diff --git a/internal/mempool/mempool.go b/internal/mempool/mempool.go
index 41f5b587c..56d0cb6eb 100644
--- a/internal/mempool/mempool.go
+++ b/internal/mempool/mempool.go
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@ func (txmp *TxMempool) Update(
 		}
 	}
 
-	txmp.handlePendingTransactions()
 	txmp.purgeExpiredTxs(blockHeight)
+	txmp.handlePendingTransactions()
 
 	// If there any uncommitted transactions left in the mempool, we either
 	// initiate re-CheckTx per remaining transaction or notify that remaining
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ func (txmp *TxMempool) removeTx(wtx *WrappedTx, removeFromCache bool) {
 
 // purgeExpiredTxs removes all transactions that have exceeded their respective
 // height- and/or time-based TTLs from their respective indexes. Every expired
-// transaction will be removed from the mempool, but preserved in the cache.
+// transaction will be removed from the mempool, but preserved in the cache (except for pending txs).
 //
 // NOTE: purgeExpiredTxs must only be called during TxMempool#Update in which
 // the caller has a write-lock on the mempool and so we can safely iterate over
@@ -890,6 +890,8 @@ func (txmp *TxMempool) purgeExpiredTxs(blockHeight int64) {
 	for _, wtx := range expiredTxs {
 		txmp.removeTx(wtx, false)
 	}
+
+	txmp.pendingTxs.PurgeExpired(txmp.config.TTLNumBlocks, blockHeight, txmp.config.TTLDuration, now, txmp.cache.Remove)
 }
 
 func (txmp *TxMempool) notifyTxsAvailable() {
diff --git a/internal/mempool/tx.go b/internal/mempool/tx.go
index c74872054..2f3ec7b8f 100644
--- a/internal/mempool/tx.go
+++ b/internal/mempool/tx.go
@@ -372,3 +372,41 @@ func (p *PendingTxs) Size() int {
 	defer p.mtx.RUnlock()
 	return len(p.txs)
 }
+
+func (p *PendingTxs) PurgeExpired(ttlNumBlock int64, blockHeight int64, ttlDuration time.Duration, now time.Time, cb func(types.Tx)) {
+	p.mtx.Lock()
+	defer p.mtx.Unlock()
+
+	if len(p.txs) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// txs retains the ordering of insertion
+	if ttlNumBlock > 0 {
+		idxFirstNotExpiredTx := len(p.txs)
+		for i, ptx := range p.txs {
+			if (blockHeight - ptx.tx.height) <= ttlNumBlock {
+				idxFirstNotExpiredTx = i
+			} else {
+				cb(ptx.tx.tx)
+			}
+		}
+		p.txs = p.txs[idxFirstNotExpiredTx:]
+	}
+
+	if len(p.txs) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if ttlDuration > 0 {
+		idxFirstNotExpiredTx := len(p.txs)
+		for i, ptx := range p.txs {
+			if now.Sub(ptx.tx.timestamp) <= ttlDuration {
+				idxFirstNotExpiredTx = i
+			} else {
+				cb(ptx.tx.tx)
+			}
+		}
+		p.txs = p.txs[idxFirstNotExpiredTx:]
+	}
+}