diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 12ae80b08..ec2c1434c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd v0.24.3-0.20250318170759-4f4ea81776d6
 	github.com/btcsuite/btcd/btcutil v1.1.6
 	github.com/elnosh/gonuts v0.4.2
-	github.com/getAlby/ldk-node-go v0.0.0-20250819102405-2b4fad579464
+	github.com/getAlby/ldk-node-go v0.0.0-20250821075222-c472ce40ecbf
 	github.com/go-gormigrate/gormigrate/v2 v2.1.4
 	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.13.4
 	github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 v1.14.32
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index ff7d75bdf..a51872317 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 h1:2Ml+OJNzbYCTzsxtv8vKSFD9PbJjmhYF14k/jKC7S
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:8jBTzvmWwFyi3Pb8djgCCO5IBqzKJ/Jwo8TRcHyHii0=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0 h1:iM5WgngdRBanHcxugY4JySA0nk1wZorNOpTgCMedv5E=
 github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:pxXPTn3joSm21Gbwsv0w9OSA2y1HFR9qXEeXQVeNoDQ=
-github.com/getAlby/ldk-node-go v0.0.0-20250819102405-2b4fad579464 h1:5MfsQgTwuWfPfslnG5XwcTEjTMF9ADx9RLVemvNhwF4=
-github.com/getAlby/ldk-node-go v0.0.0-20250819102405-2b4fad579464/go.mod h1:8BRjtKcz8E0RyYTPEbMS8VIdgredcGSLne8vHDtcRLg=
+github.com/getAlby/ldk-node-go v0.0.0-20250821075222-c472ce40ecbf h1:y0rcguUHZGDiori3a/tJe7OO6n1h98hqMUIzA94/lvk=
+github.com/getAlby/ldk-node-go v0.0.0-20250821075222-c472ce40ecbf/go.mod h1:8BRjtKcz8E0RyYTPEbMS8VIdgredcGSLne8vHDtcRLg=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/go-gormigrate/gormigrate/v2 v2.1.4 h1:KOPEt27qy1cNzHfMZbp9YTmEuzkY4F4wrdsJW9WFk1U=
 github.com/go-gormigrate/gormigrate/v2 v2.1.4/go.mod h1:y/6gPAH6QGAgP1UfHMiXcqGeJ88/GRQbfCReE1JJD5Y=
diff --git a/lnclient/ldk/ldk.go b/lnclient/ldk/ldk.go
index 5aa432e20..a8d6e0af7 100644
--- a/lnclient/ldk/ldk.go
+++ b/lnclient/ldk/ldk.go
@@ -445,9 +445,14 @@ func (ls *LDKService) Shutdown() error {
 	logger.Logger.Info("cancelling LDK context")
 	ls.cancel()
 
-	for ls.syncing {
-		logger.Logger.Warn("Waiting for background sync to finish before stopping LDK node...")
+	maxAttempts := 40
+	for i := 0; ls.syncing; i++ {
+		logger.Logger.WithField("attempt", i).Warn("Waiting for background sync to finish before stopping LDK node...")
 		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		if i > maxAttempts {
+			logger.Logger.Error("Timed out waiting for background sync to finish before stopping LDK node")
+			break
+		}
 	}
 
 	logger.Logger.Info("stopping LDK node")