diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 6a61971b1f9..beb46404fed 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -956,7 +956,7 @@ testing = ["func-timeout", "jaraco.itertools", "pytest (>=6)", "pytest-black (>=
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.7"
-content-hash = "5ebf2fd87bd0610d2ad1cb4f46102a0330413328cb1d59835a5c39479085c8aa"
+content-hash = "0cbb342d793a9fec2c99fbcc07434f320c618054a30dfc4af44896ebc3e9f676"
 
 [metadata.files]
 attrs = [
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 64cbfcbd627..780f60a8813 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ cachecontrol = { version = "^0.12.9", extras = ["filecache"] }
 cachy = "^0.3.0"
 cleo = "^1.0.0a5"
 crashtest = "^0.3.0"
+dulwich = "^0.20.46"
+filelock = "^3.8.0"
 html5lib = "^1.0"
 importlib-metadata = { version = "^4.4", python = "<3.10" }
 jsonschema = "^4.10.0"
@@ -70,7 +72,6 @@ tomlkit = ">=0.11.1,<1.0.0,!=0.11.2,!=0.11.3"
 virtualenv = ">=20.4.3,!=20.4.5,!=20.4.6"
 xattr = { version = "^0.9.7", markers = "sys_platform == 'darwin'" }
 urllib3 = "^1.26.0"
-dulwich = "^0.20.46"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = "^7.1"
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@ module = [
   'cachy.*',
   'cleo.*',
   'crashtest.*',
+  'lockfile.*',
   'pexpect.*',
   'pkginfo.*',
   'requests_toolbelt.*',
diff --git a/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py b/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py
index 8e5239cd5c2..0278e51fdf3 100644
--- a/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py
+++ b/src/poetry/utils/authenticator.py
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 from typing import Any
 
+import lockfile
 import requests
 import requests.auth
 import requests.exceptions
 
 from cachecontrol import CacheControl
 from cachecontrol.caches import FileCache
+from filelock import FileLock
 
 from poetry.config.config import Config
 from poetry.exceptions import PoetryException
@@ -33,6 +35,26 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+class FileLockLockFile(lockfile.LockBase):  # type: ignore[misc]
+    # The default LockFile from the lockfile package as used by cachecontrol can remain
+    # locked if a process exits ungracefully.  See eg
+    # <https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/issues/6030#issuecomment-1189383875>.
+    #
+    # FileLock from the filelock package does not have this problem, so we use that to
+    # construct something compatible with cachecontrol.
+    def __init__(
+        self, path: str, threaded: bool = True, timeout: float | None = None
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(path, threaded, timeout)
+        self.file_lock = FileLock(self.lock_file)
+
+    def acquire(self, timeout: float | None = None) -> None:
+        self.file_lock.acquire(timeout=timeout)
+
+    def release(self) -> None:
+        self.file_lock.release()
+
+
 @dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
 class RepositoryCertificateConfig:
     cert: Path | None = dataclasses.field(default=None)
@@ -122,7 +144,8 @@ def __init__(
                     self._config.repository_cache_directory
                     / (cache_id or "_default_cache")
                     / "_http"
-                )
+                ),
+                lock_class=FileLockLockFile,
             )
             if not disable_cache
             else None