diff --git a/apps/provider-proxy/package.json b/apps/provider-proxy/package.json
index daace0f92..c6588f525 100644
--- a/apps/provider-proxy/package.json
+++ b/apps/provider-proxy/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "rm -rf dist/* && npx tsc && esbuild server.ts --bundle --sourcemap --platform=node --target=node20.14.0 --outdir=dist",
     "dev": "nodemon server.ts",
+    "dev:inspect": "nodemon --exec node --inspect -r ts-node/register server.ts",
     "dev-nodc": "npm run dev",
     "format": "prettier --write ./*.{ts,js,json} **/*.{ts,js,json}",
     "lint": "eslint .",
@@ -23,7 +24,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@akashnetwork/logging": "*",
     "@akashnetwork/net": "*",
-    "async-sema": "^3.1.1",
     "bech32": "^2.0.0",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
diff --git a/apps/provider-proxy/src/services/CertificateValidator.ts b/apps/provider-proxy/src/services/CertificateValidator.ts
index df9b3288d..013bb57f3 100644
--- a/apps/provider-proxy/src/services/CertificateValidator.ts
+++ b/apps/provider-proxy/src/services/CertificateValidator.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { LoggerService } from "@akashnetwork/logging";
 import { SupportedChainNetworks } from "@akashnetwork/net";
-import { Sema } from "async-sema";
 import { bech32 } from "bech32";
 import { X509Certificate } from "crypto";
 import { LRUCache } from "lru-cache";
@@ -12,7 +11,7 @@ export class CertificateValidator {
     max: 100_000,
     ttl: 30 * 60 * 1000
   });
-  private readonly locks: Record<string, Sema> = {};
+  private readonly inflightCertificates: Record<string, Promise<X509Certificate | null>> = {};
 
   constructor(
     private readonly now: () => number,
@@ -49,28 +48,17 @@ export class CertificateValidator {
     const key = `${network}.${providerAddress}.${cert.serialNumber}`;
 
     if (this.knownCertificatesCache.has(key)) {
-      // no need to create lock as we have value in cache
       return this.knownCertificatesCache.get(key);
     }
 
-    this.locks[key] ??= new Sema(1);
-
     try {
-      await this.locks[key].acquire();
-      if (this.knownCertificatesCache.has(key)) {
-        // no need to send request, another request put the value in cache
-        return this.knownCertificatesCache.get(key);
-      }
-
-      const certificate = await this.providerService.getCertificate(network, providerAddress, cert.serialNumber);
+      this.inflightCertificates[key] ??= this.providerService.getCertificate(network, providerAddress, cert.serialNumber);
+      const certificate = await this.inflightCertificates[key];
       this.knownCertificatesCache.set(key, certificate);
 
       return certificate;
     } finally {
-      if (this.locks[key]) {
-        this.locks[key].release();
-        delete this.locks[key];
-      }
+      delete this.inflightCertificates[key];
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/apps/provider-proxy/test/services/CertificateValidator.spec.ts b/apps/provider-proxy/test/services/CertificateValidator.spec.ts
index d2ab431c7..18717daba 100644
--- a/apps/provider-proxy/test/services/CertificateValidator.spec.ts
+++ b/apps/provider-proxy/test/services/CertificateValidator.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { X509Certificate } from "crypto";
+import { setTimeout } from "timers/promises";
 
 import { CertificateValidator, CertificateValidatorIntrumentation, CertValidationResultError } from "../../src/services/CertificateValidator";
 import { ProviderService } from "../../src/services/ProviderService";
@@ -159,10 +160,16 @@ describe(CertificateValidator.name, () => {
       commonName: "akash1rk090a6mq9gvm0h6ljf8kz8mrxglwwxsk4srxh",
       serialNumber: "177831BE7F249E66"
     });
-    const getCertificate = jest.fn(async () => cert);
+    const getCertificate = jest.fn(() => setTimeout(20, cert));
     const validator = setup({ getCertificate });
 
-    const results = await Promise.all([validator.validate(cert, "mainnet", "provider"), validator.validate(cert, "mainnet", "provider")]);
+    const results = await Promise.all([
+      // keep-newline
+      validator.validate(cert, "mainnet", "provider"),
+      validator.validate(cert, "mainnet", "provider"),
+      validator.validate(cert, "mainnet", "provider"),
+      validator.validate(cert, "mainnet", "provider")
+    ]);
 
     expect(getCertificate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(results[0].ok).toBe(true);
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8b1c019d5..e220ee7a5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
     },
     "apps/deploy-web": {
       "name": "@akashnetwork/console-web",
-      "version": "2.42.0",
+      "version": "2.42.1",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "@akashnetwork/akash-api": "^1.3.0",
@@ -644,7 +644,6 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@akashnetwork/logging": "*",
         "@akashnetwork/net": "*",
-        "async-sema": "^3.1.1",
         "bech32": "^2.0.0",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
         "express": "^4.18.2",