diff --git a/cached_network_image/lib/src/cached_image_widget.dart b/cached_network_image/lib/src/cached_image_widget.dart
index a23192db..2de02658 100644
--- a/cached_network_image/lib/src/cached_image_widget.dart
+++ b/cached_network_image/lib/src/cached_image_widget.dart
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ class CachedNetworkImage extends StatelessWidget {
     BaseCacheManager? cacheManager,
     double scale = 1,
   }) async {
-    final effectiveCacheManager = cacheManager ?? DefaultCacheManager();
+    final effectiveCacheManager =
+        cacheManager ?? CachedNetworkImageProvider.defaultCacheManager;
     await effectiveCacheManager.removeFile(cacheKey ?? url);
     return CachedNetworkImageProvider(url, scale: scale).evict();
   }
diff --git a/cached_network_image/lib/src/image_provider/cached_network_image_provider.dart b/cached_network_image/lib/src/image_provider/cached_network_image_provider.dart
index e4b68ac6..37245758 100644
--- a/cached_network_image/lib/src/image_provider/cached_network_image_provider.dart
+++ b/cached_network_image/lib/src/image_provider/cached_network_image_provider.dart
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ class CachedNetworkImageProvider
   /// CacheManager from which the image files are loaded.
   final BaseCacheManager? cacheManager;
 
+  /// The default cache manager used for image caching.
+  static BaseCacheManager defaultCacheManager = DefaultCacheManager();
+
   /// Web url of the image to load
   final String url;
 
@@ -110,7 +113,7 @@ class CachedNetworkImageProvider
       cacheKey,
       chunkEvents,
       decode,
-      cacheManager ?? DefaultCacheManager(),
+      cacheManager ?? defaultCacheManager,
       maxHeight,
       maxWidth,
       headers,
@@ -160,7 +163,7 @@ class CachedNetworkImageProvider
       cacheKey,
       chunkEvents,
       decode,
-      cacheManager ?? DefaultCacheManager(),
+      cacheManager ?? defaultCacheManager,
       maxHeight,
       maxWidth,
       headers,