diff --git a/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c b/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
index c9c952a278f..c715e8b8d4c 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/pgoutput/pgoutput.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static void pgoutput_stream_prepare_txn(LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
 										ReorderBufferTXN *txn, XLogRecPtr prepare_lsn);
 
 static bool publications_valid;
+static MemoryContext pubctx = NULL;
 
 static List *LoadPublications(List *pubnames);
 static void publication_invalidation_cb(Datum arg, int cacheid,
@@ -430,6 +431,10 @@ pgoutput_startup(LogicalDecodingContext *ctx, OutputPluginOptions *opt,
 										   "logical replication cache context",
 										   ALLOCSET_DEFAULT_SIZES);
 
+	pubctx = AllocSetContextCreate(ctx->context,
+								   "logical replication publication list context",
+								   ALLOCSET_SMALL_SIZES);
+
 	ctx->output_plugin_private = data;
 
 	/* This plugin uses binary protocol. */
@@ -1696,9 +1701,9 @@ pgoutput_origin_filter(LogicalDecodingContext *ctx,
 /*
  * Shutdown the output plugin.
  *
- * Note, we don't need to clean the data->context and data->cachectx as
- * they are child contexts of the ctx->context so they will be cleaned up by
- * logical decoding machinery.
+ * Note, we don't need to clean the data->context, data->cachectx and pubctx
+ * as they are child contexts of the ctx->context so they will be cleaned up
+ * by logical decoding machinery.
  */
 static void
 pgoutput_shutdown(LogicalDecodingContext *ctx)
@@ -2024,12 +2029,11 @@ get_rel_sync_entry(PGOutputData *data, Relation relation)
 		/* Reload publications if needed before use. */
 		if (!publications_valid)
 		{
-			oldctx = MemoryContextSwitchTo(CacheMemoryContext);
-			if (data->publications)
-			{
-				list_free_deep(data->publications);
-				data->publications = NIL;
-			}
+			Assert(pubctx);
+
+			MemoryContextReset(pubctx);
+			oldctx = MemoryContextSwitchTo(pubctx);
+
 			data->publications = LoadPublications(data->publication_names);
 			MemoryContextSwitchTo(oldctx);
 			publications_valid = true;