diff --git a/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/types/indextype/CompositeIndexTypeWrapper.java b/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/types/indextype/CompositeIndexTypeWrapper.java
index 57a82137c0..cfa5ae5a19 100644
--- a/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/types/indextype/CompositeIndexTypeWrapper.java
+++ b/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/types/indextype/CompositeIndexTypeWrapper.java
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
  */
 public class CompositeIndexTypeWrapper extends IndexTypeWrapper implements CompositeIndexType {
 
-    private IndexField[] fields = null;
+    private volatile IndexField[] fields = null;
 
-    private String[] inlineKeys = null;
+    private volatile String[] inlineKeys = null;
 
     public CompositeIndexTypeWrapper(SchemaSource base) {
         super(base);
diff --git a/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/types/indextype/MixedIndexTypeWrapper.java b/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/types/indextype/MixedIndexTypeWrapper.java
index eb6a295deb..6507de15a4 100644
--- a/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/types/indextype/MixedIndexTypeWrapper.java
+++ b/janusgraph-core/src/main/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/types/indextype/MixedIndexTypeWrapper.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 public class MixedIndexTypeWrapper extends IndexTypeWrapper implements MixedIndexType {
 
     public static final String NAME_PREFIX = "extindex";
-    private ParameterIndexField[] fields = null;
+    private volatile ParameterIndexField[] fields = null;
 
     public MixedIndexTypeWrapper(SchemaSource base) {
         super(base);
diff --git a/janusgraph-core/src/test/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/types/indextype/IndexTypeWrapperPublicationTest.java b/janusgraph-core/src/test/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/types/indextype/IndexTypeWrapperPublicationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..471d153ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/janusgraph-core/src/test/java/org/janusgraph/graphdb/types/indextype/IndexTypeWrapperPublicationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+// Copyright 2026 JanusGraph Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package org.janusgraph.graphdb.types.indextype;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+//These fields cache a value which is built on first read rather than in the constructor. Nothing orders the writes
+//which populate that value before the write which publishes the reference to it, so without volatile another thread
+//can observe the reference while the value it points at is still half built.
+//
+//RelationTypeVertex.getKeyIndexes caches the IndexType instances of a property key, so every caller on that vertex is
+//handed the same wrapper. Several threads reach one wrapper when they share a transaction, which a transaction that is
+//not thread bound supports: the vertexCache of StandardJanusGraphTx is concurrent for exactly that reason.
+//
+//The race cannot be reproduced reliably in a test. It needs a reordering which a given JVM and processor may never
+//perform, so a thread based test would pass whether or not the field is volatile. This asserts the property itself
+//instead. A field which is final is accepted too, so that moving the cache behind an immutable holder does not fail
+//here.
+public class IndexTypeWrapperPublicationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void mixedIndexFieldsShouldBePublishedSafely() throws Exception {
+        assertSafelyPublished(MixedIndexTypeWrapper.class, "fields");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void compositeIndexCachesShouldBePublishedSafely() throws Exception {
+        assertSafelyPublished(CompositeIndexTypeWrapper.class, "fields");
+        assertSafelyPublished(CompositeIndexTypeWrapper.class, "inlineKeys");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void sharedIndexTypeCachesShouldBePublishedSafely() throws Exception {
+        assertSafelyPublished(IndexTypeWrapper.class, "fieldMap");
+        assertSafelyPublished(IndexTypeWrapper.class, "cachedTypeConstraint");
+        assertSafelyPublished(IndexTypeWrapper.class, "schemaTypeConstraint");
+    }
+
+    private static void assertSafelyPublished(Class<?> declaringClass, String fieldName) throws NoSuchFieldException {
+        final int modifiers = declaringClass.getDeclaredField(fieldName).getModifiers();
+        assertTrue(Modifier.isVolatile(modifiers) || Modifier.isFinal(modifiers),
+            declaringClass.getSimpleName() + "." + fieldName + " can be read by one thread while another writes it, "
+                + "so it must be volatile or final to be published safely");
+    }
+}