diff --git a/changelog/17265.txt b/changelog/17265.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fe2d3b9a00aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/17265.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:improvement
+core: License location is no longer cache exempt, meaning sys/health will not contribute as greatly to storage load when using consul as a storage backend.
+```
diff --git a/sdk/physical/cache.go b/sdk/physical/cache.go
index ffac33189bbc..af40f5385957 100644
--- a/sdk/physical/cache.go
+++ b/sdk/physical/cache.go
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ var cacheExceptionsPaths = []string{
 	"sys/expire/",
 	"core/poison-pill",
 	"core/raft/tls",
-	"core/license",
 }
 
 // CacheRefreshContext returns a context with an added value denoting if the