diff --git a/libs/langchain-community/src/chat_models/zhipuai.ts b/libs/langchain-community/src/chat_models/zhipuai.ts
index d7a82279f274..6bb993588afa 100644
--- a/libs/langchain-community/src/chat_models/zhipuai.ts
+++ b/libs/langchain-community/src/chat_models/zhipuai.ts
@@ -225,13 +225,11 @@ export class ChatZhipuAI extends BaseChatModel implements ChatZhipuAIParams {
   constructor(fields: Partial<ChatZhipuAIParams> & BaseChatModelParams = {}) {
     super(fields);
 
-    this.zhipuAIApiKey = encodeApiKey(
+    this.zhipuAIApiKey =
       fields?.apiKey ??
-        fields?.zhipuAIApiKey ??
-        getEnvironmentVariable("ZHIPUAI_API_KEY")
-    );
-    this.apiKey = this.zhipuAIApiKey;
-    if (!this.apiKey) {
+      fields?.zhipuAIApiKey ??
+      getEnvironmentVariable("ZHIPUAI_API_KEY");
+    if (!this.zhipuAIApiKey) {
       throw new Error("ZhipuAI API key not found");
     }
 
@@ -390,7 +388,7 @@ export class ChatZhipuAI extends BaseChatModel implements ChatZhipuAIParams {
         method: "POST",
         headers: {
           ...(stream ? { Accept: "text/event-stream" } : {}),
-          Authorization: `Bearer ${this.apiKey}`,
+          Authorization: `Bearer ${encodeApiKey(this.zhipuAIApiKey)}`,
           "Content-Type": "application/json",
         },
         body: JSON.stringify(request),
diff --git a/libs/langchain-community/src/embeddings/zhipuai.ts b/libs/langchain-community/src/embeddings/zhipuai.ts
index 872fef7a2003..d51c2dc4eb39 100644
--- a/libs/langchain-community/src/embeddings/zhipuai.ts
+++ b/libs/langchain-community/src/embeddings/zhipuai.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class ZhipuAIEmbeddings
 {
   modelName: ZhipuAIEmbeddingsParams["modelName"] = "embedding-2";
 
-  apiKey: string;
+  apiKey?: string;
 
   stripNewLines = true;
 
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ export class ZhipuAIEmbeddings
 
     this.modelName = fields?.modelName ?? this.modelName;
     this.stripNewLines = fields?.stripNewLines ?? this.stripNewLines;
-    this.apiKey = encodeApiKey(
-      fields?.apiKey ?? getEnvironmentVariable("ZHIPUAI_API_KEY")
-    );
+    this.apiKey = fields?.apiKey ?? getEnvironmentVariable("ZHIPUAI_API_KEY");
 
     if (!this.apiKey) {
       throw new Error("ZhipuAI API key not found");
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ export class ZhipuAIEmbeddings
     const headers = {
       Accept: "application/json",
       "Content-Type": "application/json",
-      Authorization: this.apiKey,
+      Authorization: encodeApiKey(this.apiKey),
     };
 
     return this.caller.call(async () => {
diff --git a/libs/langchain-community/src/utils/zhipuai.ts b/libs/langchain-community/src/utils/zhipuai.ts
index 9ef2e92aa0fd..475f3b84558f 100644
--- a/libs/langchain-community/src/utils/zhipuai.ts
+++ b/libs/langchain-community/src/utils/zhipuai.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,45 @@
-import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";
+import jsonwebtoken from "jsonwebtoken";
 
-export function encodeApiKey(apiKey: string | undefined) {
-  if (!apiKey) throw Error("Invalid api key");
-  const [key, secret] = apiKey.split(".");
-  const API_TOKEN_TTL_SECONDS = 3 * 60;
-  const now = new Date().valueOf();
-  const payload = {
-    api_key: key,
-    exp: now + API_TOKEN_TTL_SECONDS * 1000,
-    timestamp: now,
+const API_TOKEN_TTL_SECONDS = 3 * 60;
+const CACHE_TTL_SECONDS = API_TOKEN_TTL_SECONDS - 30;
+const tokenCache: {
+  [key: string]: {
+    token: string;
+    createAt: number;
   };
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  const options: any = {
-    algorithm: "HS256",
-    header: {
-      alg: "HS256",
-      sign_type: "SIGN",
-    },
-  };
-  return jwt.sign(payload, secret, options);
-}
+} = {};
+
+export const encodeApiKey = (apiSecretKey?: string, cache = true): string => {
+  if (!apiSecretKey) throw new Error("Api_key is required");
+  try {
+    if (
+      tokenCache[apiSecretKey] &&
+      Date.now() - tokenCache[apiSecretKey].createAt < CACHE_TTL_SECONDS * 1000
+    ) {
+      return tokenCache[apiSecretKey].token;
+    }
+
+    const [apiKey, secret] = apiSecretKey.split(".");
+    const payload = {
+      api_key: apiKey,
+      exp: Math.round(Date.now() * 1000) + API_TOKEN_TTL_SECONDS * 1000,
+      timestamp: Math.round(Date.now() * 1000),
+    };
+    // algorithm = "HS256", headers = { "alg": "HS256", "sign_type": "SIGN" }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const ret = jsonwebtoken.sign(payload, secret, {
+      algorithm: "HS256",
+      header: { alg: "HS256", sign_type: "SIGN" },
+    });
+    if (cache) {
+      tokenCache[apiSecretKey] = {
+        token: ret,
+        createAt: Date.now(),
+      };
+    }
+    return ret;
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error("invalid api_key");
+  }
+};