diff --git a/config/cms/docker_run_production.py b/config/cms/docker_run_production.py
index 24f9676c..817a1703 100644
--- a/config/cms/docker_run_production.py
+++ b/config/cms/docker_run_production.py
@@ -146,9 +146,13 @@
 CACHES = config(
     "CACHES",
     default={
-        "default": {
+        "loc_cache": {
             "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache",
-            "LOCATION": "unique-snowflake",
+            "LOCATION": "edx_location_mem_cache",
+        },
+        "default": {
+            "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache",
+            "LOCATION": "memcached:11211",
         }
     },
     formatter=json.loads,
diff --git a/config/lms/docker_run_production.py b/config/lms/docker_run_production.py
index e5c88e87..5473db16 100644
--- a/config/lms/docker_run_production.py
+++ b/config/lms/docker_run_production.py
@@ -225,22 +225,18 @@
 CACHES = config(
     "CACHES",
     default={
-        "default": {
+        "loc_cache": {
             "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache",
-            "LOCATION": "unique-snowflake",
+            "LOCATION": "edx_location_mem_cache",
+        },
+        "default": {
+            "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache",
+            "LOCATION": "memcached:11211",
         }
     },
     formatter=json.loads,
 )
 
-# Cache used for location mapping -- called many times with the same key/value
-# in a given request.
-if "loc_cache" not in CACHES:
-    CACHES["loc_cache"] = {
-        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache",
-        "LOCATION": "edx_location_mem_cache",
-    }
-
 # Email overrides
 DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = config("DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL", default=DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL)
 DEFAULT_FEEDBACK_EMAIL = config(