diff --git a/next-i18next.config.js b/next-i18next.config.js
index 5c3613b3a..6f0f7d946 100644
--- a/next-i18next.config.js
+++ b/next-i18next.config.js
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ module.exports = {
     locales: ["en"],
   },
   serializeConfig: false,
+  // see https://github.com/i18next/i18next/issues/2227
+  cacheInBuiltFormats: false,
   use: [
     {
       init: (i18next) => {