diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index 87a52abba..4ec340dfb 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 class HomestoreConan(ConanFile):
     name = "homestore"
-    version = "7.5.10"
+    version = "7.5.11"
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/eBay/Homestore"
     description = "HomeStore Storage Engine"
diff --git a/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.cpp b/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.cpp
index f59c77d3e..a83d8e00a 100644
--- a/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.cpp
@@ -645,19 +645,6 @@ void RaftReplService::start_repl_service_timers() {
                     gc_repl_devs();
                 });
 
-            // Check for queued fetches at the minimum every second
-            uint64_t interval_ns = std::min(
-                HS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(consensus.wait_data_write_timer_ms) * 1000 * 1000, 1ul * 1000 * 1000 * 1000);
-            m_rdev_fetch_timer_hdl = iomanager.schedule_thread_timer(interval_ns, true /* recurring */, nullptr,
-                                                                     [this](void*, uint64_t exp_count) {
-                                                                         if (exp_count > 1) {
-                                                                             LOGINFOMOD(replication,
-                                                                                        "fetch pending data timer expired {} times, running once",
-                                                                                        exp_count);
-                                                                         }
-                                                                         fetch_pending_data();
-                                                                     });
-
             // Flush durable commit lsns to superblock
             // FIXUP: what is the best value for flush_durable_commit_interval_ms?
             m_flush_durable_commit_timer_hdl = iomanager.schedule_thread_timer(
@@ -682,13 +669,43 @@ void RaftReplService::start_repl_service_timers() {
         }
     });
     latch.wait();
+
+    // Dedicated reactor for fetch_pending_data so that a blocking flush_durable_commit_lsn() or
+    // GC on the reaper fiber cannot delay queued fetch batches past consensus.data_receive_timeout_ms
+    // (default 10s), which would otherwise cause "Data fetch timeout" assertion / TIMEOUT errors.
+    std::latch fetcher_latch{1};
+    iomanager.create_reactor("raft_repl_fetcher", iomgr::INTERRUPT_LOOP, 1u,
+                             [this, &fetcher_latch](bool is_started) {
+                                 if (is_started) {
+                                     m_fetcher_fiber = iomanager.iofiber_self();
+                                     // Check for queued fetches at the minimum every second
+                                     uint64_t interval_ns = std::min(
+                                         HS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(consensus.wait_data_write_timer_ms) * 1000 * 1000,
+                                         1ul * 1000 * 1000 * 1000);
+                                     m_rdev_fetch_timer_hdl = iomanager.schedule_thread_timer(
+                                         interval_ns, true /* recurring */, nullptr,
+                                         [this](void*, uint64_t exp_count) {
+                                             if (exp_count > 1) {
+                                                 LOGINFOMOD(replication,
+                                                            "fetch pending data timer expired {} times, running once",
+                                                            exp_count);
+                                             }
+                                             fetch_pending_data();
+                                         });
+                                     fetcher_latch.count_down();
+                                 }
+                             });
+    fetcher_latch.wait();
 }
 
 void RaftReplService::stop_repl_service_timers() {
+    iomanager.run_on_wait(m_fetcher_fiber, [this]() {
+        LOGINFOMOD(replication, "Fetcher Thread: Stopping timer");
+        iomanager.cancel_timer(m_rdev_fetch_timer_hdl, true);
+    });
     iomanager.run_on_wait(m_reaper_fiber, [this]() {
         LOGINFOMOD(replication, "Reaper Thread: Stopping timers");
         iomanager.cancel_timer(m_rdev_gc_timer_hdl, true);
-        iomanager.cancel_timer(m_rdev_fetch_timer_hdl, true);
         iomanager.cancel_timer(m_flush_durable_commit_timer_hdl, true);
         iomanager.cancel_timer(m_replace_member_sync_check_timer_hdl, true);
     });
diff --git a/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.h b/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.h
index 59fe786f8..1fdd62134 100644
--- a/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.h
+++ b/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.h
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ class RaftReplService : public GenericReplService,
     iomgr::timer_handle_t m_flush_durable_commit_timer_hdl;
     iomgr::timer_handle_t m_replace_member_sync_check_timer_hdl;
     iomgr::io_fiber_t m_reaper_fiber;
+    // Dedicated fiber for the fetch_pending_data timer. Kept separate from the reaper fiber so that
+    // a slow flush_durable_commit_lsn() (which does synchronous metablk I/O under m_rd_map_mtx) cannot
+    // delay queued fetch batches past consensus.data_receive_timeout_ms.
+    iomgr::io_fiber_t m_fetcher_fiber;
     std::atomic< int32_t > restart_counter{0};
     std::mutex raft_restart_mutex;