diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bc10bb74b..aed39d2c1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-syslog v1.0.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid v1.0.3
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.7.0
-	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.1
+	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.1-vault-3
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.20.2-0.20240517235513-55d9c02d147d
 	github.com/hashicorp/hil v0.0.0-20210521165536-27a72121fd40
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5261310e6..782a7f1eb 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1269,8 +1269,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.4/go.mod h1:iADmTwqILo4mZ8BN3D2Q6+9jd8WM5uGBxy+E8yxSoD4=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v1.0.2 h1:dV3g9Z/unq5DpblPpw+Oqcv4dU/1omnb4Ok8iPY6p1c=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v1.0.2/go.mod h1:iADmTwqILo4mZ8BN3D2Q6+9jd8WM5uGBxy+E8yxSoD4=
-github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.1 h1:5pv5N1lT1fjLg2VQ5KWc7kmucp2x/kvFOnxuVTqZ6x4=
-github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:QeFd9opnmA6QUJc5vARoKUSoFhyfM2/ZepoAG6RGpeM=
+github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7 h1:a+bsQ5rvGLjzHuww6tVxozPZFVghXaHOwFs4luLUK2k=
+github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2 v2.0.7/go.mod h1:QeFd9opnmA6QUJc5vARoKUSoFhyfM2/ZepoAG6RGpeM=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.1-0.20201016140508-a07e7d50bbee h1:8B4HqvMUtYSjsGkYjiQGStc9pXffY2J+Z2SPQAj+wMY=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.1-0.20201016140508-a07e7d50bbee/go.mod h1:gwlu9+/P9MmKtYrMsHeFRZPXj2CTPm11TDnMeaRHS7g=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.20.2-0.20240517235513-55d9c02d147d h1:7abftkc86B+tlA/0cDy5f6C4LgWfFOCpsGg3RJZsfbw=
diff --git a/lib/auth/oidc/request.go b/lib/auth/oidc/request.go
index c9d43bf1a..9bb43b619 100644
--- a/lib/auth/oidc/request.go
+++ b/lib/auth/oidc/request.go
@@ -4,80 +4,64 @@
 package oidc
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	//"github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3/oidc"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/cap/oidc"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2/expirable"
 )
 
-var ErrNonceReuse = errors.New("nonce reuse detected")
+var (
+	ErrNonceReuse      = errors.New("nonce reuse detected")
+	ErrTooManyRequests = errors.New("too many auth requests")
+)
 
-// expiringRequest ensures that OIDC requests that are only partially fulfilled
-// do not get stuck in memory forever.
-type expiringRequest struct {
-	// req is what we actually care about
-	req *oidc.Req
-	// ctx lets us clean up stale requests automatically
-	ctx    context.Context
-	cancel context.CancelFunc
-}
+// MaxRequests is how many requests are allowed to be stored at a time.
+// It needs to be large enough for legitimate user traffic, but small enough
+// to prevent a DOS from eating up server memory.
+const MaxRequests = 10000
 
 // NewRequestCache creates a cache for OIDC requests.
-func NewRequestCache() *RequestCache {
+// The JWT expiration time in the cap library is 5 minutes,
+// so timeout should be around that long.
+func NewRequestCache(timeout time.Duration) *RequestCache {
 	return &RequestCache{
-		m: sync.Map{},
-		// the JWT expiration time in cap library is 5 minutes,
-		// so auto-delete from our request cache after 6.
-		timeout: 6 * time.Minute,
+		c: expirable.NewLRU[string, *oidc.Req](MaxRequests, nil, timeout),
 	}
 }
 
 type RequestCache struct {
-	m       sync.Map
-	timeout time.Duration
+	c *expirable.LRU[string, *oidc.Req]
 }
 
 // Store saves the request, to be Loaded later with its Nonce.
 // If LoadAndDelete is not called, the stale request will be auto-deleted.
-func (rc *RequestCache) Store(ctx context.Context, req *oidc.Req) error {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, rc.timeout)
-	er := &expiringRequest{
-		req:    req,
-		ctx:    ctx,
-		cancel: cancel,
+func (rc *RequestCache) Store(req *oidc.Req) error {
+	if rc.c.Len() >= MaxRequests {
+		return ErrTooManyRequests
 	}
-	if _, loaded := rc.m.LoadOrStore(req.Nonce(), er); loaded {
-		// we already had a request for this nonce, which should never happen,
-		// so cancel the new request and error to notify caller of a bug.
-		cancel()
+
+	if _, ok := rc.c.Get(req.Nonce()); ok {
+		// we already had a request for this nonce (should never happen)
 		return ErrNonceReuse
 	}
-	// auto-delete after timeout or context canceled
-	go func() {
-		<-ctx.Done()
-		rc.m.Delete(req.Nonce())
-	}()
+
+	rc.c.Add(req.Nonce(), req)
+
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (rc *RequestCache) Load(nonce string) *oidc.Req {
-	if er, ok := rc.m.Load(nonce); ok {
-		return er.(*expiringRequest).req
+	if req, ok := rc.c.Get(nonce); ok {
+		return req
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (rc *RequestCache) LoadAndDelete(nonce string) *oidc.Req {
-	if er, loaded := rc.m.LoadAndDelete(nonce); loaded {
-		// there is a tiny race condition here. if by massive coincidence,
-		// or a bug, the same nonce makes its way in here, this cancel()
-		// triggers a map Delete() up in Store(), which could delete a request
-		// out from under a subsequent Store()
-		er.(*expiringRequest).cancel()
-		return er.(*expiringRequest).req
+	if req, ok := rc.c.Get(nonce); ok {
+		rc.c.Remove(nonce)
+		return req
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/auth/oidc/request_test.go b/lib/auth/oidc/request_test.go
index 81780724c..683104354 100644
--- a/lib/auth/oidc/request_test.go
+++ b/lib/auth/oidc/request_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 package oidc
 
