diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndex.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndex.java
index a353b7cf7ee..a93b1058472 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndex.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndex.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.conf.ServerConfiguration;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.stats.StatsLogger;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.util.collections.ConcurrentLongHashSet;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.util.collections.ConcurrentLongLongHashMap;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -45,8 +46,13 @@
  */
 public class EntryLocationIndex implements Closeable {
 
+    static final String LAST_ENTRY_CACHE_MAX_SIZE = "dbStorage_lastEntryCacheMaxSize";
+    private static final long DEFAULT_LAST_ENTRY_CACHE_MAX_SIZE = 10_000;
+
     private final KeyValueStorage locationsDb;
     private final ConcurrentLongHashSet deletedLedgers = ConcurrentLongHashSet.newBuilder().build();
+    private final ConcurrentLongLongHashMap lastEntryCache;
+    private final long lastEntryCacheMaxSize;
     private final EntryLocationIndexStats stats;
     private boolean isCompacting;
 
@@ -54,6 +60,11 @@ public EntryLocationIndex(ServerConfiguration conf, KeyValueStorageFactory stora
             StatsLogger stats) throws IOException {
         locationsDb = storageFactory.newKeyValueStorage(basePath, "locations", DbConfigType.EntryLocation, conf);
 
+        this.lastEntryCacheMaxSize = conf.getLong(LAST_ENTRY_CACHE_MAX_SIZE, DEFAULT_LAST_ENTRY_CACHE_MAX_SIZE);
+        this.lastEntryCache = ConcurrentLongLongHashMap.newBuilder()
+                .expectedItems((int) Math.min(lastEntryCacheMaxSize, Integer.MAX_VALUE))
+                .build();
+
         this.stats = new EntryLocationIndexStats(
             stats,
             () -> {
@@ -115,6 +126,18 @@ public long getLastEntryInLedger(long ledgerId) throws IOException {
     }
 
     private long getLastEntryInLedgerInternal(long ledgerId) throws IOException {
+        // Check in-memory cache first to avoid expensive getFloor() calls.
+        // ConcurrentLongLongHashMap.get() returns -1 if not found.
+        long cachedLastEntry = lastEntryCache.get(ledgerId);
+        if (cachedLastEntry >= 0) {
+            if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                log.debug("Found last entry for ledger {} in cache: {}", ledgerId, cachedLastEntry);
+            }
+            stats.getGetLastEntryInLedgerStats()
+                    .registerSuccessfulEvent(0, TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS);
+            return cachedLastEntry;
+        }
+
         LongPairWrapper maxEntryId = LongPairWrapper.get(ledgerId, Long.MAX_VALUE);
 
         long startTimeNanos = MathUtils.nowInNano();
@@ -139,6 +162,11 @@ private long getLastEntryInLedgerInternal(long ledgerId) throws IOException {
                 if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
                     log.debug("Found last page in storage db for ledger {} - last entry: {}", ledgerId, lastEntryId);
                 }
+                // Populate cache for future lookups
+                if (lastEntryCache.size() >= lastEntryCacheMaxSize) {
+                    lastEntryCache.clear();
+                }
+                lastEntryCache.put(ledgerId, lastEntryId);
                 return lastEntryId;
             } else {
                 throw new Bookie.NoEntryException(ledgerId, -1);
@@ -171,6 +199,18 @@ public void addLocation(Batch batch, long ledgerId, long entryId, long location)
             key.recycle();
             value.recycle();
         }
+
+        // Update the last entry cache if this entry is newer.
+        // ConcurrentLongLongHashMap.get() returns -1 if not found.
+        long cachedLastEntry = lastEntryCache.get(ledgerId);
+        if (cachedLastEntry < entryId) {
+            // Clear the cache if it exceeds the max size to bound memory usage.
+            // The cache will quickly repopulate with hot ledgers on subsequent reads.
+            if (cachedLastEntry < 0 && lastEntryCache.size() >= lastEntryCacheMaxSize) {
+                lastEntryCache.clear();
+            }
+            lastEntryCache.put(ledgerId, entryId);
+        }
     }
 
     public void updateLocations(Iterable<EntryLocation> newLocations) throws IOException {
@@ -195,6 +235,7 @@ public void delete(long ledgerId) throws IOException {
         // We need to find all the LedgerIndexPage records belonging to one specific
         // ledgers
         deletedLedgers.add(ledgerId);
+        lastEntryCache.remove(ledgerId);
     }
 
     public String getEntryLocationDBPath() {
diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndexTest.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndexTest.java
index 80fdfc7bd0e..1b53821ffd9 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndexTest.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/bookie/storage/ldb/EntryLocationIndexTest.java
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.bookie.Bookie;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.conf.ServerConfiguration;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.stats.NullStatsLogger;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.test.TestStatsProvider;
@@ -205,6 +207,52 @@ public void testDeleteSpecialEntry() throws IOException {
         assertEquals(0, idx.getLocation(40312, 10));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testGetLastEntryInLedgerCache() throws Exception {
+        File tmpDir = File.createTempFile("bkTest", ".dir");
+        tmpDir.delete();
+        tmpDir.mkdir();
+        tmpDir.deleteOnExit();
+
+        EntryLocationIndex idx = new EntryLocationIndex(serverConfiguration, KeyValueStorageRocksDB.factory,
+                tmpDir.getAbsolutePath(), NullStatsLogger.INSTANCE);
+
+        // Add entries for ledger 1
+        idx.addLocation(1, 0, 100);
+        idx.addLocation(1, 1, 101);
+        idx.addLocation(1, 2, 102);
+
+        // Add entries for ledger 2
+        idx.addLocation(2, 0, 200);
+        idx.addLocation(2, 5, 205);
+
+        // First call should hit RocksDB and populate cache
+        assertEquals(2, idx.getLastEntryInLedger(1));
+        assertEquals(5, idx.getLastEntryInLedger(2));
+
+        // Second call should hit cache and return same result
+        assertEquals(2, idx.getLastEntryInLedger(1));
+        assertEquals(5, idx.getLastEntryInLedger(2));
+
+        // Adding a newer entry should update cache
+        idx.addLocation(1, 10, 110);
+        assertEquals(10, idx.getLastEntryInLedger(1));
+
+        // Delete should invalidate cache
+        idx.delete(1);
+        try {
+            idx.getLastEntryInLedger(1);
+            fail("Should have thrown NoEntryException");
+        } catch (Bookie.NoEntryException e) {
+            // expected
+        }
+
+        // Ledger 2 should still work
+        assertEquals(5, idx.getLastEntryInLedger(2));
+
+        idx.close();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testEntryIndexLookupLatencyStats() throws IOException {
         File tmpDir = File.createTempFile("bkTest", ".dir");