diff --git a/integration/cache/e2e/custom-ttl.spec.ts b/integration/cache/e2e/custom-ttl.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9fcd9f62038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/cache/e2e/custom-ttl.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { INestApplication } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing';
+import * as request from 'supertest';
+import { CustomTtlModule } from '../src/custom-ttl/custom-ttl.module';
+
+describe('Caching Custom TTL', () => {
+  let server;
+  let app: INestApplication;
+
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    const module = await Test.createTestingModule({
+      imports: [CustomTtlModule],
+    }).compile();
+
+    app = module.createNestApplication();
+    server = app.getHttpServer();
+    await app.init();
+  });
+
+  it('should return a differnt value after the TTL is elapsed', async () => {
+    await request(server).get('/').expect(200, '0');
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500));
+    await request(server).get('/').expect(200, '1');
+  });
+
+  it('should return the cached value within the TTL', async () => {
+    await request(server).get('/').expect(200, '0');
+    await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 200));
+    await request(server).get('/').expect(200, '0');
+  });
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await app.close();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/integration/cache/src/custom-ttl/custom-ttl.controller.ts b/integration/cache/src/custom-ttl/custom-ttl.controller.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2c4caac1726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/cache/src/custom-ttl/custom-ttl.controller.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import {
+  CacheInterceptor,
+  CacheTTL,
+  Controller,
+  Get,
+  UseInterceptors,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+
+@Controller()
+export class CustomTtlController {
+  counter = 0;
+  constructor() {}
+
+  @Get()
+  @CacheTTL(500)
+  @UseInterceptors(CacheInterceptor)
+  getNumber() {
+    return this.counter++;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/integration/cache/src/custom-ttl/custom-ttl.module.ts b/integration/cache/src/custom-ttl/custom-ttl.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d44b46e018e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/cache/src/custom-ttl/custom-ttl.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { CacheModule, Module } from '@nestjs/common';
+import { CustomTtlController } from './custom-ttl.controller';
+
+@Module({
+  imports: [CacheModule.register()],
+  controllers: [CustomTtlController],
+})
+export class CustomTtlModule {}
diff --git a/integration/cache/src/custom-ttl/tsconfig.json b/integration/cache/src/custom-ttl/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..904941e7088
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/cache/src/custom-ttl/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "declaration": false,
+    "noImplicitAny": false,
+    "removeComments": true,
+    "noLib": false,
+    "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
+    "experimentalDecorators": true,
+    "target": "es6",
+    "sourceMap": true,
+    "allowJs": true,
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "paths": {
+      "@nestjs/common": ["../../packages/common"],
+      "@nestjs/common/*": ["../../packages/common/*"],
+      "@nestjs/core": ["../../packages/core"],
+      "@nestjs/core/*": ["../../packages/core/*"],
+      "@nestjs/microservices": ["../../packages/microservices"],
+      "@nestjs/microservices/*": ["../../packages/microservices/*"],
+      "@nestjs/websockets": ["../../packages/websockets"],
+      "@nestjs/websockets/*": ["../../packages/websockets/*"],
+      "@nestjs/testing": ["../../packages/testing"],
+      "@nestjs/testing/*": ["../../packages/testing/*"],
+      "@nestjs/platform-express": ["../../packages/platform-express"],
+      "@nestjs/platform-express/*": ["../../packages/platform-express/*"],
+      "@nestjs/platform-socket.io": ["../../packages/platform-socket.io"],
+      "@nestjs/platform-socket.io/*": ["../../packages/platform-socket.io/*"],
+      "@nestjs/platform-ws": ["../../packages/platform-ws"],
+      "@nestjs/platform-ws/*": ["../../packages/platform-ws/*"]
+    }
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "src/**/*",
+    "e2e/**/*"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules",
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/common/cache/interceptors/cache.interceptor.ts b/packages/common/cache/interceptors/cache.interceptor.ts
index 9e91d4bed7b..5933239703f 100644
--- a/packages/common/cache/interceptors/cache.interceptor.ts
+++ b/packages/common/cache/interceptors/cache.interceptor.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import {
   NestInterceptor,
 } from '../../interfaces';
 import { Logger } from '../../services/logger.service';
-import { isFunction, isNil } from '../../utils/shared.utils';
+import { loadPackage } from '../../utils/load-package.util';
+import { isFunction, isNil, isNumber } from '../../utils/shared.utils';
 import {
   CACHE_KEY_METADATA,
   CACHE_MANAGER,
@@ -35,10 +36,22 @@ export class CacheInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
   protected readonly httpAdapterHost: HttpAdapterHost;
 
   protected allowedMethods = ['GET'];
+
+  private cacheManagerIsv5OrGreater: boolean;
+  
   constructor(
     @Inject(CACHE_MANAGER) protected readonly cacheManager: any,
     @Inject(REFLECTOR) protected readonly reflector: any,
-  ) {}
+  ) {
+    // We need to check if the cache-manager package is v5 or greater
+    // because the set method signature changed in v5
+    const cacheManagerPackage = loadPackage(
+      'cache-manager',
+      'CacheModule',
+      () => require('cache-manager'),
+    );
+    this.cacheManagerIsv5OrGreater = 'memoryStore' in cacheManagerPackage;
+  }
 
   async intercept(
     context: ExecutionContext,
@@ -59,13 +72,17 @@ export class CacheInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
       const ttl = isFunction(ttlValueOrFactory)
         ? await ttlValueOrFactory(context)
         : ttlValueOrFactory;
+
       return next.handle().pipe(
         tap(async response => {
           if (response instanceof StreamableFile) {
             return;
           }
 
-          const args = isNil(ttl) ? [key, response] : [key, response, { ttl }];
+          const args = [key, response];
+          if (!isNil(ttl)) {
+            args.push(this.cacheManagerIsv5OrGreater ? ttl : { ttl });
+          }
 
           try {
             await this.cacheManager.set(...args);