 import (
-	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -16,41 +16,25 @@ import (
 func TestRequestCache(t *testing.T) {
 	// using a top-level cache and running each sub-test in parallel exercises
 	// a little bit of thread safety.
-	rc := NewRequestCache()
+	rc := NewRequestCache(time.Minute)
 
 	t.Run("reuse nonce", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 		req := getRequest(t)
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		defer cancel()
 
-		must.NoError(t, rc.Store(ctx, req))
-		must.ErrorIs(t, rc.Store(ctx, req), ErrNonceReuse)
-	})
-
-	t.Run("cancel parent ctx", func(t *testing.T) {
-		t.Parallel()
-		req := getRequest(t)
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		defer cancel()
-
-		must.NoError(t, rc.Store(ctx, req))
-		must.Eq(t, req, rc.Load(req.Nonce()))
-
-		cancel() // triggers delete
-		waitUntilGone(t, rc, req.Nonce())
+		must.NoError(t, rc.Store(req))
+		must.ErrorIs(t, rc.Store(req), ErrNonceReuse)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("load and delete", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()
 		req := getRequest(t)
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		defer cancel()
 
-		must.NoError(t, rc.Store(ctx, req))
+		must.NoError(t, rc.Store(req))
 		must.Eq(t, req, rc.Load(req.Nonce()))
 
-		must.Eq(t, req, rc.LoadAndDelete(req.Nonce())) // triggers delete
+		must.Eq(t, req, rc.LoadAndDelete(req.Nonce()))
+
 		waitUntilGone(t, rc, req.Nonce())
 		must.Nil(t, rc.LoadAndDelete(req.Nonce()))
 	})
@@ -58,18 +42,34 @@ func TestRequestCache(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("timeout", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// this test needs its own cache to reduce the timeout
 		// without affecting any other tests.
-		rc := NewRequestCache()
-		rc.timeout = time.Millisecond
+		rc := NewRequestCache(50 * time.Millisecond)
 
 		req := getRequest(t)
-		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-		defer cancel()
 
-		must.NoError(t, rc.Store(ctx, req))
+		must.NoError(t, rc.Store(req))
 
 		// timeout triggers delete behind the scenes
 		waitUntilGone(t, rc, req.Nonce())
 	})
+
+	t.Run("too many requests", func(t *testing.T) {
+		// not Parallel, would make other tests flaky
+		defer rc.c.Purge()
+
+		var gotErr error
+		for i := range MaxRequests + 5 {
+			req, err := oidc.NewRequest(time.Minute, "test-redirect-url",
+				oidc.WithNonce(fmt.Sprintf("too-many-cooks-%d", i)))
+			must.NoError(t, err)
+
+			if err := rc.Store(req); err != nil {
+				gotErr = err
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		must.ErrorIs(t, gotErr, ErrTooManyRequests)
+	})
+
 }
 
 func getRequest(t *testing.T) *oidc.Req {
diff --git a/nomad/acl_endpoint.go b/nomad/acl_endpoint.go
index af46a50d6..955b9680a 100644
--- a/nomad/acl_endpoint.go
+++ b/nomad/acl_endpoint.go
@@ -2625,7 +2625,7 @@ func (a *ACL) OIDCAuthURL(args *structs.ACLOIDCAuthURLRequest, reply *structs.AC
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err = a.oidcRequestCache.Store(a.srv.shutdownCtx, oidcReq); err != nil {
+		if err = a.oidcRequestCache.Store(oidcReq); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error storing OIDC request: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/nomad/acl_endpoint_test.go b/nomad/acl_endpoint_test.go
index ddfbffed4..a7d7e466d 100644
--- a/nomad/acl_endpoint_test.go
+++ b/nomad/acl_endpoint_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package nomad
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/url"
@@ -4218,9 +4217,7 @@ func cacheOIDCRequest(t *testing.T, cache *oidc.RequestCache, req structs.ACLOID
 		opts...,
 	)
 	must.NoError(t, err)
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
-	t.Cleanup(cancel)
 	// make sure the cache is clean first
 	cache.LoadAndDelete(req.ClientNonce)
-	must.NoError(t, cache.Store(ctx, oidcReq))
+	must.NoError(t, cache.Store(oidcReq))
 }
diff --git a/nomad/server.go b/nomad/server.go
index d415effcd..6383938de 100644
--- a/nomad/server.go
+++ b/nomad/server.go
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ func NewServer(config *Config, consulCatalog consul.CatalogAPI, consulConfigFunc
 	// ACL.OIDCAuthURL and ACL.OIDCCompleteAuth.
 	// It needs no special handling to handle agent shutdowns (its Store method
 	// handles this lifecycle).
-	s.oidcRequestCache = oidc.NewRequestCache()
+	// 6 minutes is 1 minute longer than the JWT expiration time in the cap lib.
+	s.oidcRequestCache = oidc.NewRequestCache(6 * time.Minute)
 
 	// Initialize the RPC layer
 	if err := s.setupRPC(tlsWrap); err != nil {