diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseRefresher.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseRefresher.java
index 8002eacc..d1fdd61c 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseRefresher.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseRefresher.java
@@ -430,7 +430,19 @@ public class DynamoDBLeaseRefresher implements LeaseRefresher {
             }
         } catch (ConditionalCheckFailedException e) {
             log.debug("Did not create lease {} because it already existed", lease);
-            return false;
+
+            // If we had a spurious retry during the Dynamo put, then this conditional PUT failure
+            // might be incorrect. So, we get the item straight away and check if the lease owner + lease
+            // counter are what we expected.
+            String expectedOwner = lease.leaseOwner();
+            Long expectedCounter = lease.leaseCounter();
+            final Lease updatedLease = getLease(lease.leaseKey());
+            if (updatedLease == null || !expectedOwner.equals(updatedLease.leaseOwner())
+                    || !expectedCounter.equals(updatedLease.leaseCounter())) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            log.info("Detected spurious renewal failure for lease with key {}, but recovered", lease.leaseKey());
         } catch (DynamoDbException | TimeoutException e) {
             throw convertAndRethrowExceptions("create", lease.leaseKey(), e);
         }
@@ -552,7 +564,19 @@ public class DynamoDBLeaseRefresher implements LeaseRefresher {
         } catch (ConditionalCheckFailedException e) {
             log.debug("Lease renewal failed for lease with key {} because the lease counter was not {}",
                     lease.leaseKey(), lease.leaseCounter());
-            return false;
+
+            // If we had a spurious retry during the Dynamo update, then this conditional PUT failure
+            // might be incorrect. So, we get the item straight away and check if the lease owner + lease
+            // counter are what we expected.
+            String expectedOwner = lease.leaseOwner();
+            Long expectedCounter = lease.leaseCounter() + 1;
+            final Lease updatedLease = getLease(lease.leaseKey());
+            if (updatedLease == null || !expectedOwner.equals(updatedLease.leaseOwner())
+                    || !expectedCounter.equals(updatedLease.leaseCounter())) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            log.info("Detected spurious renewal failure for lease with key {}, but recovered", lease.leaseKey());
         } catch (DynamoDbException | TimeoutException e) {
             throw convertAndRethrowExceptions("take", lease.leaseKey(), e);
         }
@@ -595,7 +619,19 @@ public class DynamoDBLeaseRefresher implements LeaseRefresher {
         } catch (ConditionalCheckFailedException e) {
             log.debug("Lease eviction failed for lease with key {} because the lease owner was not {}",
                     lease.leaseKey(), lease.leaseOwner());
-            return false;
+
+            // If we had a spurious retry during the Dynamo update, then this conditional PUT failure
+            // might be incorrect. So, we get the item straight away and check if the lease owner + lease
+            // counter are what we expected.
+            String expectedOwner = lease.leaseOwner();
+            Long expectedCounter = lease.leaseCounter() + 1;
+            final Lease updatedLease = getLease(lease.leaseKey());
+            if (updatedLease == null || !expectedOwner.equals(updatedLease.leaseOwner())
+                    || !expectedCounter.equals(updatedLease.leaseCounter())) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            log.info("Detected spurious renewal failure for lease with key {}, but recovered", lease.leaseKey());
         } catch (DynamoDbException | TimeoutException e) {
             throw convertAndRethrowExceptions("evict", lease.leaseKey(), e);
         }
@@ -687,7 +723,19 @@ public class DynamoDBLeaseRefresher implements LeaseRefresher {
         } catch (ConditionalCheckFailedException e) {
             log.debug("Lease update failed for lease with key {} because the lease counter was not {}",
                     lease.leaseKey(), lease.leaseCounter());
-            return false;
+
+            // If we had a spurious retry during the Dynamo update, then this conditional PUT failure
+            // might be incorrect. So, we get the item straight away and check if the lease owner + lease
+            // counter are what we expected.
+            String expectedOwner = lease.leaseOwner();
+            Long expectedCounter = lease.leaseCounter() + 1;
+            final Lease updatedLease = getLease(lease.leaseKey());
+            if (updatedLease == null || !expectedOwner.equals(updatedLease.leaseOwner())
+                    || !expectedCounter.equals(updatedLease.leaseCounter())) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            log.info("Detected spurious renewal failure for lease with key {}, but recovered", lease.leaseKey());
         } catch (DynamoDbException | TimeoutException e) {
             throw convertAndRethrowExceptions("update", lease.leaseKey(), e);
         }