diff --git a/src/Service/OutputCacheService.php b/src/Service/OutputCacheService.php
index 15d42acaf..68873c3ee 100644
--- a/src/Service/OutputCacheService.php
+++ b/src/Service/OutputCacheService.php
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ protected function loadFromCache($key)
      */
     protected function saveToCache($key, $item, $tags = []): void
     {
-        \Pimcore\Cache::save($item, $key, $tags, $this->lifetime);
+        # Increase priority to 1 to make it less likely this cache item is evicted from the
+        # queue before actually being written
+        \Pimcore\Cache::save($item, $key, $tags, $this->lifetime, 1);
     }
 
     private function computeKey(Request $request): string