7) => {
+    const cached = cache.get(schema);
+    if (!cached) {
+      const newSchema = normalizer(schema);
+      cache.set(schema, newSchema);
+      return newSchema;
+    }
+    return cached;
+  };
+}
+
+type SchemaNormalizer = (schema: JSONSchema) => O.Option<JSONSchema>;
+const normalizeSchemaProcessorMap: Record<ValidationContext, SchemaNormalizer> = {
+  [ValidationContext.Input]: memoizeSchemaNormalizer(stripReadOnlyProperties),
+  [ValidationContext.Output]: memoizeSchemaNormalizer(stripWriteOnlyProperties),
 };
 
 export const validate: validateFn<unknown, IMediaTypeContent> = (target, specs, context, mediaType, bundle) => {
diff --git a/packages/http/src/validator/validators/params.ts b/packages/http/src/validator/validators/params.ts
index 3699dfeed..c53219a63 100644
--- a/packages/http/src/validator/validators/params.ts
+++ b/packages/http/src/validator/validators/params.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ export type Deps<Target> = {
   defaultStyle: HttpParamStyles;
 };
 
+const schemaCache = new WeakMap<IHttpParam[], JSONSchema>();
+
 export const validateParams = <Target>(
   target: Target,
   specs: IHttpParam[],
@@ -38,7 +40,11 @@ export const validateParams = <Target>(
   return pipe(
     NEA.fromArray(specs),
     O.map(specs => {
-      const schema = createJsonSchemaFromParams(specs);
+      const schema = schemaCache.get(specs) ?? createJsonSchemaFromParams(specs);
+      if (!schemaCache.has(specs)) {
+        schemaCache.set(specs, schema);
+      }
+
       const parameterValues = pickBy(
         mapValues(
           keyBy(specs, s => s.name.toLowerCase()),
diff --git a/packages/http/src/validator/validators/utils.ts b/packages/http/src/validator/validators/utils.ts
index a13dc0f73..6740f7bec 100644
--- a/packages/http/src/validator/validators/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/http/src/validator/validators/utils.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { DiagnosticSeverity } from '@stoplight/types';
 import * as O from 'fp-ts/Option';
 import { pipe } from 'fp-ts/function';
 import { NonEmptyArray, fromArray, map } from 'fp-ts/NonEmptyArray';
-import Ajv, { ErrorObject, Logger, Options } from 'ajv';
+import Ajv, { ErrorObject, Logger, Options, ValidateFunction } from 'ajv';
 import type AjvCore from 'ajv/dist/core';
 import Ajv2019 from 'ajv/dist/2019';
 import Ajv2020 from 'ajv/dist/2020';
@@ -89,6 +89,32 @@ export const convertAjvErrors = (errors: NonEmptyArray<ErrorObject>, severity: D
     })
   );
 
+const validationsFunctionsCache = new WeakMap<JSONSchema, WeakMap<object, ValidateFunction>>();
+const EMPTY_BUNDLE = { _emptyBundle: true };
+
+function getValidationFunction(ajvInstance: AjvCore, schema: JSONSchema, bundle?: unknown): ValidateFunction {
+  const bundledFunctionsCache = validationsFunctionsCache.get(schema);
+  const bundleKey = typeof bundle === 'object' && bundle !== null ? bundle : EMPTY_BUNDLE;
+  if (bundledFunctionsCache) {
+    const validationFunction = bundledFunctionsCache.get(bundleKey);
+    if (validationFunction) {
+      return validationFunction;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const validationFunction = ajvInstance.compile({
+    ...schema,
+    __bundled__: bundle,
+  });
+
+  if (!bundledFunctionsCache) {
+    validationsFunctionsCache.set(schema, new WeakMap());
+  }
+
+  validationsFunctionsCache.get(schema)!.set(bundleKey, validationFunction);
+  return validationFunction;
+}
+
 export const validateAgainstSchema = (
   value: unknown,
   schema: JSONSchema,
@@ -97,12 +123,7 @@ export const validateAgainstSchema = (
   bundle?: unknown
 ): O.Option<NonEmptyArray<IPrismDiagnostic>> =>
   pipe(
-    O.tryCatch(() =>
-      assignAjvInstance(String(schema.$schema), coerce).compile({
-        ...schema,
-        __bundled__: bundle,
-      })
-    ),
+    O.tryCatch(() => getValidationFunction(assignAjvInstance(String(schema.$schema), coerce), schema, bundle)),
     O.chainFirst(validateFn => O.tryCatch(() => validateFn(value))),
     O.chain(validateFn => pipe(O.fromNullable(validateFn.errors), O.chain(fromArray))),
     O.map(errors => convertAjvErrors(errors, DiagnosticSeverity.Error, prefix))
diff --git a/packages/tsconfig.test.json b/packages/tsconfig.test.json
index b7108d928..d968519f4 100644
--- a/packages/tsconfig.test.json
+++ b/packages/tsconfig.test.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "noEmit": true,
     "paths": {
       "@stoplight/prism-core": ["./core/src"],
+      "@stoplight/prism-cli": ["./cli/src"],
       "@stoplight/prism-http": ["./http/src"],
       "@stoplight/prism-http-server": ["./http-server/src"]
     }