diff --git a/google/cloud/alloydbconnector/connector.py b/google/cloud/alloydbconnector/connector.py
index 9a108164..0b100a82 100644
--- a/google/cloud/alloydbconnector/connector.py
+++ b/google/cloud/alloydbconnector/connector.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 from google.cloud.alloydbconnector.instance import RefreshAheadCache
 from google.cloud.alloydbconnector.lazy import LazyRefreshCache
 import google.cloud.alloydbconnector.pg8000 as pg8000
+from google.cloud.alloydbconnector.static import StaticConnectionInfoCache
 from google.cloud.alloydbconnector.types import CacheTypes
 from google.cloud.alloydbconnector.utils import generate_keys
 from google.cloud.alloydbconnector.utils import strip_http_prefix
@@ -188,6 +189,8 @@ async def connect_async(self, instance_uri: str, driver: str, **kwargs: Any) ->
         # use existing connection info if possible
         if instance_uri in self._cache:
             cache = self._cache[instance_uri]
+        elif self._static_conn_info:
+            cache = StaticConnectionInfoCache(instance_uri, self._static_conn_info)
         else:
             if self._refresh_strategy == RefreshStrategy.LAZY:
                 logger.debug(
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_connector.py b/tests/unit/test_connector.py
index 11f6b237..349120c6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_connector.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_connector.py
@@ -321,6 +321,8 @@ def test_Connector_static_connection_info(
             )
         # check connection is returned
         assert connection is True
+        # check that cache is not set
+        assert fake_client.instance.uri() not in connector._cache
 
 
 def test_connect_when_closed(credentials: FakeCredentials) -> None: