diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index 6647054..0f19630 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
-version = "0.15.5"
+version = "0.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9229cfe53dfd69f0609a49f65461bd93001ea1ef889cd5529dd176593f5338a1"
+checksum = "5419bdc4f6a9207fbeba6d11b604d481addf78ecd10c11ad51e76c2f6482748d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "jobserver"
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "quick_cache"
-version = "0.6.16"
+version = "0.6.17"
 dependencies = [
  "ahash",
  "equivalent",
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.toml b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
index 6ec2295..00dfaec 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ path = "fuzz_targets/fuzz_unsync_cache.rs"
 test = false
 doc = false
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "fuzz_unsync_cache_pinstate"
+path = "fuzz_targets/fuzz_unsync_cache_pinstate.rs"
+test = false
+doc = false
+
 [[bin]]
 name = "fuzz_linked_slab"
 path = "fuzz_targets/fuzz_linked_slab.rs"
diff --git a/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_unsync_cache_pinstate.rs b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_unsync_cache_pinstate.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d26a3aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fuzz/fuzz_targets/fuzz_unsync_cache_pinstate.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+#![no_main]
+use ahash::HashSet;
+use arbitrary::Arbitrary;
+use libfuzzer_sys::fuzz_target;
+use quick_cache::{unsync::Cache, Lifecycle, OptionsBuilder, Weighter};
+use std::cell::Cell;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct MyWeighter;
+
+#[derive(Clone)]
+struct MyLifecycle;
+
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Arbitrary, Default)]
+struct PinState {
+    is_pinned: bool,
+    remaining: u8,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+struct Value {
+    original: u16,
+    current: u16,
+    pinned: Cell<PinState>,
+}
+
+impl Weighter<u16, Value> for MyWeighter {
+    fn weight(&self, _key: &u16, val: &Value) -> u64 {
+        val.current as u64
+    }
+}
+
+impl Lifecycle<u16, Value> for MyLifecycle {
+    type RequestState = Vec<(u16, Value)>;
+
+    fn begin_request(&self) -> Self::RequestState {
+        Default::default()
+    }
+
+    fn is_pinned(&self, _key: &u16, val: &Value) -> bool {
+        let mut pinned = val.pinned.get();
+        if pinned.remaining != 0 {
+            pinned.remaining -= 1;
+            if pinned.remaining == 0 {
+                pinned.is_pinned = !pinned.is_pinned;
+            }
+            val.pinned.set(pinned);
+        }
+        pinned.is_pinned
+    }
+
+    fn before_evict(&self, _state: &mut Self::RequestState, _key: &u16, val: &mut Value) {
+        // eprintln!("Before evict {_key} {val:?}");
+        if val.original % 5 == 0 {
+            val.current = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn on_evict(&self, state: &mut Self::RequestState, key: u16, val: Value) {
+        // eprintln!("Evicted {key}");
+        state.push((key, val));
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Arbitrary)]
+enum Op {
+    Insert(u16, u16, PinState),
+    Replace(u16, u16, PinState),
+    Placeholder(u16, Option<(u16, PinState)>),
+    Update(u16, u16, PinState),
+    Remove(u16),
+    SetCapacity(u32),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Arbitrary)]
+struct Input {
+    seed: u32,
+    estimated_items_capacity: u16,
+    weight_capacity: u32,
+    hot_allocation: u8,
+    ghost_allocation: u8,
+    operations: Vec<Op>,
+}
+
+fuzz_target!(|input: Input| {
+    run(input);
+});
+
+fn run(input: Input) {
+    let Input {
+        seed,
+        operations,
+        estimated_items_capacity,
+        weight_capacity,
+        hot_allocation,
+        ghost_allocation,
+    } = input;
+    let hasher = ahash::RandomState::with_seed(seed as usize);
+    let estimated_items_capacity = estimated_items_capacity as usize;
+    let weight_capacity = weight_capacity as u64;
+    let hot_allocation = hot_allocation as f64 / (u8::MAX as f64);
+    let ghost_allocation = ghost_allocation as f64 / (u8::MAX as f64);
+    let options = OptionsBuilder::new()
+        .estimated_items_capacity(estimated_items_capacity)
+        .weight_capacity(weight_capacity)
+        .hot_allocation(hot_allocation)
+        .ghost_allocation(ghost_allocation)
+        .shards(1)
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+    let mut cache = Cache::with_options(options, MyWeighter, hasher, MyLifecycle);
+    for op in operations {
+        match op {
+            Op::Insert(k, v, pinned) => {
+                // eprintln!("insert {k} {v}");
+                let evicted = cache.insert_with_lifecycle(
+                    k,
+                    Value {
+                        original: v,
+                        current: v,
+                        pinned: Cell::new(pinned),
