diff --git a/cycode/cyclient/base_token_auth_client.py b/cycode/cyclient/base_token_auth_client.py
index ec315e7d..cdadf98d 100644
--- a/cycode/cyclient/base_token_auth_client.py
+++ b/cycode/cyclient/base_token_auth_client.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import secrets
+import time
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from threading import Lock
 from typing import Any, Optional
@@ -5,6 +7,7 @@
 import arrow
 from requests import Response
 
+from cycode.cli.exceptions.custom_exceptions import HttpUnauthorizedError
 from cycode.cli.user_settings.credentials_manager import CredentialsManager
 from cycode.cli.user_settings.jwt_creator import JwtCreator
 from cycode.cyclient.cycode_client import CycodeClient
@@ -15,6 +18,11 @@
     b'JWT Token validation failed',
 ]
 
+# Identity provider brute-force protection rejects logins for the same user that land within
+# milliseconds of each other, so when several processes mint at once all but one are refused.
+_MINT_CONFLICT_RETRY_MIN_MS = 50
+_MINT_CONFLICT_RETRY_SPREAD_MS = 100
+
 
 class BaseTokenAuthClient(CycodeClient, ABC):
     """Base client for token-based authentication flows with cached JWTs."""
@@ -49,7 +57,20 @@ def refresh_access_token_if_needed(self) -> None:
         self._load_token_from_disk()
         if self._has_valid_token():
             return
-        self.refresh_access_token()
+
+        try:
+            self.refresh_access_token()
+        except HttpUnauthorizedError:
+            # Processes sharing one cached token all expire at the same instant, so a burst of
+            # them mints together and the identity provider refuses all but the first as a
+            # too-fast login. The winner persists a usable token, so prefer re-reading it over
+            # minting again. The wait is randomized to keep the losers from colliding a second
+            # time. A genuinely invalid token still raises on the retry.
+            time.sleep((_MINT_CONFLICT_RETRY_MIN_MS + secrets.randbelow(_MINT_CONFLICT_RETRY_SPREAD_MS)) / 1000)
+            self._load_token_from_disk()
+            if self._has_valid_token():
+                return
+            self.refresh_access_token()
 
     def _has_valid_token(self) -> bool:
         return self._access_token is not None and self._expires_in is not None and arrow.utcnow() < self._expires_in
diff --git a/tests/cyclient/test_token_based_client.py b/tests/cyclient/test_token_based_client.py
index 4c3dd4c5..ffb1f0c1 100644
--- a/tests/cyclient/test_token_based_client.py
+++ b/tests/cyclient/test_token_based_client.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import arrow
+import pytest
 import responses
+from pyfakefs.fake_filesystem import FakeFilesystem
 
+from cycode.cli.exceptions.custom_exceptions import HttpUnauthorizedError
 from cycode.cyclient.cycode_token_based_client import CycodeTokenBasedClient
 from tests.conftest import _EXPECTED_API_TOKEN, create_token_based_client
 
@@ -66,6 +69,51 @@ def test_access_token_cached_creator_changed(
     assert client2._expires_in is None
 
 
+@responses.activate
+def test_access_token_mint_conflict_prefers_token_persisted_by_another_process(
+    api_token_url: str, fs: FakeFilesystem
+) -> None:
+    client = create_token_based_client()
+
+    def _refuse_while_another_process_wins(_request: object) -> tuple:
+        # the process that won the race persists its token while this one is being refused
+        client._credentials_manager.update_access_token(
+            _EXPECTED_API_TOKEN, arrow.utcnow().shift(hours=1).timestamp(), client._create_jwt_creator()
+        )
+        return 401, {}, ''
+
+    responses.add_callback(responses.POST, api_token_url, callback=_refuse_while_another_process_wins)
+
+    assert client.get_access_token() == _EXPECTED_API_TOKEN
+    assert len(responses.calls) == 1
+
+
+@responses.activate
+def test_access_token_mint_conflict_retries_when_no_other_process_won(
+    api_token_url: str, api_token_response: responses.Response, fs: FakeFilesystem
+) -> None:
+    client = create_token_based_client()
+
+    responses.add(responses.Response(method=responses.POST, url=api_token_url, status=401))
+    responses.add(api_token_response)
+
+    assert client.get_access_token() == _EXPECTED_API_TOKEN
+    assert len(responses.calls) == 2
+
+
+@responses.activate
+def test_access_token_mint_conflict_raises_when_retry_is_refused_too(api_token_url: str, fs: FakeFilesystem) -> None:
+    client = create_token_based_client()
+
+    responses.add(responses.Response(method=responses.POST, url=api_token_url, status=401))
+    responses.add(responses.Response(method=responses.POST, url=api_token_url, status=401))
+
+    with pytest.raises(HttpUnauthorizedError):
+        client.get_access_token()
+
+    assert len(responses.calls) == 2
+
+
 @responses.activate
 def test_access_token_invalidation(
     token_based_client: CycodeTokenBasedClient, api_token_response: responses.Response