diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bb86c0f..bf6dc2a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ checksum = "f87165f0995f63a9fbeea62b64d10b4d9d8e78ec6d7d51fb2125fda7bb36788f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-symcrypt"
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 dependencies = [
  "der 0.8.0",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 181e269..1775af9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.64.0"
+rust-version = "1.70.0"
diff --git a/rustls-symcrypt/Cargo.toml b/rustls-symcrypt/Cargo.toml
index 442a205..d42e827 100644
--- a/rustls-symcrypt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rustls-symcrypt/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustls-symcrypt"
 authors = ["Microsoft"]
-version = "0.2.2"
+version = "0.2.3"
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR ISC OR MIT"
 description = "Implementation of rustls crypto provider model for SymCrypt"
 edition.workspace = true
diff --git a/rustls-symcrypt/src/lib.rs b/rustls-symcrypt/src/lib.rs
index 938c4e8..4e03e2b 100644
--- a/rustls-symcrypt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rustls-symcrypt/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 use rustls::crypto::{CryptoProvider, GetRandomFailed, SecureRandom, SupportedKxGroup};
 
 use rustls::SupportedCipherSuite;
+use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
 use symcrypt::symcrypt_random;
 
 mod cipher_suites;
@@ -70,6 +71,41 @@ pub fn default_symcrypt_provider() -> CryptoProvider {
     }
 }
 
+/// Returns a process-cached `Arc<CryptoProvider>` for callers that want
+/// session-/connection-/test-scoped sharing without paying for repeated
+/// `Vec<SupportedCipherSuite>` and `Vec<&dyn SupportedKxGroup>` allocations
+/// on every call to [`default_symcrypt_provider`].
+///
+/// Initialized lazily on the first call; subsequent calls are an
+/// `Arc::clone` (atomic refcount bump, no heap allocation).
+///
+/// Prefer this over `Arc::new(default_symcrypt_provider())` in any code
+/// path that may run more than once per process — TLS integration tests,
+/// per-connection setup, multi-config harnesses, etc.
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// use rustls::{ClientConfig, RootCertStore};
+/// use rustls_symcrypt::default_symcrypt_provider_arc;
+/// use webpki_roots;
+///
+/// let mut root_store = RootCertStore {
+///     roots: webpki_roots::TLS_SERVER_ROOTS.iter().cloned().collect(),
+/// };
+///
+/// let provider = default_symcrypt_provider_arc();
+/// let mut config = ClientConfig::builder_with_provider(provider)
+///     .with_safe_default_protocol_versions()
+///     .unwrap()
+///     .with_root_certificates(root_store)
+///     .with_no_client_auth();
+/// ```
+pub fn default_symcrypt_provider_arc() -> Arc<CryptoProvider> {
+    static PROVIDER: OnceLock<Arc<CryptoProvider>> = OnceLock::new();
+    PROVIDER
+        .get_or_init(|| Arc::new(default_symcrypt_provider()))
+        .clone()
+}
+
 /// `custom_symcrypt_provider` provides a way to set up an custom config using a `symcrypt` crypto backend.
 ///
 /// `provided_cipher_suites` takes in an optional `Vec<>` of `SupportedCipherSuites`.
@@ -190,4 +226,16 @@ mod test {
 
         assert_ne!(buff_1, buff_2);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_default_symcrypt_provider_arc_is_cached() {
+        let a = default_symcrypt_provider_arc();
+        let b = default_symcrypt_provider_arc();
+        assert!(
+            Arc::ptr_eq(&a, &b),
+            "default_symcrypt_provider_arc must return the same Arc on repeat calls",
+        );
+        assert_eq!(a.cipher_suites.len(), DEFAULT_CIPHER_SUITES.len());
+        assert!(!a.kx_groups.is_empty());
+    }
 }