diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/tools/DomainLockUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/tools/DomainLockUtils.java
index 8c64e3e31..5ffd1a3ff 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/tools/DomainLockUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/tools/DomainLockUtils.java
@@ -241,6 +241,15 @@ public final class DomainLockUtils {
         lock.getRegistrarId());
     checkArgument(!lock.isSuperuser() || isAdmin, "Non-admin user cannot complete admin unlock");
 
+    // The pending unlock must still be the most recent RegistryLock for this domain. If a newer
+    // lock exists (e.g. an admin/superuser lock applied after this unlock was requested or a
+    // different unlock+relock), the verification code being redeemed is for a superseded row and
+    // must not be allowed to strip the lock statuses that the newer row applied.
+    Optional<RegistryLock> mostRecent = RegistryLockDao.getMostRecentByRepoId(lock.getRepoId());
+    checkArgument(
+        mostRecent.isPresent() && mostRecent.get().getRevisionId().equals(lock.getRevisionId()),
+        "The pending unlock on %s has been superseded; please request a new unlock",
+        lock.getDomainName());
     RegistryLock newLock =
         RegistryLockDao.save(lock.asBuilder().setUnlockCompletionTime(now).build());
     removeLockStatuses(newLock, isAdmin, now);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/tools/DomainLockUtilsTest.java b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/tools/DomainLockUtilsTest.java
index ebe34e988..53abc5ff3 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/google/registry/tools/DomainLockUtilsTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/google/registry/tools/DomainLockUtilsTest.java
@@ -512,6 +512,71 @@ public final class DomainLockUtilsTest {
     assertNoDomainChanges();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void testFailure_applyUnlock_supersededByNewerLock() {
+    domainLockUtils.administrativelyApplyLock(DOMAIN_NAME, "TheRegistrar", POC_ID, false);
+    RegistryLock unlockRequest =
+        domainLockUtils.saveNewRegistryUnlockRequest(
+            DOMAIN_NAME, "TheRegistrar", false, Optional.empty());
+    clock.advanceOneMilli();
+    domainLockUtils.administrativelyApplyLock(DOMAIN_NAME, "TheRegistrar", null, true);
+
+    IllegalArgumentException thrown =
+        assertThrows(
+            IllegalArgumentException.class,
+            () ->
+                domainLockUtils.verifyVerificationCode(
+                    unlockRequest.getVerificationCode(), NON_ADMIN_USER));
+    assertThat(thrown)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .isEqualTo(
+            "The pending unlock on example.tld has been superseded; please request a new unlock");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testFailure_applyUnlock_supersededByInterleavedUnlockAndLock() {
+    // Lock the domain initially
+    domainLockUtils.administrativelyApplyLock(DOMAIN_NAME, "TheRegistrar", null, true);
+
+    // 1. Unlock A requested
+    clock.advanceOneMilli();
+    RegistryLock unlockA =
+        domainLockUtils.saveNewRegistryUnlockRequest(
+            DOMAIN_NAME, "TheRegistrar", true, Optional.empty());
+
+    // 2. Unlock B requested
+    clock.advanceOneMilli();
+    RegistryLock unlockB =
+        domainLockUtils.saveNewRegistryUnlockRequest(
+            DOMAIN_NAME, "TheRegistrar", true, Optional.empty());
+
+    // 3. Unlock B completed
+    clock.advanceOneMilli();
+    domainLockUtils.verifyVerificationCode(unlockB.getVerificationCode(), ADMIN_USER);
+
+    // 4. Lock C requested
+    clock.advanceOneMilli();
+    RegistryLock lockC =
+        domainLockUtils.saveNewRegistryLockRequest(DOMAIN_NAME, "TheRegistrar", POC_ID, true);
+
+    // 5. Lock C applied
+    clock.advanceOneMilli();
+    domainLockUtils.verifyVerificationCode(lockC.getVerificationCode(), ADMIN_USER);
+
+    // 6. Unlock A completion attempt should fail since it has been superseded -- the second unlock
+    // request rewrote the verification code
+    clock.advanceOneMilli();
+    IllegalArgumentException thrown =
+        assertThrows(
+            IllegalArgumentException.class,
+            () ->
+                domainLockUtils.verifyVerificationCode(unlockA.getVerificationCode(), ADMIN_USER));
+    assertThat(thrown)
+        .hasMessageThat()
+        .isEqualTo(
+            String.format("Invalid verification code \"%s\"", unlockA.getVerificationCode()));
+  }
+
   @Test
   void testFailure_applyLock_alreadyLocked() {
     RegistryLock lock =