diff --git a/docs/changelogs/v0.35.md b/docs/changelogs/v0.35.md
index 92ae64bdd7dc07f74ae1a04ae2ee5b2b2744f326..9314390ad88a14be93e7693df37b4cd1f05689e2 100644
--- a/docs/changelogs/v0.35.md
+++ b/docs/changelogs/v0.35.md
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ This release  was brought to you by the [Shipyard](http://ipshipyard.com/) team.
   - [New `Bitswap` configuration options](#new-bitswap-configuration-options)
   - [New `Routing` configuration options](#new-routing-configuration-options)
   - [New Pebble database format config](#new-pebble-database-format-config)
+  - [New environment variables](#new-environment-variables)
+    - [Improved Log Output Setting](#improved-log-output-setting)
+    - [New Repo Lock Optional Wait](#new-repo-lock-optional-wait)
   - [๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ Important dependency updates](#-important-dependency-updates)
 - [๐Ÿ“ Changelog](#-changelog)
 - [๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ Contributors](#-contributors)
@@ -230,7 +233,11 @@ When installing a new version of Kubo when `"formatMajorVersion"` is configured,
 
 See other caveats and configuration options at [`kubo/docs/datastores.md#pebbleds`](https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/blob/master/docs/datastores.md#pebbleds)
 
-#### Improved Log Output Setting
+#### New environment variables
+
+The [`environment-variables.md`](https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/blob/master/docs/environment-variables.md) was extended with two new features:
+
+##### Improved Log Output Setting
 
 When stderr and/or stdout options are configured or specified by the `GOLOG_OUTPUT` environ variable, log only to the output(s) specified. For example:
 
@@ -238,6 +245,15 @@ When stderr and/or stdout options are configured or specified by the `GOLOG_OUTP
 - `GOLOG_OUTPUT="stdout"` logs only to stdout
 - `GOLOG_OUTPUT="stderr+stdout"` logs to both stderr and stdout
 
+##### New Repo Lock Optional Wait
+
+The environment variable `IPFS_WAIT_REPO_LOCK` specifies the amount of time to wait for the repo lock. Set the value of this variable to a string that can be [parsed](https://pkg.go.dev/time@go1.24.3#ParseDuration) as a golang `time.Duration`. For example:
+```
+IPFS_WAIT_REPO_LOCK="15s"
+```
+
+If the lock cannot be acquired because someone else has the lock, and `IPFS_WAIT_REPO_LOCK` is set to a valid value, then acquiring the lock is retried every second until the lock is acquired or the specified wait time has elapsed.
+
 #### ๐Ÿ“ฆ๏ธ Important dependency updates
 
 - update `boxo` to [v0.30.0](https://github.com/ipfs/boxo/releases/tag/v0.30.0)
diff --git a/docs/environment-variables.md b/docs/environment-variables.md
index bbbc666266988f0835f4453ea84a30b2bbd7c077..2b763721b00e7e6946203f5cb4daf389b079fa51 100644
--- a/docs/environment-variables.md
+++ b/docs/environment-variables.md
@@ -1,5 +1,32 @@
 # Kubo environment variables
 
+- [Variables](#variables)
+  - [`IPFS_PATH`](#ipfs_path)
+  - [`IPFS_LOGGING`](#ipfs_logging)
+  - [`IPFS_LOGGING_FMT`](#ipfs_logging_fmt)
+  - [`GOLOG_LOG_LEVEL`](#golog_log_level)
+  - [`GOLOG_LOG_FMT`](#golog_log_fmt)
+  - [`GOLOG_FILE`](#golog_file)
+  - [`GOLOG_OUTPUT`](#golog_output)
+  - [`GOLOG_TRACING_FILE`](#golog_tracing_file)
+  - [`IPFS_FUSE_DEBUG`](#ipfs_fuse_debug)
+  - [`YAMUX_DEBUG`](#yamux_debug)
+  - [`IPFS_FD_MAX`](#ipfs_fd_max)
+  - [`IPFS_DIST_PATH`](#ipfs_dist_path)
+  - [`IPFS_NS_MAP`](#ipfs_ns_map)
+  - [`IPFS_HTTP_ROUTERS`](#ipfs_http_routers)
+  - [`IPFS_HTTP_ROUTERS_FILTER_PROTOCOLS`](#ipfs_http_routers_filter_protocols)
+  - [`IPFS_CONTENT_BLOCKING_DISABLE`](#ipfs_content_blocking_disable)
+  - [`IPFS_WAIT_REPO_LOCK`](#ipfs_wait_repo_lock)
+  - [`LIBP2P_TCP_REUSEPORT`](#libp2p_tcp_reuseport)
+  - [`LIBP2P_TCP_MUX`](#libp2p_tcp_mux)
+  - [`LIBP2P_MUX_PREFS`](#libp2p_mux_prefs)
+  - [`LIBP2P_RCMGR`](#libp2p_rcmgr)
+  - [`LIBP2P_DEBUG_RCMGR`](#libp2p_debug_rcmgr)
+- [Tracing](#tracing)
+
+# Variables
+
 ## `IPFS_PATH`
 
 Sets the location of the IPFS repo (where the config, blocks, etc.
@@ -63,6 +90,14 @@ The logging format defaults to `color` when the output is a terminal, and `nocol
 
 Sets the file to which Kubo logs. By default, Kubo logs to standard error.
 
+## `GOLOG_OUTPUT`
+
+When stderr and/or stdout options are configured or specified by the `GOLOG_OUTPUT` environ variable, log only to the output(s) specified. For example:
+
+- `GOLOG_OUTPUT="stderr"` logs only to stderr
+- `GOLOG_OUTPUT="stdout"` logs only to stdout
+- `GOLOG_OUTPUT="stderr+stdout"` logs to both stderr and stdout
+
 ## `GOLOG_TRACING_FILE`
 
 Sets the file to which Kubo sends tracing events. By default, tracing is
@@ -149,6 +184,15 @@ Default: `config.DefaultHTTPRoutersFilterProtocols`
 Disables the content-blocking subsystem. No denylists will be watched and no
 content will be blocked.
 
+## `IPFS_WAIT_REPO_LOCK`
+
+Specifies the amount of time to wait for the repo lock. Set the value of this variable to a string that can be [parsed](https://pkg.go.dev/time@go1.24.3#ParseDuration) as a golang `time.Duration`. For example:
+```
+IPFS_WAIT_REPO_LOCK="15s"
+```
+
+If the lock cannot be acquired because someone else has the lock, and `IPFS_WAIT_REPO_LOCK` is set to a valid value, then acquiring the lock is retried every second until the lock is acquired or the specified wait time has elapsed.
+
 ## `LIBP2P_TCP_REUSEPORT`
 
 Kubo tries to reuse the same source port for all connections to improve NAT
diff --git a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
index 84b77f97be1324c971c448d75a913f860ab83ce6..c4b5597441eb7c4e8d7e892168dbe23071e74599 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
+++ b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.mod
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs-shipyard/nopfs/ipfs v0.25.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil v0.1.0 // indirect
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-measure v0.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-pebble v0.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.0.7 // indirect
+	github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-ds-help v1.1.1 // indirect
diff --git a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
index ddd8f8329f0484516b0561cbe248e2e52ca2e586..29c11e00886cc81e3ba6e9b31ef98696f4345f37 100644
--- a/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
+++ b/docs/examples/kubo-as-a-library/go.sum
@@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0/go.mod h1:paqf1wjq/D2BBmzfTVFlJQ9IlFOZpg422HL
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.11.0 h1:j1WVvhDX1yhG32NTC9xfxnqycqYIlhzEzLXG/cU1HyQ=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.11.0/go.mod h1:05aE8H3XOU+LXpTedeAS0OZpcO1WFsj5niYQH9a1Tmk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.0.3/go.mod h1:4LmD4ZUw0mhO+JSKdpWwrzATiEfM7WWgQ8H5l6P8MVk=
-github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.0 h1:ZqrkxBA2ICbDRbK8KJs/u0O3dlp6gmAuuXUJNiW1Ycs=
-github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.0/go.mod h1:+jpL11nFx5A/SPpsoBn6Bzkra/zaArfSmsknbPMYgzM=
+github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.1 h1:96kW71XGNNa+mZw/MTzJrCpMhBWCrd9kBLoKm9Iip/Q=
+github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.1/go.mod h1:frtvXHMQhM6zn7HvEQu+Qz5wSTj+04oEH/I+NjDgEjk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice v0.5.2 h1:in9Bc+QcXwd1apOVM7Un9t8tixPKdaHQFdLSUM1Xgk8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice v0.5.2/go.mod h1:VpMblFEqG67A/H2sHKAemeH9vlURVavlysbdUI632yk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.0.3/go.mod h1:GHWU/WuQdMPmIosc4Yn1bcCT7dSeX4lBafM7iqUPQvM=
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-ds-measure v0.2.2 h1:4kwvBGbbSXNYe4ANlg7qTIYoZU6mNlqzQHdVqICk
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-measure v0.2.2/go.mod h1:b/87ak0jMgH9Ylt7oH0+XGy4P8jHx9KG09Qz+pOeTIs=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-pebble v0.5.0 h1:lXffYCAKVD7nLLPqwJ9D8IxgO7Kz8woiX021tezdsIM=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-pebble v0.5.0/go.mod h1:aiCRVcj3K60sxc6k5C+HO9C6rouqiSkjR/WKnbTcMfQ=
-github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.0.7 h1:6BR3dajORFrFTkb5EpCUFIAypsoxpGpDSVUdFwzgL9U=
-github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.0.7/go.mod h1:Js8ka+FNYmgQRLrRXzU3CB/+Csr1BwrRilEcvYrHhhc=
+github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.1.1 h1:TecsP/Uc7WqYYatasreZQiP9EGRy4ZnKoG4yXxR33nw=
+github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.1.1/go.mod h1:2goSXMCw7QfscHmSe09oXiR34DQeUdm+ei+dhonqly0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.3.1 h1:cEI9ci7V0sRNivqaOr0elDsamxXFxJMMMy7PTTDQNsQ=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.3.1/go.mod h1:KgtZyc9fq+P2xJUiCAzbRdhhqJHvsw8u2Dlqy2MyRTE=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blocksutil v0.0.1 h1:Eh/H4pc1hsvhzsQoMEP3Bke/aW5P5rVM1IWFJMcGIPQ=
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-log v0.0.1/go.mod h1:kL1d2/hzSpI0thNYjiKfjanbVNU+IIGA/WnNESY9
 github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5 h1:2dOuUCB1Z7uoczMWgAyDck5JLb72zHzrMnGnCNNbvY8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5/go.mod h1:j0b8ZoR+7+R99LD9jZ6+AJsrzkPbSXbZfGakb5JPtIo=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.1.3/go.mod h1:/8d0SH3Su5Ooc31QlL1WysJhvyOTDCjcCZ9Axpmri6g=
-github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:QqGoj30OTpnKaG/LKTGTxoP2mmQtjVMEnK72gynbe/g=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.6.0 h1:2Nu1KKQQ2ayonKp4MPo6pXCjqw1ULc9iohRqWV5EYqg=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:p+Efr3qaY5YXpx9TX7MoLCSEZX5boSWj9wh86P5HJa8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.11.0 h1:DgzwK5hprESOzS4O1t/wi6JDpyVQdvm9Bs59N/jqfBY=
@@ -512,7 +511,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaO
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.1/go.mod h1:FuOcm+DKB9mbwrcAfNl7/TZVBZ6rcnceauSikq3lYCQ=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.5/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.13/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/matttproud/golang_protobuf_extensions v1.0.1/go.mod h1:D8He9yQNgCq6Z5Ld7szi9bcBfOoFv/3dc6xSMkL2PC0=
@@ -872,7 +870,6 @@ go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
 go.uber.org/zap/exp v0.3.0 h1:6JYzdifzYkGmTdRR59oYH+Ng7k49H9qVpWwNSsGJj3U=
 go.uber.org/zap/exp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:5I384qq7XGxYyByIhHm6jg5CHkGY0nsTfbDLgDDlgJQ=
 go4.org v0.0.0-20180809161055-417644f6feb5/go.mod h1:MkTOUMDaeVYJUOUsaDXIhWPZYa1yOyC1qaOBpL57BhE=
-go4.org v0.0.0-20200411211856-f5505b9728dd/go.mod h1:CIiUVy99QCPfoE13bO4EZaz5GZMZXMSBGhxRdsvzbkg=
 go4.org v0.0.0-20230225012048-214862532bf5 h1:nifaUDeh+rPaBCMPMQHZmvJf+QdpLFnuQPwx+LxVmtc=
 go4.org v0.0.0-20230225012048-214862532bf5/go.mod h1:F57wTi5Lrj6WLyswp5EYV1ncrEbFGHD4hhz6S1ZYeaU=
 golang.org/x/build v0.0.0-20190111050920-041ab4dc3f9d/go.mod h1:OWs+y06UdEOHN4y+MfF/py+xQ/tYqIWW03b70/CG9Rw=
@@ -949,7 +946,6 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLL
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190724013045-ca1201d0de80/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20191209160850-c0dbc17a3553/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200202094626-16171245cfb2/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200222125558-5a598a2470a0/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200226121028-0de0cce0169b/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200520004742-59133d7f0dd7/go.mod h1:qpuaurCH72eLCgpAm/N6yyVIVM9cpaDIP3A8BGJEC5A=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20201021035429-f5854403a974/go.mod h1:sp8m0HH+o8qH0wwXwYZr8TS3Oi6o0r6Gce1SSxlDquU=
@@ -1014,10 +1010,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191120155948-bd437916bb0e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191204072324-ce4227a45e2e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191210023423-ac6580df4449/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191228213918-04cbcbbfeed8/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200124204421-9fbb57f87de9/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200212091648-12a6c2dcc1e4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200223170610-d5e6a3e2c0ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200323222414-85ca7c5b95cd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200602225109-6fdc65e7d980/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200930185726-fdedc70b468f/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 61f1a20456066900be36d5f9d69d39aafe9664e7..00121bc001f4a203a08e478876680286e4c49a3d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs-shipyard/nopfs v0.0.14
 	github.com/ipfs-shipyard/nopfs/ipfs v0.25.0
 	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.30.0
-	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.0
+	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.5.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil v0.1.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.8.2
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.5.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-measure v0.2.2
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-pebble v0.5.0
-	github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.0.7
+	github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.1.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds v0.14.1
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-cbor v0.2.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format v0.6.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 585763c5fce47f51be6cd5ba4cb01cb2eb7b4494..4db342507810bba2f258ddb6099d7b1f8b56ea86 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0/go.mod h1:paqf1wjq/D2BBmzfTVFlJQ9IlFOZpg422HL
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.11.0 h1:j1WVvhDX1yhG32NTC9xfxnqycqYIlhzEzLXG/cU1HyQ=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitswap v0.11.0/go.mod h1:05aE8H3XOU+LXpTedeAS0OZpcO1WFsj5niYQH9a1Tmk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.0.3/go.mod h1:4LmD4ZUw0mhO+JSKdpWwrzATiEfM7WWgQ8H5l6P8MVk=
-github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.0 h1:ZqrkxBA2ICbDRbK8KJs/u0O3dlp6gmAuuXUJNiW1Ycs=
-github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.0/go.mod h1:+jpL11nFx5A/SPpsoBn6Bzkra/zaArfSmsknbPMYgzM=
+github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.1 h1:96kW71XGNNa+mZw/MTzJrCpMhBWCrd9kBLoKm9Iip/Q=
+github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.1/go.mod h1:frtvXHMQhM6zn7HvEQu+Qz5wSTj+04oEH/I+NjDgEjk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice v0.5.2 h1:in9Bc+QcXwd1apOVM7Un9t8tixPKdaHQFdLSUM1Xgk8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-blockservice v0.5.2/go.mod h1:VpMblFEqG67A/H2sHKAemeH9vlURVavlysbdUI632yk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.0.3/go.mod h1:GHWU/WuQdMPmIosc4Yn1bcCT7dSeX4lBafM7iqUPQvM=
@@ -408,8 +408,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-ds-measure v0.2.2 h1:4kwvBGbbSXNYe4ANlg7qTIYoZU6mNlqzQHdVqICk
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-measure v0.2.2/go.mod h1:b/87ak0jMgH9Ylt7oH0+XGy4P8jHx9KG09Qz+pOeTIs=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-pebble v0.5.0 h1:lXffYCAKVD7nLLPqwJ9D8IxgO7Kz8woiX021tezdsIM=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ds-pebble v0.5.0/go.mod h1:aiCRVcj3K60sxc6k5C+HO9C6rouqiSkjR/WKnbTcMfQ=
-github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.0.7 h1:6BR3dajORFrFTkb5EpCUFIAypsoxpGpDSVUdFwzgL9U=
-github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.0.7/go.mod h1:Js8ka+FNYmgQRLrRXzU3CB/+Csr1BwrRilEcvYrHhhc=
+github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.1.1 h1:TecsP/Uc7WqYYatasreZQiP9EGRy4ZnKoG4yXxR33nw=
+github.com/ipfs/go-fs-lock v0.1.1/go.mod h1:2goSXMCw7QfscHmSe09oXiR34DQeUdm+ei+dhonqly0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.3.1 h1:cEI9ci7V0sRNivqaOr0elDsamxXFxJMMMy7PTTDQNsQ=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore v1.3.1/go.mod h1:KgtZyc9fq+P2xJUiCAzbRdhhqJHvsw8u2Dlqy2MyRTE=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-blocksutil v0.0.1 h1:Eh/H4pc1hsvhzsQoMEP3Bke/aW5P5rVM1IWFJMcGIPQ=
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5 h1:2dOuUCB1Z7uoczMWgAyDck5JLb72zHzrMnGnCNNbvY8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log v1.0.5/go.mod h1:j0b8ZoR+7+R99LD9jZ6+AJsrzkPbSXbZfGakb5JPtIo=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:O7P1lJt27vWHhOwQmcFEvlmo49ry2VY2+JfBWFaa9+0=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.1.3/go.mod h1:/8d0SH3Su5Ooc31QlL1WysJhvyOTDCjcCZ9Axpmri6g=
-github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:QqGoj30OTpnKaG/LKTGTxoP2mmQtjVMEnK72gynbe/g=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.6.0 h1:2Nu1KKQQ2ayonKp4MPo6pXCjqw1ULc9iohRqWV5EYqg=
 github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.6.0/go.mod h1:p+Efr3qaY5YXpx9TX7MoLCSEZX5boSWj9wh86P5HJa8=
 github.com/ipfs/go-merkledag v0.11.0 h1:DgzwK5hprESOzS4O1t/wi6JDpyVQdvm9Bs59N/jqfBY=
@@ -605,7 +604,6 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNx
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.5/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.8/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.11/go.mod h1:PhnuNfih5lzO57/f3n+odYbM4JtupLOxQOAqxQCu2WE=
-github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.13/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
@@ -1042,7 +1040,6 @@ go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
 go.uber.org/zap/exp v0.3.0 h1:6JYzdifzYkGmTdRR59oYH+Ng7k49H9qVpWwNSsGJj3U=
 go.uber.org/zap/exp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:5I384qq7XGxYyByIhHm6jg5CHkGY0nsTfbDLgDDlgJQ=
 go4.org v0.0.0-20180809161055-417644f6feb5/go.mod h1:MkTOUMDaeVYJUOUsaDXIhWPZYa1yOyC1qaOBpL57BhE=
-go4.org v0.0.0-20200411211856-f5505b9728dd/go.mod h1:CIiUVy99QCPfoE13bO4EZaz5GZMZXMSBGhxRdsvzbkg=
 go4.org v0.0.0-20230225012048-214862532bf5 h1:nifaUDeh+rPaBCMPMQHZmvJf+QdpLFnuQPwx+LxVmtc=
 go4.org v0.0.0-20230225012048-214862532bf5/go.mod h1:F57wTi5Lrj6WLyswp5EYV1ncrEbFGHD4hhz6S1ZYeaU=
 golang.org/x/build v0.0.0-20190111050920-041ab4dc3f9d/go.mod h1:OWs+y06UdEOHN4y+MfF/py+xQ/tYqIWW03b70/CG9Rw=
@@ -1215,7 +1212,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191210023423-ac6580df4449/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191228213918-04cbcbbfeed8/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200106162015-b016eb3dc98e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200113162924-86b910548bc1/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200116001909-b77594299b42/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200122134326-e047566fdf82/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200124204421-9fbb57f87de9/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200202164722-d101bd2416d5/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go b/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
