diff --git a/Lib/pkgutil.py b/Lib/pkgutil.py
index dccbec52aa731e..2e499f5705a960 100644
--- a/Lib/pkgutil.py
+++ b/Lib/pkgutil.py
@@ -176,7 +176,15 @@ def _iter_file_finder_modules(importer, prefix=''):
     from zipimport import zipimporter
 
     def iter_zipimport_modules(importer, prefix=''):
-        dirlist = sorted(zipimport._zip_directory_cache[importer.archive])
+        """Iterate through the modules available within a zipfile
+
+        For each module found in the zipfile, a tuple containing the module's
+        name and boolean indicating whether the module is a package
+        gets yielded.
+
+        It is assumed that importer is an instance of zipimport.zipimporter.
+        """
+        dirlist = sorted(zipimporter(importer.archive)._get_files())
         _prefix = importer.prefix
         plen = len(_prefix)
         yielded = {}
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py b/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py
index d095f440a99f63..2566ccca62cb10 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pkgutil.py
@@ -522,6 +522,51 @@ def test_mixed_namespace(self):
         del sys.modules['foo.bar']
         del sys.modules['foo.baz']
 
+    def test_iter_zipimport_modules(self):
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(
+            tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.zip', delete=False),
+            mode='w'
+        ) as tmp_file_zip:
+            tmp_file_zip.writestr(
+                'foo.py',
+                'print("foot")'
+            )
+            tmp_file_zip.writestr(
+                'bar/__init__.py',
+                'print("bar")'
+            )
+
+        module_zip = pkgutil.zipimporter(tmp_file_zip.filename)
+
+        self.assertIn(('foo', False), pkgutil.iter_zipimport_modules(module_zip, prefix=''))
+        self.assertIn(('bar', True), pkgutil.iter_zipimport_modules(module_zip, prefix=''))
+
+        # Cleanup
+        os.remove(tmp_file_zip.filename)
+
+    def test_iter_zipimport_modules_invalidate_caches(self):
+        with zipfile.ZipFile(
+            tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.zip', delete=False),
+            mode='w'
+        ) as tmp_file_zip:
+            tmp_file_zip.writestr(
+                'foo.py',
+                'print("foo")'
+            )
+            tmp_file_zip.writestr(
+                'bar/__init__.py',
+                'print("bar")'
+            )
+
+        module_zip = pkgutil.zipimporter(tmp_file_zip.filename)
+        module_zip.invalidate_caches()
+
+        self.assertIn(('foo', False), pkgutil.iter_zipimport_modules(module_zip, prefix=''))
+        self.assertIn(('bar', True), pkgutil.iter_zipimport_modules(module_zip, prefix=''))
+
+        # Cleanup
+        os.remove(tmp_file_zip.filename)
+
     # XXX: test .pkg files
 
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-07-13-15-58-52.gh-issue-121342.NyuGnr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-07-13-15-58-52.gh-issue-121342.NyuGnr.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..05c1e09e562e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-07-13-15-58-52.gh-issue-121342.NyuGnr.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix ``pkgutil.iter_zipimport_modules`` when called on an invalidated cache.
+Patch by Andreas Stocker.