+                    },
+                );
+                // if k is present it must have value v
+                let peek = cache.peek(&k).cloned();
+                assert!(peek.is_none() || peek.as_ref().unwrap().original == v);
+                check_evicted(k, peek, evicted);
+            }
+            Op::Update(k, v, pinned) => {
+                if let Some(mut ref_mut) = cache.get_mut(&k) {
+                    *ref_mut = Value {
+                        original: v,
+                        current: v,
+                        pinned: Cell::new(pinned),
+                    };
+                }
+            }
+            Op::Replace(k, v, pinned) => {
+                // eprintln!("replace {k} {v}");
+                if let Ok(evicted) = cache.replace_with_lifecycle(
+                    k,
+                    Value {
+                        original: v,
+                        current: v,
+                        pinned: Cell::new(pinned),
+                    },
+                    false,
+                ) {
+                    // if k is present it must have value v
+                    let peek = cache.peek(&k).cloned();
+                    assert!(peek.is_none() || peek.as_ref().unwrap().original == v);
+                    check_evicted(k, peek, evicted);
+                } else {
+                    assert!(cache.peek(&k).is_none());
+                }
+            }
+            Op::Placeholder(k, Some((v, pinned))) => {
+                let (inserted, evicted) = match cache.get_ref_or_guard(&k) {
+                    Ok(_) => (false, Vec::new()),
+                    Err(g) => {
+                        let evicted = g.insert_with_lifecycle(Value {
+                            original: v,
+                            current: v,
+                            pinned: Cell::new(pinned),
+                        });
+                        (true, evicted)
+                    }
+                };
+                if inserted {
+                    let peek = cache.peek(&k).cloned();
+                    assert!(peek.is_none() || peek.as_ref().unwrap().original == v);
+                    check_evicted(k, peek, evicted);
+                }
+            }
+            Op::Placeholder(k, None) => {
+                let _ = cache.get_ref_or_guard(&k);
+            }
+            Op::Remove(k) => {
+                // eprintln!("remove {k}");
+                if let Some((rem_k, _)) = cache.remove(&k) {
+                    assert_eq!(rem_k, k);
+                }
+                assert!(cache.peek(&k).is_none());
+            }
+            Op::SetCapacity(new_capacity) => {
+                // eprintln!("set_capacity {new_capacity}");
+                cache.set_capacity(new_capacity as u64);
+            }
+        }
+        cache.validate(true);
+    }
+    cache.validate(true);
+}
+
+fn check_evicted(key: u16, get: Option<Value>, evicted: Vec<(u16, Value)>) {
+    let mut evicted_hm = HashSet::default();
+    evicted_hm.reserve(evicted.len());
+    for (ek, ev) in evicted {
+        // we can't evict a 0 weight item, unless it was replaced
+        assert!(ev.current != 0 || ek == key);
+        // we can't evict a pinned item, unless it was replaced
+        assert!(ev.pinned.get().is_pinned == false || ek == key);
+        // we can't evict something twice, except if the insert displaced an old value but the new value also got evicted
+        assert!(evicted_hm.insert(ek) || (ek == key && get.is_none()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/options.rs b/src/options.rs
index 71ca216..1edd5dc 100644
--- a/src/options.rs
+++ b/src/options.rs
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ impl OptionsBuilder {
         Self::default()
     }
 
-    /// Set the number of internal shards. Each shard has independent synchronization
+    /// Set the number of internal shards for the sync cache. Each shard has independent synchronization
     /// and capacity. This means that the Cache can be used from multiple threads
-    /// with little contetion but the capacity of each shard is a portion of the total.
+    /// with little contention but the capacity of each shard is a portion of the total.
     ///
     /// Defaults to: `number of detected cores * 4`
     ///
diff --git a/src/shard.rs b/src/shard.rs
index 7ec3ff8..d417b7d 100644
--- a/src/shard.rs
+++ b/src/shard.rs
@@ -751,8 +751,13 @@ impl<
                 *resident.referenced.get_mut() = (*resident.referenced.get_mut())
                     .min(MAX_F)
                     .saturating_sub(1);
-                if unpinned == 0 && Some(next) == self.hot_head {
-                    return false;
+                if Some(next) == self.hot_head {
+                    if unpinned == 0 {
+                        // All entries are pinned
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    // Restart unpinned count
+                    unpinned = 0;
                 }
                 idx = next;
                 continue;