diff --git a/providers/dns/inwx/inwx.go b/providers/dns/inwx/inwx.go
index ab134b0c8e..ee569c9295 100644
--- a/providers/dns/inwx/inwx.go
+++ b/providers/dns/inwx/inwx.go
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@ func NewDefaultConfig() *Config {
 
 // DNSProvider implements the challenge.Provider interface.
 type DNSProvider struct {
-	config *Config
-	client *goinwx.Client
+	config         *Config
+	client         *goinwx.Client
+	previousUnlock time.Time
 }
 
 // NewDNSProvider returns a DNSProvider instance configured for Dyn DNS.
@@ -202,10 +203,33 @@ func (d *DNSProvider) twoFactorAuth(info *goinwx.LoginResponse) error {
 		return errors.New("two-factor authentication but no shared secret is given")
 	}
 
+	// INWX forbids re-authentication with a previously used TAN.
+	// To avoid using the same TAN twice, we wait until the next TOTP period.
+	sleep := d.computeSleep(time.Now())
+	if sleep != 0 {
+		log.Infof("inwx: waiting %s for next TOTP token", sleep)
+		time.Sleep(sleep)
+	}
+
 	tan, err := totp.GenerateCode(d.config.SharedSecret, time.Now())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	d.previousUnlock = time.Now()
+
 	return d.client.Account.Unlock(tan)
 }
+
+func (d *DNSProvider) computeSleep(now time.Time) time.Duration {
+	if d.previousUnlock.IsZero() {
+		return 0 * time.Second
+	}
+
+	endPeriod := d.previousUnlock.Add(30 * time.Second)
+	if endPeriod.After(now) {
+		return endPeriod.Sub(now)
+	}
+
+	return 0 * time.Second
+}
diff --git a/providers/dns/inwx/inwx_test.go b/providers/dns/inwx/inwx_test.go
index 14dbd4344c..8053c87919 100644
--- a/providers/dns/inwx/inwx_test.go
+++ b/providers/dns/inwx/inwx_test.go
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ package inwx
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-acme/lego/v4/platform/tester"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
@@ -141,3 +143,45 @@ func TestLivePresentAndCleanup(t *testing.T) {
 	err = provider.CleanUp(envTest.GetDomain(), "", "123d==")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func Test_computeSleep(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		desc     string
+		previous string
+		expected time.Duration
+	}{
+		{
+			desc:     "after 30s",
+			previous: "2024-01-01T06:29:20Z",
+			expected: 0 * time.Second,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:     "0s",
+			previous: "2024-01-01T06:29:30Z",
+			expected: 0 * time.Second,
+		},
+		{
+			desc:     "before 30s",
+			previous: "2024-01-01T06:29:50Z", // 10 s
+			expected: 20 * time.Second,
+		},
+	}
+
+	now, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2024-01-01T06:30:00Z")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	for _, test := range testCases {
+		test := test
+		t.Run(test.desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Parallel()
+
+			previous, err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, test.previous)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			d := &DNSProvider{previousUnlock: previous}
+
+			sleep := d.computeSleep(now)
+			assert.Equal(t, test.expected, sleep)
+		})
+	}
+}