diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/MessageDeduplication.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/MessageDeduplication.java
index 030d74a014f29..ed4e70bfd2953 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/MessageDeduplication.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/MessageDeduplication.java
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
 
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.AsyncCallbacks.DeleteCursorCallback;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.AsyncCallbacks.MarkDeleteCallback;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public MessageDupUnknownException() {
     private final int maxNumberOfProducers;
 
     // Map used to track the inactive producer along with the timestamp of their last activity
-    private final Map<String, Long> inactiveProducers = new HashMap<>();
+    private final Map<String, Long> inactiveProducers = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
 
     private final String replicatorPrefix;
 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ private boolean isDeduplicationEnabled() {
     /**
      * Topic will call this method whenever a producer connects.
      */
-    public synchronized void producerAdded(String producerName) {
+    public void producerAdded(String producerName) {
         // Producer is no-longer inactive
         inactiveProducers.remove(producerName);
     }
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ public synchronized void producerAdded(String producerName) {
     /**
      * Topic will call this method whenever a producer disconnects.
      */
-    public synchronized void producerRemoved(String producerName) {
+    public void producerRemoved(String producerName) {
         // Producer is no-longer active
         inactiveProducers.put(producerName, System.currentTimeMillis());
     }
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ public synchronized void purgeInactiveProducers() {
         long minimumActiveTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis() - TimeUnit.MINUTES
                 .toMillis(pulsar.getConfiguration().getBrokerDeduplicationProducerInactivityTimeoutMinutes());
 
-        Iterator<java.util.Map.Entry<String, Long>> mapIterator = inactiveProducers.entrySet().iterator();
+        Iterator<Map.Entry<String, Long>> mapIterator = inactiveProducers.entrySet().iterator();
         boolean hasInactive = false;
         while (mapIterator.hasNext()) {
             java.util.Map.Entry<String, Long> entry = mapIterator.next();
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/MessageDuplicationTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/MessageDuplicationTest.java
index b4152b143ab6c..19583a4455ead 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/MessageDuplicationTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/MessageDuplicationTest.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import io.netty.channel.EventLoopGroup;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.ManagedCursor;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.mledger.ManagedLedger;
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ public void testInactiveProducerRemove() throws Exception {
 
         Field field = MessageDeduplication.class.getDeclaredField("inactiveProducers");
         field.setAccessible(true);
-        Map<String, Long> inactiveProducers = (Map<String, Long>) field.get(messageDeduplication);
+        Map<String, Long> inactiveProducers = (ConcurrentHashMap<String, Long>) field.get(messageDeduplication);
 
         String producerName1 = "test1";
         when(publishContext.getHighestSequenceId()).thenReturn(2L);