diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Backend/Cron/CleanLocks.php b/app/code/Magento/Backend/Cron/CleanLocks.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..565f4518b9fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Backend/Cron/CleanLocks.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2024 Adobe
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Magento\Backend\Cron;
+
+use Magento\Framework\Lock\Backend\FileLock;
+use Magento\Framework\Lock\LockBackendFactory;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+
+class CleanLocks
+{
+    /**
+     * @param LockBackendFactory $lockFactory
+     * @param LoggerInterface $logger
+     */
+    public function __construct(
+        private readonly LockBackendFactory $lockFactory,
+        private readonly LoggerInterface $logger,
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Cron job to cleanup old locks
+     */
+    public function execute(): void
+    {
+        $locker = $this->lockFactory->create();
+
+        if ($locker instanceof FileLock) {
+            $numberOfLockFilesDeleted = $locker->cleanupOldLocks();
+
+            $this->logger->info(sprintf('Deleted %d old lock files', $numberOfLockFilesDeleted));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Backend/etc/crontab.xml b/app/code/Magento/Backend/etc/crontab.xml
index e555fbdcb394e..54b3f89b63559 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Backend/etc/crontab.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Backend/etc/crontab.xml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <!--
 /**
- * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ * Copyright 2015 Adobe
+ * All Rights Reserved.
  */
 -->
 <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Cron:etc/crontab.xsd">
@@ -10,5 +10,8 @@
         <job name="backend_clean_cache" instance="Magento\Backend\Cron\CleanCache" method="execute">
             <schedule>30 2 * * *</schedule>
         </job>
+        <job name="backend_clean_locks" instance="Magento\Backend\Cron\CleanLocks" method="execute">
+            <schedule>20 2 * * *</schedule>
+        </job>
     </group>
 </config>
diff --git a/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Framework/Lock/Backend/FileLockTest.php b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Framework/Lock/Backend/FileLockTest.php
index c5e172614821c..b587696ae2bdb 100644
--- a/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Framework/Lock/Backend/FileLockTest.php
+++ b/dev/tests/integration/testsuite/Magento/Framework/Lock/Backend/FileLockTest.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ * Copyright 2019 Adobe
+ * All Rights Reserved.
  */
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
@@ -22,12 +22,16 @@ class FileLockTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
      */
     private $objectManager;
 
+    /** @var string */
+    private string $lockPath;
+
     protected function setUp(): void
     {
+        $this->lockPath = '/tmp/magento-test-locks';
         $this->objectManager = \Magento\TestFramework\Helper\Bootstrap::getObjectManager();
         $this->model = $this->objectManager->create(
             \Magento\Framework\Lock\Backend\FileLock::class,
-            ['path' => '/tmp']
+            ['path' => $this->lockPath]
         );
     }
 
@@ -52,4 +56,28 @@ public function testUnlockWithoutExistingLock()
         $this->assertFalse($this->model->isLocked($name));
         $this->assertFalse($this->model->unlock($name));
     }
+
+    public function testCleanupOldFile()
+    {
+        $name = 'test_lock';
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->model->lock($name));
+        $this->assertTrue($this->model->unlock($name));
+
+        touch(sprintf('%s/%s', $this->lockPath, $name), strtotime('30 hours ago'));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $this->model->cleanupOldLocks());
+    }
+
+    public function testDontCleanupNewFile()
+    {
+        $name = 'test_lock';
+
+        $this->assertTrue($this->model->lock($name));
+        $this->assertTrue($this->model->unlock($name));
+
+        touch(sprintf('%s/%s', $this->lockPath, $name), strtotime('1 hour ago'));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $this->model->cleanupOldLocks());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Lock/Backend/FileLock.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Lock/Backend/FileLock.php
index dd8eda9621667..615c2a300269b 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Lock/Backend/FileLock.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Lock/Backend/FileLock.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 /**
- * Copyright © Magento, Inc. All rights reserved.
- * See COPYING.txt for license details.
+ * Copyright 2019 Adobe
+ * All Rights Reserved.
  */
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class FileLock implements LockManagerInterface
     /**
      * The mapping list of the path lock with the file resource
      *
-     * @var array
+     * @var array<string, resource>
      */
     private $locks = [];
 
@@ -105,6 +105,44 @@ public function lock(string $name, int $timeout = -1): bool
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Find lock files that haven't been touched in the last 24 hours and are unlocked, and delete those
+     */
+    public function cleanupOldLocks(): int
+    {
+        if (!$this->fileDriver->isExists($this->path)) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        $numberOfLocksDeleted = 0;
+        $timestamp24HoursAgo = strtotime('24 hours ago');
+
+        $lockFiles = $this->fileDriver->readDirectory($this->path);
+        foreach ($lockFiles as $lockFile) {
+            if (!$this->fileDriver->isFile($lockFile)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $modifiedTimestamp = filemtime($lockFile);
+            if ($timestamp24HoursAgo < $modifiedTimestamp) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ($this->isLocked(basename($lockFile))) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            try {
+                $this->fileDriver->deleteFile($lockFile);
+                ++$numberOfLocksDeleted;
+            } catch (FileSystemException $exception) { // phpcs:ignore Magento2.CodeAnalysis.EmptyBlock.DetectedCatch
+                // do nothing
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $numberOfLocksDeleted;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Checks if a lock exists by name
      *