diff --git a/src/petals/server/throughput.py b/src/petals/server/throughput.py
index bf71f44..c42bdb9 100644
--- a/src/petals/server/throughput.py
+++ b/src/petals/server/throughput.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ def get_server_throughput(
 
     # We use the system-wide lock since only one process at a time can measure the host throughput
     os.makedirs(lock_path.parent, exist_ok=True)
-    with open(lock_path, "wb") as lock_fd:
+    with open(lock_path, "wb+") as lock_fd:
         logger.info("Loading throughput info")
         fcntl.flock(lock_fd.fileno(), fcntl.LOCK_EX)
         # The OS will release the lock when lock_fd is closed or the process is killed
diff --git a/src/petals/utils/disk_cache.py b/src/petals/utils/disk_cache.py
index a26a0f5..5de47c8 100644
--- a/src/petals/utils/disk_cache.py
+++ b/src/petals/utils/disk_cache.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def _blocks_lock(cache_dir: Optional[str], mode: int):
     lock_path = Path(cache_dir, BLOCKS_LOCK_FILE)
 
     os.makedirs(lock_path.parent, exist_ok=True)
-    with open(lock_path, "wb") as lock_fd:
+    with open(lock_path, "wb+") as lock_fd:
         fcntl.flock(lock_fd.fileno(), mode)
         # The OS will release the lock when lock_fd is closed or the process is killed
         yield