diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Failed/FileFailedJobProvider.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Failed/FileFailedJobProvider.php
index 5a107b969db9..e07d858554f3 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/Failed/FileFailedJobProvider.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/Failed/FileFailedJobProvider.php
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace Illuminate\Queue\Failed;
 
+use Closure;
 use DateTimeInterface;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Cache\LockProvider;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Date;
 
 class FileFailedJobProvider implements FailedJobProviderInterface, PrunableFailedJobProvider
@@ -21,17 +23,26 @@ class FileFailedJobProvider implements FailedJobProviderInterface, PrunableFaile
      */
     protected $limit;
 
+    /**
+     * The lock provider resolver.
+     *
+     * @var \Closure
+     */
+    protected $lockProviderResolver;
+
     /**
      * Create a new database failed job provider.
      *
      * @param  string  $path
      * @param  int  $limit
+     * @param  \Closure|null  $lockProviderResolver
      * @return void
      */
-    public function __construct($path, $limit = 100)
+    public function __construct($path, $limit = 100, ?Closure $lockProviderResolver = null)
     {
         $this->path = $path;
         $this->limit = $limit;
+        $this->lockProviderResolver = $lockProviderResolver;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -45,23 +56,27 @@ public function __construct($path, $limit = 100)
      */
     public function log($connection, $queue, $payload, $exception)
     {
-        $id = json_decode($payload, true)['uuid'];
+        return $this->lock(function () use ($connection, $queue, $payload, $exception) {
+            $id = json_decode($payload, true)['uuid'];
 
-        $jobs = $this->read();
+            $jobs = $this->read();
 
-        $failedAt = Date::now();
+            $failedAt = Date::now();
 
-        array_unshift($jobs, [
-            'id' => $id,
-            'connection' => $connection,
-            'queue' => $queue,
-            'payload' => $payload,
-            'exception' => (string) mb_convert_encoding($exception, 'UTF-8'),
-            'failed_at' => $failedAt->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
-            'failed_at_timestamp' => $failedAt->getTimestamp(),
-        ]);
+            array_unshift($jobs, [
+                'id' => $id,
+                'connection' => $connection,
+                'queue' => $queue,
+                'payload' => $payload,
+                'exception' => (string) mb_convert_encoding($exception, 'UTF-8'),
+                'failed_at' => $failedAt->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
+                'failed_at_timestamp' => $failedAt->getTimestamp(),
+            ]);
 
-        $this->write(array_slice($jobs, 0, $this->limit));
+            $this->write(array_slice($jobs, 0, $this->limit));
+
+            return $id;
+        });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -94,12 +109,14 @@ public function find($id)
      */
     public function forget($id)
     {
-        $this->write($pruned = collect($jobs = $this->read())
-            ->reject(fn ($job) => $job->id === $id)
-            ->values()
-            ->all());
-
-        return count($jobs) !== count($pruned);
+        return $this->lock(function () use ($id) {
+            $this->write($pruned = collect($jobs = $this->read())
+                ->reject(fn ($job) => $job->id === $id)
+                ->values()
+                ->all());
+
+            return count($jobs) !== count($pruned);
+        });
     }
 
     /**
@@ -121,13 +138,34 @@ public function flush($hours = null)
      */
     public function prune(DateTimeInterface $before)
     {
-        $jobs = $this->read();
+        return $this->lock(function () use ($before) {
+            $jobs = $this->read();
+
+            $this->write($prunedJobs = collect($jobs)->reject(function ($job) use ($before) {
+                return $job->failed_at_timestamp <= $before->getTimestamp();
+            })->values()->all());
 
-        $this->write($prunedJobs = collect($jobs)->reject(function ($job) use ($before) {
-            return $job->failed_at_timestamp <= $before->getTimestamp();
-        })->values()->all());
+            return count($jobs) - count($prunedJobs);
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the given callback while holding a lock.
+     *
+     * @param  \Closure  $callback
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    protected function lock(Closure $callback)
+    {
+        if (! $this->lockProviderResolver) {
+            return $callback();
+        }
 
-        return count($jobs) - count($prunedJobs);
+        return ($this->lockProviderResolver)()
+            ->lock('laravel-failed-jobs', 5)
+            ->block(10, function () use ($callback) {
+                return $callback();
+            });
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueServiceProvider.php b/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueServiceProvider.php
index a915f3f62a09..8c8ab21a6081 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Queue/QueueServiceProvider.php
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ protected function registerFailedJobServices()
                 return new FileFailedJobProvider(
                     $config['path'] ?? $this->app->storagePath('framework/cache/failed-jobs.json'),
                     $config['limit'] ?? 100,
+                    fn () => $app['cache']->store('file'),
                 );
             } elseif (isset($config['driver']) && $config['driver'] === 'dynamodb') {
                 return $this->dynamoFailedJobProvider($config);