diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/135-trust-core-cache.yml b/changelogs/fragments/135-trust-core-cache.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a7e52c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/135-trust-core-cache.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "Avoid superfluous network request when trusting the ansible-core download cache (https://github.com/ansible-community/antsibull-core/pull/135)."
diff --git a/src/antsibull_core/ansible_core.py b/src/antsibull_core/ansible_core.py
index bea28f6..692a59a 100644
--- a/src/antsibull_core/ansible_core.py
+++ b/src/antsibull_core/ansible_core.py
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ async def retrieve(self, ansible_core_version: str, download_dir: StrPath) -> st
         :returns: The name of the downloaded tarball.
         """
         package_name = "ansible-core"
-        release_info = await self.get_release_info(package_name)
 
         tar_filename = f"{package_name}-{ansible_core_version}.tar.gz"
         tar_path = os.path.join(download_dir, tar_filename)
@@ -136,6 +135,8 @@ async def retrieve(self, ansible_core_version: str, download_dir: StrPath) -> st
                 await copy_file(cached_path, tar_path, check_content=False)
                 return tar_path
 
+        release_info = await self.get_release_info(package_name)
+
         pypi_url = ""
         digests = {}
         for release in release_info[ansible_core_version]: