diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b8c8cd75..3065fa7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### Features
 
 - **scoop-search:** Use SQLite for caching apps to speed up local search ([#5851](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5851), [#5918](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5918))
+- **core:** New cache filename format ([#5929](https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop/issues/5929)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/lib/core.ps1 b/lib/core.ps1
index 2211a519..90184fd5 100644
--- a/lib/core.ps1
+++ b/lib/core.ps1
@@ -409,7 +409,22 @@ function currentdir($app, $global) {
 function persistdir($app, $global) { "$(basedir $global)\persist\$app" }
 function usermanifestsdir { "$(basedir)\workspace" }
 function usermanifest($app) { "$(usermanifestsdir)\$app.json" }
-function cache_path($app, $version, $url) { "$cachedir\$app#$version#$($url -replace '[^\w\.\-]+', '_')" }
+function cache_path($app, $version, $url) {
+    $underscoredUrl = $url -replace '[^\w\.\-]+', '_'
+    $filePath = "$cachedir\$app#$version#$underscoredUrl"
+
+    # NOTE: Scoop cache files migration. Remove this 6 months after the feature ships.
+    if (Test-Path $filePath) {
+        return $filePath
+    }
+
+    $urlStream = [System.IO.MemoryStream]::new([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($url))
+    $sha = (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 -InputStream $urlStream).Hash.ToLower().Substring(0, 7)
+    $extension = [System.IO.Path]::GetExtension($url)
+    $filePath = $filePath -replace "$underscoredUrl", "$sha$extension"
+
+    return $filePath
+}
 
 # apps
 function sanitary_path($path) { return [regex]::replace($path, "[/\\?:*<>|]", "") }
diff --git a/libexec/scoop-cache.ps1 b/libexec/scoop-cache.ps1
index 959c73fc..f390c258 100644
--- a/libexec/scoop-cache.ps1
+++ b/libexec/scoop-cache.ps1
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ param($cmd)
 
 function cacheinfo($file) {
     $app, $version, $url = $file.Name -split '#'
-    New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Name = $app; Version = $version; Length = $file.Length; URL = $url }
+    New-Object PSObject -Property @{ Name = $app; Version = $version; Length = $file.Length }
 }
 
 function cacheshow($app) {
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function cacheshow($app) {
     $files = @(Get-ChildItem $cachedir | Where-Object -Property Name -Value "^$app#" -Match)
     $totalLength = ($files | Measure-Object -Property Length -Sum).Sum
 
-    $files | ForEach-Object { cacheinfo $_ } | Select-Object Name, Version, Length, URL
+    $files | ForEach-Object { cacheinfo $_ } | Select-Object Name, Version, Length
 
     Write-Host "Total: $($files.Length) $(pluralize $files.Length 'file' 'files'), $(filesize $totalLength)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
 }
diff --git a/test/Scoop-Core.Tests.ps1 b/test/Scoop-Core.Tests.ps1
index 3fb7fbd6..f6846e54 100644
--- a/test/Scoop-Core.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/Scoop-Core.Tests.ps1
@@ -259,6 +259,23 @@ Describe 'get_app_name_from_shim' -Tag 'Scoop', 'Windows' {
     }
 }
 
+Describe 'cache_path' -Tag 'Scoop' {
+    It 'returns the correct cache path for a given input' {
+        $url = 'https://example.com/git.zip'
+        $ret = cache_path 'git' '2.44.0' $url
+        $inputStream = [System.IO.MemoryStream]::new([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($url))
+        $sha = (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 -InputStream $inputStream).Hash.ToLower().Substring(0, 7)
+        $ret | Should -Be "$cachedir\git#2.44.0#$sha.zip"
+    }
+
+    # # NOTE: Remove this 6 months after the feature ships.
+    It 'returns the old format cache path for a given input' {
+        Mock Test-Path { $true }
+        $ret = cache_path 'git' '2.44.0' 'https://example.com/git.zip'
+        $ret | Should -Be "$cachedir\git#2.44.0#https_example.com_git.zip"
+    }
+}
+
 Describe 'sanitary_path' -Tag 'Scoop' {
     It 'removes invalid path characters from a string' {
         $path = 'test?.json'