diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2b3a122..52be72b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <artifactId>java-buildpack-container-security-provider</artifactId>
     <name>Cloud Foundry Container Security Provider</name>
     <description>Utility that watches for changes to container identity and trust stores</description>
-    <version>1.20.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.21.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <url>https://github.com/cloudfoundry/java-buildpack-container-security-provider</url>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/cloudfoundry/security/FileWatchingX509ExtendedKeyManager.java b/src/main/java/org/cloudfoundry/security/FileWatchingX509ExtendedKeyManager.java
index b931975..9fba576 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/cloudfoundry/security/FileWatchingX509ExtendedKeyManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/cloudfoundry/security/FileWatchingX509ExtendedKeyManager.java
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ final class FileWatchingX509ExtendedKeyManager extends X509ExtendedKeyManager {
         this.keyManagerFactory = keyManagerFactory;
 
         new FileWatcher(this.certificates, new FileWatcherCallback()).watch();
-        new FileWatcher(this.privateKey, new FileWatcherCallback()).watch();
+        // disable watching the key file to prevent race condition bug - a certificate file change covers the key change
+        // new FileWatcher(this.privateKey, new FileWatcherCallback()).watch();
 
         if (this.keyManager.compareAndSet(null, getKeyManager(getKeyStore()))) {
             this.logger.info(String.format("Initialized KeyManager for %s and %s", this.privateKey, this.certificates));