diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry.go
index 2a0d08a1d..a468d66ec 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry.go
@@ -253,7 +253,8 @@ func (l *ledgerEntryReadTx) GetLedgerEntry(key xdr.LedgerKey, includeExpired boo
 			if err != nil {
 				return false, xdr.LedgerEntry{}, err
 			}
-			if expirationLedgerSeq < xdr.Uint32(latestClosedLedger) {
+			currentLedger := latestClosedLedger + 1
+			if expirationLedgerSeq < xdr.Uint32(currentLedger) {
 				return false, xdr.LedgerEntry{}, nil
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry_test.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry_test.go
index e37c6ed4b..74ed51f17 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry_test.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/db/ledgerentry_test.go
@@ -357,15 +357,18 @@ func TestGetLedgerEntryHidesExpiredContractDataEntries(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{21, true},
 		{22, true},
-		{23, true},
+		{23, false},
 		{24, false},
-		{25, false},
 	} {
 		// ffwd to the ledger sequence
 		tx, err := NewReadWriter(db, 0, 15).NewTx(context.Background())
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		// Close the ledger N
 		assert.NoError(t, tx.Commit(c.ledgerSequence))
 
+		// Now, ledger N is our latestClosedLedger, so any preflights should act as
+		// though it is currently ledger N+1
+
 		// Try to read the entry back, and check it disappears when expected
 		present, _, obtainedLedgerSequence := getLedgerEntryAndLatestLedgerSequence(t, db, key)
 		assert.Equal(t, c.ledgerSequence, obtainedLedgerSequence)
@@ -404,15 +407,18 @@ func TestGetLedgerEntryHidesExpiredContractCodeEntries(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{21, true},
 		{22, true},
-		{23, true},
+		{23, false},
 		{24, false},
-		{25, false},
 	} {
 		// ffwd to the ledger sequence
 		tx, err := NewReadWriter(db, 0, 15).NewTx(context.Background())
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		// Close the ledger N
 		assert.NoError(t, tx.Commit(c.ledgerSequence))
 
+		// Now, ledger N is our latestClosedLedger, so any preflights should act as
+		// though it is currently ledger N+1
+
 		// Try to read the entry back, and check it disappears when expected
 		present, _, obtainedLedgerSequence := getLedgerEntryAndLatestLedgerSequence(t, db, key)
 		assert.Equal(t, c.ledgerSequence, obtainedLedgerSequence)
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/simulate_transaction_test.go b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/simulate_transaction_test.go
index c8b0243b9..739b9b1b1 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/simulate_transaction_test.go
+++ b/cmd/soroban-rpc/internal/test/simulate_transaction_test.go
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ func TestSimulateTransactionBumpAndRestoreFootprint(t *testing.T) {
 				break
 			}
 			assert.NoError(t, xdr.SafeUnmarshalBase64(getLedgerEntryResult.XDR, &entry))
-			t.Log("waiting for ledger entry to expire at ledger", entry.MustContractData().ExpirationLedgerSeq+1)
+			t.Log("waiting for ledger entry to expire at ledger", entry.MustContractData().ExpirationLedgerSeq)
 			time.Sleep(time.Second)
 		}
 		require.True(t, expired)