diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c9995e72c..00f0bd016 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4745,6 +4745,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "seqlock"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b5c67b6f14ecc5b86c66fa63d76b5092352678545a8a3cdae80aef5128371910"
+dependencies = [
+ "parking_lot 0.12.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.189"
@@ -5210,6 +5219,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
  "regex",
  "rustc_version 0.4.0",
+ "seqlock",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "solana-accounts-db",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ceb0e67c1..9d09f953f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ rustls = { version = "0.21.7", default-features = false, features = ["quic"] }
 rustversion = "1.0.14"
 scopeguard = "1.2.0"
 semver = "1.0.20"
+seqlock = "0.2.0"
 serde = "1.0.189"
 serde_bytes = "0.11.12"
 serde_derive = "1.0.103"
diff --git a/accounts-db/Cargo.toml b/accounts-db/Cargo.toml
index 36ddf7d0e..0cafcfe3e 100644
--- a/accounts-db/Cargo.toml
+++ b/accounts-db/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ qualifier_attr = { workspace = true }
 rand = { workspace = true }
 rayon = { workspace = true }
 regex = { workspace = true }
+seqlock = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true, features = ["rc"] }
 serde_derive = { workspace = true }
 solana-bucket-map = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/accounts-db/src/accounts_cache.rs b/accounts-db/src/accounts_cache.rs
index 04d1ef9d7..cb38243fd 100644
--- a/accounts-db/src/accounts_cache.rs
+++ b/accounts-db/src/accounts_cache.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use {
         accounts_hash::AccountHash,
     },
     dashmap::DashMap,
+    seqlock::SeqLock,
     solana_sdk::{
         account::{AccountSharedData, ReadableAccount},
         clock::Slot,
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ impl SlotCacheInner {
         let data_len = account.data().len() as u64;
         let item = Arc::new(CachedAccountInner {
             account,
-            hash: RwLock::new(None),
+            hash: SeqLock::new(None),
             slot,
             pubkey: *pubkey,
             include_slot_in_hash,
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ pub type CachedAccount = Arc<CachedAccountInner>;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct CachedAccountInner {
     pub account: AccountSharedData,
-    hash: RwLock<Option<AccountHash>>,
+    hash: SeqLock<Option<AccountHash>>,
     slot: Slot,
     pubkey: Pubkey,
     /// temporarily here during feature activation
@@ -153,18 +154,17 @@ pub struct CachedAccountInner {
 
 impl CachedAccountInner {
     pub fn hash(&self) -> AccountHash {
-        let hash = self.hash.read().unwrap();
-        match *hash {
+        let hash = self.hash.read();
+        match hash {
             Some(hash) => hash,
             None => {
-                drop(hash);
                 let hash = AccountsDb::hash_account(
                     self.slot,
                     &self.account,
                     &self.pubkey,
                     self.include_slot_in_hash,
                 );
-                *self.hash.write().unwrap() = Some(hash);
+                *self.hash.lock_write() = Some(hash);
                 hash
             }
         }
diff --git a/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock b/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
index e1a4c686e..915b4fe0f 100644
--- a/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
+++ b/programs/sbf/Cargo.lock
@@ -4133,6 +4133,15 @@ version = "1.0.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "836fa6a3e1e547f9a2c4040802ec865b5d85f4014efe00555d7090a3dcaa1090"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "seqlock"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b5c67b6f14ecc5b86c66fa63d76b5092352678545a8a3cdae80aef5128371910"
+dependencies = [
+ "parking_lot 0.12.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.189"
@@ -4501,6 +4510,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
  "regex",
  "rustc_version",
+ "seqlock",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
  "solana-bucket-map",