diff --git a/ingest/ledgerbackend/captive_core_backend.go b/ingest/ledgerbackend/captive_core_backend.go
index 62b848106a..a0f7c99821 100644
--- a/ingest/ledgerbackend/captive_core_backend.go
+++ b/ingest/ledgerbackend/captive_core_backend.go
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ type CaptiveStellarCore struct {
 	// cachedMeta keeps that ledger data of the last fetched ledger. Updated in GetLedger().
 	cachedMeta *xdr.LedgerCloseMeta
 
+	// ledgerSequenceLock mutex is used to protect the member variables used in the
+	// read-only GetLatestLedgerSequence method from concurrent write operations.
+	// This is required when GetLatestLedgerSequence is called from other goroutine
+	// such as writing Prometheus metric captive_stellar_core_latest_ledger.
+	ledgerSequenceLock sync.RWMutex
+
 	prepared           *Range  // non-nil if any range is prepared
 	closed             bool    // False until the core is closed
 	nextLedger         uint32  // next ledger expected, error w/ restart if not seen
@@ -307,6 +313,9 @@ func (c *CaptiveStellarCore) openOfflineReplaySubprocess(from, to uint32) error
 	// The next ledger should be the first ledger of the checkpoint containing
 	// the requested ledger
 	ran := BoundedRange(from, to)
+	c.ledgerSequenceLock.Lock()
+	defer c.ledgerSequenceLock.Unlock()
+
 	c.prepared = &ran
 	c.nextLedger = c.roundDownToFirstReplayAfterCheckpointStart(from)
 	c.lastLedger = &to
@@ -330,6 +339,9 @@ func (c *CaptiveStellarCore) openOnlineReplaySubprocess(ctx context.Context, fro
 	// In the online mode we update nextLedger after streaming the first ledger.
 	// This is to support versions before and after/including v17.1.0 that
 	// introduced minimal persistent DB.
+	c.ledgerSequenceLock.Lock()
+	defer c.ledgerSequenceLock.Unlock()
+
 	c.nextLedger = 0
 	ran := UnboundedRange(from)
 	c.prepared = &ran
@@ -647,7 +659,10 @@ func (c *CaptiveStellarCore) handleMetaPipeResult(sequence uint32, result metaRe
 		)
 	}
 
+	c.ledgerSequenceLock.Lock()
 	c.nextLedger = result.LedgerSequence() + 1
+	c.ledgerSequenceLock.Unlock()
+
 	currentLedgerHash := result.LedgerCloseMeta.LedgerHash().HexString()
 	c.previousLedgerHash = &currentLedgerHash
 
@@ -708,6 +723,9 @@ func (c *CaptiveStellarCore) GetLatestLedgerSequence(ctx context.Context) (uint3
 	c.stellarCoreLock.RLock()
 	defer c.stellarCoreLock.RUnlock()
 
+	c.ledgerSequenceLock.RLock()
+	defer c.ledgerSequenceLock.RUnlock()
+
 	if c.closed {
 		return 0, errors.New("stellar-core is no longer usable")
 	}
diff --git a/ingest/ledgerbackend/captive_core_backend_test.go b/ingest/ledgerbackend/captive_core_backend_test.go
index 709551f810..df8ad1ce59 100644
--- a/ingest/ledgerbackend/captive_core_backend_test.go
+++ b/ingest/ledgerbackend/captive_core_backend_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -645,6 +646,71 @@ func TestGetLatestLedgerSequence(t *testing.T) {
 	mockRunner.AssertExpectations(t)
 }
 
+func TestGetLatestLedgerSequenceRaceCondition(t *testing.T) {
+	var fromSeq uint32 = 64
+	var toSeq uint32 = 400
+	metaChan := make(chan metaResult, toSeq)
+
+	for i := fromSeq; i <= toSeq; i++ {
+		meta := buildLedgerCloseMeta(testLedgerHeader{sequence: i})
+		metaChan <- metaResult{
+			LedgerCloseMeta: &meta,
+		}
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	mockRunner := &stellarCoreRunnerMock{}
+	mockRunner.On("getMetaPipe").Return((<-chan metaResult)(metaChan))
+	mockRunner.On("context").Return(ctx)
+	mockRunner.On("runFrom", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
+
+	mockArchive := &historyarchive.MockArchive{}
+	mockArchive.
+		On("GetRootHAS").
+		Return(historyarchive.HistoryArchiveState{
+			CurrentLedger: toSeq * 2,
+		}, nil)
+
+	mockArchive.
+		On("GetLedgerHeader", mock.Anything).
+		Return(xdr.LedgerHeaderHistoryEntry{}, nil)
+
+	captiveBackend := CaptiveStellarCore{
+		archive: mockArchive,
+		stellarCoreRunnerFactory: func() stellarCoreRunnerInterface {
+			return mockRunner
+		},
+		checkpointManager: historyarchive.NewCheckpointManager(10),
+	}
+
+	ledgerRange := UnboundedRange(fromSeq)
+	err := captiveBackend.PrepareRange(ctx, ledgerRange)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(1)
+
+	go func(ctx context.Context) {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		for {
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return
+			default:
+				_, _ = captiveBackend.GetLatestLedgerSequence(ctx)
+			}
+		}
+	}(ctx)
+
+	for i := fromSeq; i < toSeq; i++ {
+		_, err = captiveBackend.GetLedger(ctx, i)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	}
+
+	cancel()
+
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
 func TestCaptiveGetLedger(t *testing.T) {
 	tt := assert.New(t)
 	metaChan := make(chan metaResult, 300)