diff --git a/pkg/crypto/rings/client.go b/pkg/crypto/rings/client.go
index 8373be876..4bb96413b 100644
--- a/pkg/crypto/rings/client.go
+++ b/pkg/crypto/rings/client.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"slices"
+	"sync"
 
 	"cosmossdk.io/depinject"
 	ring_secp256k1 "github.com/athanorlabs/go-dleq/secp256k1"
@@ -21,9 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 var _ crypto.RingClient = (*ringClient)(nil)
 
-// ringClient is an implementation of the RingClient interface that uses the
-// client.ApplicationQueryClient to get application's delegation information
-// needed to construct the ring for signing relay requests.
+// ringClient implements the RingClient interface.
 type ringClient struct {
 	logger polylog.Logger
 
@@ -36,6 +35,9 @@ type ringClient struct {
 
 	// sharedQuerier is used to fetch the shared module's parameters.
 	sharedQuerier client.SharedQueryClient
+
+	// Mutex to protect concurrent access to shared resources
+	mu sync.RWMutex
 }
 
 // NewRingClient returns a new ring client constructed from the given dependencies.
@@ -213,6 +215,10 @@ func (rc *ringClient) addressesToPubKeys(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	addresses []string,
 ) ([]cryptotypes.PubKey, error) {
+	// Lock for the entire operation since we're doing multiple queries
+	rc.mu.Lock()
+	defer rc.mu.Unlock()
+
 	pubKeys := make([]cryptotypes.PubKey, len(addresses))
 	for i, addr := range addresses {
 		acc, err := rc.accountQuerier.GetPubKeyFromAddress(ctx, addr)
diff --git a/x/proof/keeper/validate_proofs.go b/x/proof/keeper/validate_proofs.go
index e98b5a17c..2f707b9a0 100644
--- a/x/proof/keeper/validate_proofs.go
+++ b/x/proof/keeper/validate_proofs.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package keeper
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"sync"
 
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ var numCPU int
 
 func init() {
 	// Initialize the number of CPU cores available on the machine.
-	numCPU = 1 //runtime.NumCPU()
+	numCPU = runtime.NumCPU()
 }
 
 // ValidateSubmittedProofs concurrently validates block proofs.
@@ -31,16 +32,7 @@ func (k Keeper) ValidateSubmittedProofs(ctx sdk.Context) (numValidProofs, numInv
 	// Iterate over proofs using an proofIterator to prevent memory issues from bulk fetching.
 	proofIterator := k.GetAllProofsIterator(ctx)
 
-	coordinator := &proofValidationTaskCoordinator{
-		// Parallelize proof validation across CPU cores since they are independent from one another.
-		// Use semaphores to limit concurrent goroutines and prevent memory issues.
-		sem: make(chan struct{}, numCPU),
-		// Use a wait group to wait for all goroutines to finish before returning.
-		wg: &sync.WaitGroup{},
-
-		processedProofs: make(map[string][]string),
-		coordinatorMu:   &sync.Mutex{},
-	}
+	coordinator := newProofValidationTaskCoordinator(numCPU)
 
 	for ; proofIterator.Valid(); proofIterator.Next() {
 		proofBz := proofIterator.Value()
@@ -63,6 +55,7 @@ func (k Keeper) ValidateSubmittedProofs(ctx sdk.Context) (numValidProofs, numInv
 
 	// Delete all the processed proofs from the store since they are no longer needed.
 	logger.Info("removing processed proofs from the store")
+	coordinator.mu.Lock()
 	for supplierOperatorAddr, processedProofs := range coordinator.processedProofs {
 		for _, sessionId := range processedProofs {
 			k.RemoveProof(ctx, sessionId, supplierOperatorAddr)
@@ -73,8 +66,11 @@ func (k Keeper) ValidateSubmittedProofs(ctx sdk.Context) (numValidProofs, numInv
 			))
 		}
 	}
+	numValidProofs = coordinator.numValidProofs
+	numInvalidProofs = coordinator.numInvalidProofs
+	coordinator.mu.Unlock()
 
-	return coordinator.numValidProofs, coordinator.numInvalidProofs, nil
+	return numValidProofs, numInvalidProofs, nil
 }
 
 // validateProof validates a proof before removing it from the store.
@@ -155,10 +151,8 @@ func (k Keeper) validateProof(
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Protect the subsequent operations from concurrent access.
-	coordinator.coordinatorMu.Lock()
-	defer coordinator.coordinatorMu.Unlock()
-
+	// Update all shared state under a single lock
+	coordinator.mu.Lock()
 	// Update the claim to reflect its corresponding the proof validation result.
 	//
 	// It will be used later by the SettlePendingClaims routine to determine whether:
@@ -167,20 +161,19 @@ func (k Keeper) validateProof(
 	claim.ProofStatus = proofStatus
 	k.UpsertClaim(ctx, claim)
 
-	// Collect the processed proofs info to delete them after the proofIterator is closed
-	// to prevent iterator invalidation.
-	coordinator.processedProofs[supplierOperatorAddr] = append(
-		coordinator.processedProofs[supplierOperatorAddr],
-		sessionHeader.GetSessionId(),
-	)
-
+	// Update the counters
 	if proofStatus == types.ClaimProofStatus_INVALID {
-		// Increment the number of invalid proofs.
 		coordinator.numInvalidProofs++
 	} else {
-		// Increment the number of valid proofs.
 		coordinator.numValidProofs++
 	}
+
+	// Update processed proofs
+	coordinator.processedProofs[supplierOperatorAddr] = append(
+		coordinator.processedProofs[supplierOperatorAddr],
+		sessionHeader.GetSessionId(),
+	)
+	coordinator.mu.Unlock()
 }
 
 // proofValidationTaskCoordinator is a helper struct to coordinate parallel proof
@@ -197,9 +190,19 @@ type proofValidationTaskCoordinator struct {
 	processedProofs map[string][]string
 
 	// numValidProofs and numInvalidProofs are counters for the number of valid and invalid proofs.
-	numValidProofs,
+	numValidProofs   uint64
 	numInvalidProofs uint64
 
-	// coordinatorMu protects the coordinator fields.
-	coordinatorMu *sync.Mutex
+	// mu protects all shared state (processedProofs and counters)
+	mu *sync.Mutex
+}
+
+// newProofValidationTaskCoordinator creates a new proofValidationTaskCoordinator
+func newProofValidationTaskCoordinator(numWorkers int) *proofValidationTaskCoordinator {
+	return &proofValidationTaskCoordinator{
+		sem:             make(chan struct{}, numWorkers),
+		wg:              &sync.WaitGroup{},
+		processedProofs: make(map[string][]string),
+		mu:              &sync.Mutex{},
+	}
 }