diff --git a/lisp/oc-basic.el b/lisp/oc-basic.el
index 81b7e4471..8af150b73 100644
--- a/lisp/oc-basic.el
+++ b/lisp/oc-basic.el
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ Return a hash table with citation references as keys and fields alist as values.
                 entries)))
     entries))
 
+(defvar org-cite-basic--file-id-cache nil
+  "Hash table linking files to their hash.")
 (defun org-cite-basic--parse-bibliography (&optional info)
   "List all entries available in the buffer.
 
@@ -245,14 +247,19 @@ table where keys are references and values are association lists between fields,
 as symbols, and values as strings or nil.
 
 Optional argument INFO is the export state, as a property list."
+  (unless (hash-table-p org-cite-basic--file-id-cache)
+    (setq org-cite-basic--file-id-cache (make-hash-table :test #'equal)))
   (if (plist-member info :cite-basic/bibliography)
       (plist-get info :cite-basic/bibliography)
     (let ((results nil))
       (dolist (file (org-cite-list-bibliography-files))
         (when (file-readable-p file)
           (with-temp-buffer
-            (insert-file-contents file)
-	    (let* ((file-id (cons file (org-buffer-hash)))
+            (when (or (org-file-has-changed-p file)
+                      (not (gethash file org-cite-basic--file-id-cache)))
+              (insert-file-contents file)
+              (puthash file (org-buffer-hash) org-cite-basic--file-id-cache))
+	    (let* ((file-id (cons file (gethash file org-cite-basic--file-id-cache)))
                    (entries
                     (or (cdr (assoc file-id org-cite-basic--bibliography-cache))
                         (let ((table
diff --git a/lisp/org-compat.el b/lisp/org-compat.el
index 4ad87c84d..c26eb6f10 100644
--- a/lisp/org-compat.el
+++ b/lisp/org-compat.el
@@ -71,6 +71,35 @@
 (defvar org-table-tab-recognizes-table.el)
 (defvar org-table1-hline-regexp)
 
+
+;;; Emacs < 29 compatibility
+
+(defvar org-file-has-changed-p--hash-table (make-hash-table :test #'equal)
+  "Internal variable used by `org-file-has-changed-p'.")
+
+(if (fboundp 'file-has-changed-p)
+    (defalias 'org-file-has-changed-p #'file-has-changed-p)
+  (defun org-file-has-changed-p (file &optional tag)
+    "Return non-nil if FILE has changed.
+The size and modification time of FILE are compared to the size
+and modification time of the same FILE during a previous
+invocation of `org-file-has-changed-p'.  Thus, the first invocation
+of `org-file-has-changed-p' always returns non-nil when FILE exists.
+The optional argument TAG, which must be a symbol, can be used to
+limit the comparison to invocations with identical tags; it can be
+the symbol of the calling function, for example."
+    (let* ((file (directory-file-name (expand-file-name file)))
+           (remote-file-name-inhibit-cache t)
+           (fileattr (file-attributes file 'integer))
+	   (attr (and fileattr
+                      (cons (file-attribute-size fileattr)
+		            (file-attribute-modification-time fileattr))))
+	   (sym (concat (symbol-name tag) "@" file))
+	   (cachedattr (gethash sym org-file-has-changed-p--hash-table)))
+      (when (not (equal attr cachedattr))
+        (puthash sym attr org-file-has-changed-p--hash-table)))))
+
+
 
 ;;; Emacs < 28.1 compatibility