diff --git a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
index 1c22489fde..9cc936cecf 100644
--- a/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/accounts_db.rs
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
         AccountStorageEntry::new(
             path,
             slot,
-            self.next_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed),
+            self.next_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel),
             size,
         )
     }
@@ -3729,7 +3729,7 @@ impl AccountsDb {
                     let ret = recycle_stores.remove_entry(i);
                     drop(recycle_stores);
                     let old_id = ret.append_vec_id();
-                    ret.recycle(slot, self.next_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed));
+                    ret.recycle(slot, self.next_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel));
                     debug!(
                         "recycling store: {} {:?} old_id: {}",
                         ret.append_vec_id(),
diff --git a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs
index ef0ea8e5ac..40c92b2851 100644
--- a/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs
+++ b/runtime/src/serde_snapshot.rs
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ where
                 // Remap the AppendVec ID to handle any duplicate IDs that may previously existed
                 // due to full snapshots and incremental snapshots generated from different nodes
                 let (remapped_append_vec_id, remapped_append_vec_path) = loop {
-                    let remapped_append_vec_id = next_append_vec_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
+                    let remapped_append_vec_id = next_append_vec_id.fetch_add(1, Ordering::AcqRel);
                     let remapped_file_name = AppendVec::file_name(*slot, remapped_append_vec_id);
                     let remapped_append_vec_path =
                         append_vec_path.parent().unwrap().join(&remapped_file_name);
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ where
         "At least one storage entry must exist from deserializing stream"
     );
 
-    let next_append_vec_id = next_append_vec_id.load(Ordering::Relaxed);
+    let next_append_vec_id = next_append_vec_id.load(Ordering::Acquire);
     let max_append_vec_id = next_append_vec_id - 1;
     assert!(
         max_append_vec_id <= AppendVecId::MAX / 2,
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ where
     );
     accounts_db
         .next_id
-        .store(next_append_vec_id, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        .store(next_append_vec_id, Ordering::Release);
     accounts_db
         .write_version
         .fetch_add(snapshot_version, Ordering::Release);