diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b00a281..4f430d7 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 ---
 # defaults file for apigee-opdk-setup-jdk
 
+# Target Java JDK version
+jdk_version: '1.8'
+
+# System file path to use in JAVA_HOME
+java_home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-openjdk
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index c906be0..02f060e 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
 ---
+- name: Update cache with key and value
+  cache:
+    key: "{{ item.key }}"
+    value: "{{ item.value }}"
+  with_items:
+  - { key: "jdk_version", value: "{{ jdk_version }}" }
+  - { key: 'java_home', value: '{{ java_home }}' }
+
 - include: with_no_proxy.yml
   when: (https_proxy is not defined or https_proxy | trim == '') and (http_proxy is not defined or http_proxy | trim == '')
 
 - include: with_proxy.yml
   when: https_proxy is defined and https_proxy | trim != '' and http_proxy is defined and http_proxy | trim != ''
 
-
 - name: Update environment with path to JAVA_HOME
   become: yes
   lineinfile: