diff --git a/app/services/locker/locker.go b/app/services/locker/locker.go
index e44d8bfd6..f0bebac5f 100644
--- a/app/services/locker/locker.go
+++ b/app/services/locker/locker.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const namespaceRepo = "repo"
+const namespaceRegistry = "registry"
 
 type Locker struct {
 	mtxManager lock.MutexManager
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func (l Locker) lock(
 	ctx = logging.NewContext(ctx, func(zc zerolog.Context) zerolog.Context {
 		return zc.
 			Str("key", key).
-			Str("namespace", namespaceRepo).
+			Str("namespace", namespace).
 			Str("expiry", expiry.String())
 	})
 
diff --git a/app/services/locker/rpmrepodata.go b/app/services/locker/rpmrepodata.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd05c9cb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/locker/rpmrepodata.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright 2023 Harness, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package locker
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func (l Locker) LockRpmRepoData(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	registryID int64,
+	expiry time.Duration,
+) (func(), error) {
+	key := fmt.Sprintf("%d/repodata", registryID)
+
+	unlockFn, err := l.lock(ctx, namespaceRegistry, key, expiry)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to lock mutex for registry [%d] RPM repodata: %w", registryID, err)
+	}
+
+	return unlockFn, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/gitness/wire_gen.go b/cmd/gitness/wire_gen.go
index eb453fc03..d6cc31ebb 100644
--- a/cmd/gitness/wire_gen.go
+++ b/cmd/gitness/wire_gen.go
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ func initSystem(ctx context.Context, config *types.Config) (*server.System, erro
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	registryHelper := rpm.LocalRegistryHelperProvider(fileManager, artifactRepository)
-	indexService := index.ProvideService(registryHelper)
+	indexService := index.ProvideService(registryHelper, lockerLocker)
 	apiHandler := router.APIHandlerProvider(registryRepository, upstreamProxyConfigRepository, fileManager, tagRepository, manifestRepository, cleanupPolicyRepository, imageRepository, storageDriver, spaceFinder, transactor, authenticator, provider, authorizer, auditService, artifactRepository, webhooksRepository, webhooksExecutionRepository, service2, spacePathStore, reporter10, downloadStatRepository, indexService, config)
 	mavenDBStore := maven.DBStoreProvider(registryRepository, imageRepository, artifactRepository, spaceStore, bandwidthStatRepository, downloadStatRepository, nodesRepository, upstreamProxyConfigRepository)
 	mavenLocalRegistry := maven.LocalRegistryProvider(mavenDBStore, transactor, fileManager)
diff --git a/registry/services/index/service.go b/registry/services/index/service.go
index a71c2800f..338133481 100644
--- a/registry/services/index/service.go
+++ b/registry/services/index/service.go
@@ -16,16 +16,22 @@ package index
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/harness/gitness/app/services/locker"
 	"github.com/harness/gitness/registry/app/utils/rpm"
 )
 
+const timeout = 3 * time.Minute
+
 type Service interface {
 	RegenerateRpmRepoData(ctx context.Context, registryID int64, rootParentID int64, rootIdentifier string) error
 }
 
 type service struct {
 	rpmRegistryHelper rpm.RegistryHelper
+	locker            *locker.Locker
 }
 
 func (s *service) RegenerateRpmRepoData(
@@ -34,14 +40,24 @@ func (s *service) RegenerateRpmRepoData(
 	rootParentID int64,
 	rootIdentifier string,
 ) error {
-	// TODO: integrate with distributed lock
+	unlock, err := s.locker.LockRpmRepoData(
+		ctx,
+		registryID,
+		timeout,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to lock registry for RPM repo data regeneration: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer unlock()
 	return s.rpmRegistryHelper.BuildRegistryFiles(ctx, registryID, rootParentID, rootIdentifier)
 }
 
 func NewService(
 	rpmRegistryHelper rpm.RegistryHelper,
+	locker *locker.Locker,
 ) Service {
 	return &service{
 		rpmRegistryHelper: rpmRegistryHelper,
+		locker:            locker,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/registry/services/index/wire.go b/registry/services/index/wire.go
index 7e4b25bb0..025094d55 100644
--- a/registry/services/index/wire.go
+++ b/registry/services/index/wire.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package index
 
 import (
+	"github.com/harness/gitness/app/services/locker"
 	"github.com/harness/gitness/registry/app/utils/rpm"
 
 	"github.com/google/wire"
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ var WireSet = wire.NewSet(
 
 func ProvideService(
 	rpmRegistryHelper rpm.RegistryHelper,
+	locker *locker.Locker,
 ) Service {
-	return NewService(rpmRegistryHelper)
+	return NewService(rpmRegistryHelper, locker)
 }