diff --git a/.changeset/light-needles-smell.md b/.changeset/light-needles-smell.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d58ebd92f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/light-needles-smell.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@opennextjs/aws": patch
+---
+
+fix(cacheInterceptor): route cache handling
diff --git a/packages/open-next/src/core/routing/cacheInterceptor.ts b/packages/open-next/src/core/routing/cacheInterceptor.ts
index 51571b77d..69a3498d2 100644
--- a/packages/open-next/src/core/routing/cacheInterceptor.ts
+++ b/packages/open-next/src/core/routing/cacheInterceptor.ts
@@ -228,7 +228,10 @@ export async function cacheInterceptor(
         return event;
       }
       // We need to check the tag cache now
-      if (cachedData.value?.type === "app") {
+      if (
+        cachedData.value?.type === "app" ||
+        cachedData.value?.type === "route"
+      ) {
         const tags = getTagsFromValue(cachedData.value);
         const _hasBeenRevalidated = await hasBeenRevalidated(
           localizedPath,
diff --git a/packages/tests-unit/tests/core/routing/cacheInterceptor.test.ts b/packages/tests-unit/tests/core/routing/cacheInterceptor.test.ts
index 952ff3df4..8e9ef20e4 100644
--- a/packages/tests-unit/tests/core/routing/cacheInterceptor.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tests-unit/tests/core/routing/cacheInterceptor.test.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ describe("cacheInterceptor", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("should take no action when tagCache lasModified is -1", async () => {
+  it("should take no action when tagCache lasModified is -1 for app type", async () => {
     const event = createEvent({
       url: "/albums",
     });
@@ -170,6 +170,25 @@ describe("cacheInterceptor", () => {
     expect(result).toEqual(event);
   });
 
+  it("should take no action when tagCache lasModified is -1 for route type", async () => {
+    const event = createEvent({
+      url: "/albums",
+    });
+
+    const body = "route";
+    incrementalCache.get.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      value: {
+        type: "route",
+        body: body,
+        revalidate: false,
+      },
+      lastModified: new Date("2024-01-01T23:58:00Z").getTime(),
+    });
+    tagCache.getLastModified.mockResolvedValueOnce(-1);
+    const result = await cacheInterceptor(event);
+    expect(result).toEqual(event);
+  });
+
   it("should retrieve page router content from stale cache", async () => {
     const event = createEvent({
       url: "/revalidate",
@@ -263,7 +282,7 @@ describe("cacheInterceptor", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("should take no action when cache returns unrecoginsed type", async () => {
+  it("should take no action when cache returns unrecognized type", async () => {
     const event = createEvent({
       url: "/albums",
     });