diff --git a/azure-client-authentication/pom.xml b/azure-client-authentication/pom.xml
index a136a8f8da..9db2e9db57 100644
--- a/azure-client-authentication/pom.xml
+++ b/azure-client-authentication/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+      <version>3.4.4</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/azure-client-authentication/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/credentials/ApplicationTokenCredentials.java b/azure-client-authentication/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/credentials/ApplicationTokenCredentials.java
index ae77578750..a21137e671 100644
--- a/azure-client-authentication/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/credentials/ApplicationTokenCredentials.java
+++ b/azure-client-authentication/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/credentials/ApplicationTokenCredentials.java
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@
 import java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException;
 import java.security.spec.PKCS8EncodedKeySpec;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -39,15 +41,19 @@
  */
 public class ApplicationTokenCredentials extends AzureTokenCredentials {
     /** A mapping from resource endpoint to its cached access token. */
-    private Map<String, AuthenticationResult> tokens;
+    private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, AuthenticationResult> tokens;
+    /** A mapping from resource endpoint to its current authentication locks. */
+    private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, ReentrantLock> authenticationLocks;
     /** The active directory application client id. */
-    private String clientId;
+    private final String clientId;
     /** The authentication secret for the application. */
     private String clientSecret;
     /** The PKCS12 certificate byte array. */
     private byte[] clientCertificate;
     /** The certificate password. */
     private String clientCertificatePassword;
+    /** The timeout for authentication calls. */
+    private long timeoutInSeconds = 60;
 
     /**
      * Initializes a new instance of the ApplicationTokenCredentials.
@@ -62,7 +68,8 @@ public ApplicationTokenCredentials(String clientId, String domain, String secret
         super(environment, domain); // defer token acquisition
         this.clientId = clientId;
         this.clientSecret = secret;
-        this.tokens = new HashMap<>();
+        this.tokens = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+        this.authenticationLocks = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -80,7 +87,8 @@ public ApplicationTokenCredentials(String clientId, String domain, byte[] certif
         this.clientId = clientId;
         this.clientCertificate = certificate;
         this.clientCertificatePassword = password;
-        this.tokens = new HashMap<>();
+        this.tokens = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+        this.authenticationLocks = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -132,19 +140,61 @@ String clientCertificatePassword() {
         return clientCertificatePassword;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the timeout for AAD authentication calls. Default is 60 seconds.
+     *
+     * @return the timeout in seconds.
+     */
+    public long timeoutInSeconds() {
+        return timeoutInSeconds;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the timeout for AAD authentication calls. Default is 60 seconds.
+     *
+     * @param timeoutInSeconds the timeout in seconds.
+     * @return the modified ApplicationTokenCredentials instance
+     */
+    public ApplicationTokenCredentials withTimeoutInSeconds(long timeoutInSeconds) {
+        this.timeoutInSeconds = timeoutInSeconds;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
-    public synchronized String getToken(String resource) throws IOException {
+    public String getToken(String resource) throws IOException {
         AuthenticationResult authenticationResult = tokens.get(resource);
         if (authenticationResult == null || authenticationResult.getExpiresOnDate().before(new Date())) {
-            authenticationResult = acquireAccessToken(resource);
+            ReentrantLock lock;
+            synchronized (authenticationLocks) {
+                lock = authenticationLocks.get(resource);
+                if (lock == null) {
+                    lock = new ReentrantLock();
+                    authenticationLocks.put(resource, lock);
+                }
+            }
+            lock.lock();
+            try {
+                authenticationResult = tokens.get(resource);
+                if (authenticationResult == null || authenticationResult.getExpiresOnDate().before(new Date())) {
+                    ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+                    try {
+                        authenticationResult = acquireAccessToken(resource, executor).get(timeoutInSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+                        tokens.put(resource, authenticationResult);
+                    } finally {
+                        executor.shutdown();
+                    }
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new IOException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            } finally {
+                lock.unlock();
+            }
         }
-        tokens.put(resource, authenticationResult);
         return authenticationResult.getAccessToken();
     }
 
-    private AuthenticationResult acquireAccessToken(String resource) throws IOException {
+    Future<AuthenticationResult> acquireAccessToken(String resource, ExecutorService executor) throws IOException {
         String authorityUrl = this.environment().activeDirectoryEndpoint() + this.domain();
-        ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
         AuthenticationContext context = new AuthenticationContext(authorityUrl, false, executor);
         if (proxy() != null) {
             context.setProxy(proxy());
@@ -157,23 +207,21 @@ private AuthenticationResult acquireAccessToken(String resource) throws IOExcept
                 return context.acquireToken(
                         resource,
                         new ClientCredential(this.clientId(), clientSecret),
-                        null).get();
+                        null);
             } else if (clientCertificate != null && clientCertificatePassword != null) {
                 return context.acquireToken(
                         resource,
                         AsymmetricKeyCredential.create(clientId, new ByteArrayInputStream(clientCertificate), clientCertificatePassword),
-                        null).get();
+                        null);
             } else if (clientCertificate != null) {
                 return context.acquireToken(
                         resource,
                         AsymmetricKeyCredential.create(clientId(), privateKeyFromPem(new String(clientCertificate)), publicKeyFromPem(new String(clientCertificate))),
-                        null).get();
+                        null);
             }
             throw new AuthenticationException("Please provide either a non-null secret or a non-null certificate.");
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new IOException(e.getMessage(), e);
-        } finally {
-            executor.shutdown();
         }
     }