diff --git a/src/main/java/org/folio/search/integration/KafkaMessageListener.java b/src/main/java/org/folio/search/integration/KafkaMessageListener.java
index 567feedd6..659d0d22e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/folio/search/integration/KafkaMessageListener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/folio/search/integration/KafkaMessageListener.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import static org.apache.commons.collections4.MapUtils.getString;
 import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RegExUtils.replaceAll;
 import static org.folio.search.configuration.RetryTemplateConfiguration.KAFKA_RETRY_TEMPLATE_NAME;
+import static org.folio.search.configuration.SearchCacheNames.REFERENCE_DATA_CACHE;
 import static org.folio.search.domain.dto.ResourceEventType.CREATE;
 import static org.folio.search.domain.dto.ResourceEventType.DELETE;
 import static org.folio.search.domain.dto.ResourceEventType.REINDEX;
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.folio.search.service.config.ConfigSynchronizationService;
 import org.folio.search.utils.KafkaConstants;
 import org.folio.spring.service.SystemUserScopedExecutionService;
+import org.springframework.cache.annotation.CacheEvict;
 import org.springframework.kafka.annotation.KafkaListener;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ public void handleConsortiumInstanceEvents(List<ConsumerRecord<String, Consortiu
     groupId = "#{folioKafkaProperties.listener['classification-type'].groupId}",
     concurrency = "#{folioKafkaProperties.listener['classification-type'].concurrency}",
     topicPattern = "#{folioKafkaProperties.listener['classification-type'].topicPattern}")
+  @CacheEvict(cacheNames = REFERENCE_DATA_CACHE, allEntries = true)
   public void handleClassificationTypeEvents(List<ConsumerRecord<String, ResourceEvent>> consumerRecords) {
     log.info("Processing classification-type events from Kafka [number of events: {}]", consumerRecords.size());
     var batch = consumerRecords.stream()
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/folio/search/controller/ConfigIT.java b/src/test/java/org/folio/search/controller/ConfigIT.java
index a170e0ecc..ee9bf2592 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/folio/search/controller/ConfigIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/folio/search/controller/ConfigIT.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
 import static org.awaitility.Durations.ONE_MINUTE;
 import static org.awaitility.Durations.TWO_SECONDS;
+import static org.folio.search.configuration.SearchCacheNames.REFERENCE_DATA_CACHE;
 import static org.folio.search.domain.dto.TenantConfiguredFeature.SEARCH_ALL_FIELDS;
 import static org.folio.search.sample.SampleInstances.getSemanticWebAsMap;
 import static org.folio.search.support.base.ApiEndpoints.featureConfigPath;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import org.folio.search.domain.dto.BrowseConfig;
@@ -291,6 +293,21 @@ void browseConfigs_synchronised_whenDeleteClassificationTypeEventReceived() {
     okapi.wireMockServer().removeStub(stub);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void referenceDataCacheInvalidates_whenClassificationTypeEventReceived() {
+    var cacheKey = "cache-test-key";
+    var referenceDataCache = Objects.requireNonNull(cacheManager.getCache(REFERENCE_DATA_CACHE));
+    referenceDataCache.put(cacheKey, UUID.randomUUID());
+    assertThat(referenceDataCache.get(cacheKey)).isNotNull();
+
+    kafkaTemplate.send(inventoryClassificationTopic(), randomId(), new ResourceEvent()
+      .resourceName(ResourceType.CLASSIFICATION_TYPE.getValue())
+    );
+
+    await().atMost(ONE_MINUTE).pollInterval(TWO_SECONDS)
+      .untilAsserted(() -> assertThat(referenceDataCache.get(cacheKey)).isNull());
+  }
+
   @SneakyThrows
   private Map<String, Object> getIndexedInstanceById(String id) {
     final var searchRequest = new SearchRequest()
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/folio/search/support/base/BaseIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/folio/search/support/base/BaseIntegrationTest.java
index 1054833e9..9845b91e9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/folio/search/support/base/BaseIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/folio/search/support/base/BaseIntegrationTest.java
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public abstract class BaseIntegrationTest {
   protected static KafkaTemplate<String, ResourceEvent> kafkaTemplate;
   protected static OkapiConfiguration okapi;
   protected static RestHighLevelClient elasticClient;
+  protected static CacheManager cacheManager;
 
   @RegisterExtension
   static OkapiExtension okapiExtension =
@@ -85,12 +86,14 @@ public abstract class BaseIntegrationTest {
   static void setUpDefaultTenant(
     @Autowired MockMvc mockMvc,
     @Autowired KafkaTemplate<String, ResourceEvent> kafkaTemplate,
-    @Autowired RestHighLevelClient restHighLevelClient) {
+    @Autowired RestHighLevelClient restHighLevelClient,
+    @Autowired CacheManager cacheManager) {
     setEnvProperty("folio-test");
     BaseIntegrationTest.mockMvc = mockMvc;
     BaseIntegrationTest.kafkaTemplate = kafkaTemplate;
     BaseIntegrationTest.inventoryApi = new InventoryApi(kafkaTemplate);
     BaseIntegrationTest.elasticClient = restHighLevelClient;
+    BaseIntegrationTest.cacheManager = cacheManager;
   }
 
   @BeforeAll