diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/requestresponse.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/requestresponse.py
index 910e4570b4a8..706bce95f5ee 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/requestresponse.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/requestresponse.py
@@ -392,26 +392,30 @@ def get_write(self):
     """returns a PTransform that writes to the cache."""
     pass
 
+  @property
   @abc.abstractmethod
-  def has_request_coder(self) -> bool:
-    """returns `True` if the request coder is present."""
+  def request_coder(self):
+    """request coder to use with Cache."""
     pass
 
+  @request_coder.setter
   @abc.abstractmethod
-  def set_request_coder(self, request_coder: coders.Coder):
+  def request_coder(self, request_coder: coders.Coder):
     """sets the request coder to use with Cache."""
     pass
 
+  @property
   @abc.abstractmethod
-  def set_response_coder(self, response_coder: coders.Coder):
-    """sets the response coder to use with Cache."""
+  def source_caller(self):
+    """Actual caller that is using the cache."""
     pass
 
+  @source_caller.setter
   @abc.abstractmethod
-  def set_source_caller(self, caller: Caller):
-    """This method allows
+  def source_caller(self, caller: Caller):
+    """Sets the source caller for
     :class:`apache_beam.io.requestresponse.RequestResponseIO` to pull
-    cache requests from respective callers."""
+    cache request key from respective callers."""
     pass
 
 
@@ -624,8 +628,8 @@ def expand(
 def ensure_coders_exist(request_coder):
   """checks if the coder exists to encode the request for caching."""
   if not request_coder:
-    _LOGGER.warning(
-        'need request coder to be able to use'
+    raise ValueError(
+        'need request coder to be able to use '
         'Cache with RequestResponseIO.')
 
 
@@ -687,23 +691,21 @@ def get_write(self):
         response_coder=self._response_coder,
         source_caller=self._source_caller)
 
-  def has_request_coder(self) -> bool:
-    """returns True if the request coder exists."""
-    return self._request_coder is not None
+  @property
+  def source_caller(self):
+    return self._source_caller
 
-  def set_request_coder(self, request_coder: coders.Coder):
-    """sets the request coder to encode request for `RedisCache`."""
-    if request_coder and not self._request_coder:
-      self._request_coder = request_coder
+  @source_caller.setter
+  def source_caller(self, source_caller: Caller):
+    self._source_caller = source_caller
 
-  def set_response_coder(self, response_coder: coders.Coder):
-    """sets the response coder to encode/decode response for `RedisCache`."""
-    if response_coder and not self._response_coder:
-      self._response_coder = response_coder
+  @property
+  def request_coder(self):
+    return self._request_coder
 
-  def set_source_caller(self, caller: Caller[RequestT, ResponseT]):
-    """sets the actual caller using the `RedisCache`."""
-    self._source_caller = caller
+  @request_coder.setter
+  def request_coder(self, request_coder: coders.Coder):
+    self._request_coder = request_coder
 
 
 class RequestResponseIO(beam.PTransform[beam.PCollection[RequestT],
@@ -758,11 +760,11 @@ def expand(
     # TODO(riteshghorse): handle Throttle PTransforms when available.
 
     if self._cache:
-      self._cache.set_source_caller(caller=self._caller)
+      self._cache.source_caller = self._caller
 
     inputs = requests
 
-    if self._cache and self._cache.has_request_coder():
+    if self._cache:
       # read from cache.
       outputs = inputs | self._cache.get_read()
       # filter responses that are None and send them to the Call transform
@@ -794,7 +796,7 @@ def expand(
               should_backoff=self._should_backoff,
               repeater=self._repeater))
 
-    if self._cache and self._cache.has_request_coder():
+    if self._cache:
       # write to cache.
       _ = responses | self._cache.get_write()
       return (cached_responses, responses) | beam.Flatten()
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/requestresponse_it_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/requestresponse_it_test.py
index 7a84ff208e2e..bd8c63dea587 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/requestresponse_it_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/io/requestresponse_it_test.py
@@ -274,6 +274,19 @@ def test_rrio_cache_miss_and_hit(self):
           | RequestResponseIO(caller, cache=cache)
           | beam.ParDo(ValidateCallerResponses()))
 
+  def test_rrio_no_coder_exception(self):
+    caller = FakeCallerForCache()
+    requests = ['beam', 'flink', 'spark']
+    cache = RedisCache(self.host, self.port)
+    with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+      test_pipeline = beam.Pipeline()
+      _ = (
+          test_pipeline
+          | beam.Create(requests)
+          | RequestResponseIO(caller, cache=cache))
+      res = test_pipeline.run()
+      res.wait_until_finish()
+
   def tearDown(self) -> None:
     self.container.stop()
 
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/enrichment.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/enrichment.py
index f2cb6c088629..93344835e930 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/enrichment.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/transforms/enrichment.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def expand(self,
     # request for that row.
     request_coder = coders.StrUtf8Coder()
     if self._cache:
-      self._cache.set_request_coder(request_coder)
+      self._cache.request_coder = request_coder
 
     fetched_data = input_row | RequestResponseIO(
         caller=self._source_handler,