index e7577f9dc19b6cae994f65297e8653bb078deb2b..609b988a627cfef99430ca1544c671696e41e2fd 100644
--- a/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
+++ b/repo/fsrepo/fsrepo.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	filestore "github.com/ipfs/boxo/filestore"
 	keystore "github.com/ipfs/boxo/keystore"
@@ -146,7 +147,23 @@ func open(repoPath string, userConfigFilePath string) (repo.Repo, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	r.lockfile, err = lockfile.Lock(r.path, LockFile)
+	text := os.Getenv("IPFS_WAIT_REPO_LOCK")
+	if text != "" {
+		var lockWaitTime time.Duration
+		lockWaitTime, err = time.ParseDuration(text)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorw("Cannot parse value of IPFS_WAIT_REPO_LOCK as duration, not waiting for repo lock", "err", err, "value", text)
+			r.lockfile, err = lockfile.Lock(r.path, LockFile)
+		} else if lockWaitTime <= 0 {
+			r.lockfile, err = lockfile.WaitLock(context.Background(), r.path, LockFile)
+		} else {
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), lockWaitTime)
+			r.lockfile, err = lockfile.WaitLock(ctx, r.path, LockFile)
+			cancel()
+		}
+	} else {
+		r.lockfile, err = lockfile.Lock(r.path, LockFile)
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/test/dependencies/go.mod b/test/dependencies/go.mod
index dc66b2708be0a3fe3c40154892ad8a8f78fca73d..530e7c421cbc5c17ea5f0fc8a8f5a3c54fcdb285 100644
--- a/test/dependencies/go.mod
+++ b/test/dependencies/go.mod
@@ -131,10 +131,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/ipfs/bbloom v0.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.30.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-datastore v0.8.2 // indirect
-	github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util v0.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format v0.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-legacy v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ipfs/go-metrics-interface v0.3.0 // indirect
diff --git a/test/dependencies/go.sum b/test/dependencies/go.sum
index adc5ae5d604d190782a1814277b6d12440957dcf..790426ebf46d6f5f7205d5edc2cc37d0ead4684f 100644
--- a/test/dependencies/go.sum
+++ b/test/dependencies/go.sum
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.30.0 h1:7afsoxPGGqfoH7Dum/wOTGUB9M5fb8HyKPMlLfBvIEQ=
 github.com/ipfs/boxo v0.30.0/go.mod h1:BPqgGGyHB9rZZcPSzah2Dc9C+5Or3U1aQe7EH1H7370=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0 h1:fh7FIo8bSwaJEh6DdTWbCeZ1eqOaOkKFI74SCnsWbGA=
 github.com/ipfs/go-bitfield v1.1.0/go.mod h1:paqf1wjq/D2BBmzfTVFlJQ9IlFOZpg422HL0HqsGWHU=
-github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.0 h1:ZqrkxBA2ICbDRbK8KJs/u0O3dlp6gmAuuXUJNiW1Ycs=
-github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.0/go.mod h1:+jpL11nFx5A/SPpsoBn6Bzkra/zaArfSmsknbPMYgzM=
+github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.1 h1:96kW71XGNNa+mZw/MTzJrCpMhBWCrd9kBLoKm9Iip/Q=
+github.com/ipfs/go-block-format v0.2.1/go.mod h1:frtvXHMQhM6zn7HvEQu+Qz5wSTj+04oEH/I+NjDgEjk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.5.0 h1:goEKKhaGm0ul11IHA7I6p1GmKz8kEYniqFopaB5Otwg=
 github.com/ipfs/go-cid v0.5.0/go.mod h1:0L7vmeNXpQpUS9vt+yEARkJ8rOg43DF3iPgn4GIN0mk=
 github.com/ipfs/go-cidutil v0.1.0 h1:RW5hO7Vcf16dplUU60Hs0AKDkQAVPVplr7lk97CFL+Q=
@@ -348,8 +348,6 @@ github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1 h1:r/UXYyRcddO6thwOnhiznIAiSvxMECGgtv35Xs1I
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-delay v0.0.1/go.mod h1:8SP1YXK1M1kXuc4KJZINY3TQQ03J2rwBG9QfXmbRPrw=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-pq v0.0.3 h1:YpoHVJB+jzK15mr/xsWC574tyDLkezVrDNeaalQBsTE=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-pq v0.0.3/go.mod h1:btNw5hsHBpRcSSgZtiNm/SLj5gYIZ18AKtv3kERkRb4=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util v0.0.3 h1:2RFdGez6bu2ZlZdI+rWfIdbQb1KudQp3VGwPtdNCmE0=
-github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util v0.0.3/go.mod h1:LHzG1a0Ig4G+iZ26UUOMjHd+lfM84LZCrn17xAKWBvs=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format v0.6.0 h1:VEJlA2kQ3LqFSIm5Vu6eIlSxD/Ze90xtc4Meten1F5U=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-format v0.6.0/go.mod h1:g4QVMTn3marU3qXchwjpKPKgJv+zF+OlaKMyhJ4LHPg=
 github.com/ipfs/go-ipld-legacy v0.2.1 h1:mDFtrBpmU7b//LzLSypVrXsD8QxkEWxu5qVxN99/+tk=