diff --git a/internal/vaultik/restore.go b/internal/vaultik/restore.go
index 015c533..d2b408b 100644
--- a/internal/vaultik/restore.go
+++ b/internal/vaultik/restore.go
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) Restore(opts *RestoreOptions) error {
 
 	// Step 5: Restore files
 	result := &RestoreResult{}
-	blobCache := make(map[string][]byte) // Cache downloaded and decrypted blobs
+	blobCache := newBlobLRUCache(defaultMaxBlobCacheBytes) // LRU cache bounded to ~1 GiB
 
 	for i, file := range files {
 		if v.ctx.Err() != nil {
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) restoreFile(
 	targetDir string,
 	identity age.Identity,
 	chunkToBlobMap map[string]*database.BlobChunk,
-	blobCache map[string][]byte,
+	blobCache *blobLRUCache,
 	result *RestoreResult,
 ) error {
 	// Calculate target path - use full original path under target directory
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ func (v *Vaultik) restoreRegularFile(
 	targetPath string,
 	identity age.Identity,
 	chunkToBlobMap map[string]*database.BlobChunk,
-	blobCache map[string][]byte,
+	blobCache *blobLRUCache,
 	result *RestoreResult,
 ) error {
 	// Get file chunks in order
@@ -417,13 +417,13 @@ func (v *Vaultik) restoreRegularFile(
 
 		// Download and decrypt blob if not cached
 		blobHashStr := blob.Hash.String()
-		blobData, ok := blobCache[blobHashStr]
+		blobData, ok := blobCache.Get(blobHashStr)
 		if !ok {
 			blobData, err = v.downloadBlob(ctx, blobHashStr, blob.CompressedSize, identity)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("downloading blob %s: %w", blobHashStr[:16], err)
 			}
-			blobCache[blobHashStr] = blobData
+			blobCache.Put(blobHashStr, blobData)
 			result.BlobsDownloaded++
 			result.BytesDownloaded += blob.CompressedSize
 		}