diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/synccontext/named/NamedLockFactoryAdapter.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/synccontext/named/NamedLockFactoryAdapter.java
index 81d11768cc..acc0c8c3bf 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/synccontext/named/NamedLockFactoryAdapter.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/synccontext/named/NamedLockFactoryAdapter.java
@@ -258,13 +258,21 @@ public void acquire(Collection<? extends Artifact> artifacts, Collection<? exten
                     }
                 } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                     // if we are here, means we were interrupted: fail
-                    close();
+                    try {
+                        namedLock.close();
+                    } finally {
+                        close();
+                    }
                     Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
                     throw new RuntimeException(e);
                 }
             }
             // if we are here, means all attempts were unsuccessful: fail
-            close();
+            try {
+                namedLock.close();
+            } finally {
+                close();
+            }
             String message = "Could not acquire " + lockKind + " lock for "
                     + lockSubjects(artifacts, metadatas) + " in " + timeStr
                     + "; consider using '" + CONFIG_PROP_TIME
diff --git a/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/TrackingFileManagerTestSupport.java b/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/TrackingFileManagerTestSupport.java
index a72f52cf69..214e4140de 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/TrackingFileManagerTestSupport.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-impl/src/test/java/org/eclipse/aether/internal/impl/TrackingFileManagerTestSupport.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void testRead(FS fs) throws Exception {
     void testReadNoFileLeak(FS fs) throws Exception {
         TrackingFileManager tfm = createTrackingFileManager(fs);
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
             Path propFile = createTmpFile(fs);
             assertNotNull(tfm.read(propFile));
             assertDoesNotThrow(() -> Files.delete(propFile), "Leaked file" + propFile);
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ void testUpdateNoFileLeak(FS fs) throws Exception {
         Map<String, String> updates = new HashMap<>();
         updates.put("k", "v");
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
             Path propFile = createTmpFile(fs);
             assertNotNull(tfm.update(propFile, updates));
             assertDoesNotThrow(() -> Files.delete(propFile), "Leaked file" + propFile);
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void testUpdateNoFileLeak(FS fs) throws Exception {
     public void testDeleteFileIsGone(FS fs) throws Exception {
         TrackingFileManager tfm = createTrackingFileManager(fs);
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
             Path propFile = createTmpFile(fs);
             assertTrue(tfm.delete(propFile));
             assertFalse(Files.exists(propFile), "File is not gone");
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void testLockingOnCanonicalPath(FS fs) throws Exception {
 
             threads[i] = new Thread(() -> {
                 try {
-                    for (int i1 = 0; i1 < 1000; i1++) {
+                    for (int i1 = 0; i1 < 100; i1++) {
                         assertNotNull(tfm.read(file));
                         HashMap<String, String> update = new HashMap<>();
                         update.put("wasHere", Thread.currentThread().getName() + "-" + i1);
diff --git a/maven-resolver-named-locks/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/named/support/CompositeNamedLock.java b/maven-resolver-named-locks/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/named/support/CompositeNamedLock.java
index 583d195830..f4a1e70588 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-named-locks/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/named/support/CompositeNamedLock.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-named-locks/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/named/support/CompositeNamedLock.java
@@ -66,29 +66,34 @@ private boolean lock(long time, TimeUnit timeUnit, boolean shared) throws Interr
         final String lockKind = shared ? "shared" : "exclusive";
         LOGGER.trace(
                 "{}: Need {} {} lock(s) of {} in {}", key().name(), locks.size(), lockKind, key().resources(), timeStr);
-        for (NamedLock namedLock : locks.values()) {
-            LOGGER.trace("{}: Acquiring {} lock for '{}'", key().name(), lockKind, namedLock.key());
-
-            boolean locked;
-            if (shared) {
-                locked = namedLock.lockShared(time, timeUnit);
-            } else {
-                locked = namedLock.lockExclusively(time, timeUnit);
-            }
-
-            if (!locked) {
-                LOGGER.trace(
-                        "{}: Failed to acquire {} lock for '{}' in {}",
-                        key().name(),
-                        lockKind,
-                        namedLock.key(),
-                        timeStr);
-
-                unlockAll(step);
-                return false;
-            } else {
-                step.push(namedLock);
+        try {
+            for (NamedLock namedLock : locks.values()) {
+                LOGGER.trace("{}: Acquiring {} lock for '{}'", key().name(), lockKind, namedLock.key());
+
+                boolean locked;
+                if (shared) {
+                    locked = namedLock.lockShared(time, timeUnit);
+                } else {
+                    locked = namedLock.lockExclusively(time, timeUnit);
+                }
+
+                if (!locked) {
+                    LOGGER.trace(
+                            "{}: Failed to acquire {} lock for '{}' in {}",
+                            key().name(),
+                            lockKind,
+                            namedLock.key(),
+                            timeStr);
+
+                    unlockAll(step);
+                    return false;
+                } else {
+                    step.push(namedLock);
+                }
             }
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            unlockAll(step);
+            throw t;
         }
         steps.push(step);
         return true;