diff --git a/libs/core/langchain_core/language_models/chat_models.py b/libs/core/langchain_core/language_models/chat_models.py
index 51fff5dc3e4..8dd6dcc7719 100644
--- a/libs/core/langchain_core/language_models/chat_models.py
+++ b/libs/core/langchain_core/language_models/chat_models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
 import inspect
+import json
 import uuid
 import warnings
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
@@ -448,7 +449,11 @@ class BaseChatModel(BaseLanguageModel[BaseMessage], ABC):
         if self.is_lc_serializable():
             params = {**kwargs, **{"stop": stop}}
             param_string = str(sorted([(k, v) for k, v in params.items()]))
-            llm_string = dumps(self)
+            # This code is not super efficient as it goes back and forth between
+            # json and dict.
+            serialized_repr = dumpd(self)
+            _cleanup_llm_representation(serialized_repr, 1)
+            llm_string = json.dumps(serialized_repr, sort_keys=True)
             return llm_string + "---" + param_string
         else:
             params = self._get_invocation_params(stop=stop, **kwargs)
@@ -1215,3 +1220,20 @@ def _gen_info_and_msg_metadata(
         **(generation.generation_info or {}),
         **generation.message.response_metadata,
     }
+
+
+def _cleanup_llm_representation(serialized: Any, depth: int) -> None:
+    """Remove non-serializable objects from a serialized object."""
+    if depth > 100:  # Don't cooperate for pathological cases
+        return
+    if serialized["type"] == "not_implemented" and "repr" in serialized:
+        del serialized["repr"]
+
+    if "graph" in serialized:
+        del serialized["graph"]
+
+    if "kwargs" in serialized:
+        kwargs = serialized["kwargs"]
+
+        for value in kwargs.values():
+            _cleanup_llm_representation(value, depth + 1)
diff --git a/libs/core/tests/unit_tests/language_models/chat_models/test_cache.py b/libs/core/tests/unit_tests/language_models/chat_models/test_cache.py
index a2cc4fc4591..51d18b59c1e 100644
--- a/libs/core/tests/unit_tests/language_models/chat_models/test_cache.py
+++ b/libs/core/tests/unit_tests/language_models/chat_models/test_cache.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import pytest
 
 from langchain_core.caches import RETURN_VAL_TYPE, BaseCache
 from langchain_core.globals import set_llm_cache
+from langchain_core.language_models.chat_models import _cleanup_llm_representation
 from langchain_core.language_models.fake_chat_models import (
     FakeListChatModel,
     GenericFakeChatModel,
@@ -266,3 +267,137 @@ def test_global_cache_stream() -> None:
         assert global_cache._cache != {}
     finally:
         set_llm_cache(None)
+
+
+class CustomChat(GenericFakeChatModel):
+    @classmethod
+    def is_lc_serializable(cls) -> bool:
+        return True
+
+
+async def test_can_swap_caches() -> None:
+    """Test that we can use a different cache object.
+
+    This test verifies that when we fetch teh llm_string representation
+    of the chat model, we can swap the cache object and still get the same
+    result.
+    """
+    cache = InMemoryCache()
+    chat_model = CustomChat(cache=cache, messages=iter(["hello"]))
+    result = await chat_model.ainvoke("foo")
+    assert result.content == "hello"
+
+    new_cache = InMemoryCache()
+    new_cache._cache = cache._cache.copy()
+
+    # Confirm that we get a cache hit!
+    chat_model = CustomChat(cache=new_cache, messages=iter(["goodbye"]))
+    result = await chat_model.ainvoke("foo")
+    assert result.content == "hello"
+
+
+def test_llm_representation_for_serializable() -> None:
+    """Test that the llm representation of a serializable chat model is correct."""
+    cache = InMemoryCache()
+    chat = CustomChat(cache=cache, messages=iter([]))
+    assert chat._get_llm_string() == (
+        '{"id": ["tests", "unit_tests", "language_models", "chat_models", '
+        '"test_cache", "CustomChat"], "kwargs": {"cache": {"id": ["tests", '
+        '"unit_tests", "language_models", "chat_models", "test_cache", '
+        '"InMemoryCache"], "lc": 1, "type": "not_implemented"}, "messages": {"id": '
+        '["builtins", "list_iterator"], "lc": 1, "type": "not_implemented"}}, "lc": '
+        '1, "name": "CustomChat", "type": "constructor"}---[(\'stop\', None)]'
+    )
+
+
+def test_cleanup_serialized() -> None:
+    cleanup_serialized = {
+        "lc": 1,
+        "type": "constructor",
+        "id": [
+            "tests",
+            "unit_tests",
+            "language_models",
+            "chat_models",
+            "test_cache",
+            "CustomChat",
+        ],
+        "kwargs": {
+            "cache": {
+                "lc": 1,
+                "type": "not_implemented",
+                "id": [
+                    "tests",
+                    "unit_tests",
+                    "language_models",
+                    "chat_models",
+                    "test_cache",
+                    "InMemoryCache",
+                ],
+                "repr": "<tests.unit_tests.language_models.chat_models."
+                "test_cache.InMemoryCache object at 0x79ff437fe7d0>",
+            },
+            "messages": {
+                "lc": 1,
+                "type": "not_implemented",
+                "id": ["builtins", "list_iterator"],
+                "repr": "<list_iterator object at 0x79ff437f8d30>",
+            },
+        },
+        "name": "CustomChat",
+        "graph": {
+            "nodes": [
+                {"id": 0, "type": "schema", "data": "CustomChatInput"},
+                {
+                    "id": 1,
+                    "type": "runnable",
+                    "data": {
+                        "id": [
+                            "tests",
+                            "unit_tests",
+                            "language_models",
+                            "chat_models",
+                            "test_cache",
+                            "CustomChat",
+                        ],
+                        "name": "CustomChat",
+                    },
+                },
+                {"id": 2, "type": "schema", "data": "CustomChatOutput"},
+            ],
+            "edges": [{"source": 0, "target": 1}, {"source": 1, "target": 2}],
+        },
+    }
+    _cleanup_llm_representation(cleanup_serialized, 1)
+    assert cleanup_serialized == {
+        "id": [
+            "tests",
+            "unit_tests",
+            "language_models",
+            "chat_models",
+            "test_cache",
+            "CustomChat",
+        ],
+        "kwargs": {
+            "cache": {
+                "id": [
+                    "tests",
+                    "unit_tests",
+                    "language_models",
+                    "chat_models",
+                    "test_cache",
+                    "InMemoryCache",
+                ],
+                "lc": 1,
+                "type": "not_implemented",
+            },
+            "messages": {
+                "id": ["builtins", "list_iterator"],
+                "lc": 1,
+                "type": "not_implemented",
+            },
+        },
+        "lc": 1,
+        "name": "CustomChat",
+        "type": "constructor",
+    }