diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_qsbr.h b/Include/internal/pycore_qsbr.h
index 1f9b3fcf777493..eeca6fc472be37 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_qsbr.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_qsbr.h
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ struct _qsbr_shared {
     // Minimum observed read sequence of all QSBR thread states
     uint64_t rd_seq;
 
-    // Array of QSBR thread states.
+    // Array of QSBR thread states (aligned to 64 bytes).
     struct _qsbr_pad *array;
+    void *array_raw;   // raw allocation pointer (for free)
     Py_ssize_t size;
 
     // Freelist of unused _qsbr_thread_states (protected by mutex)
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_tstate.h b/Include/internal/pycore_tstate.h
index 64b90710b8e664..eb2b0c84acdc7c 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_tstate.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_tstate.h
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ typedef struct _PyThreadStateImpl {
 #if _Py_TIER2
     struct _PyJitTracerState *jit_tracer_state;
 #endif
+
+#ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
+    // gh-144438: Add padding to ensure that the fields above don't share a
+    // cache line with other allocations.
+    char __padding[64];
+#endif
 } _PyThreadStateImpl;
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-02-06-21-45-52.gh-issue-144438.GI_uB1LR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-02-06-21-45-52.gh-issue-144438.GI_uB1LR.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3e33e461ae8b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-02-06-21-45-52.gh-issue-144438.GI_uB1LR.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Align the QSBR thread state array to a 64-byte cache line boundary to
+avoid false sharing in the :term:`free-threaded build`.
diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index 46b0148cf59ab5..62abb793d002e0 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -3381,19 +3381,18 @@ dict_dealloc(PyObject *self)
 
 
 static PyObject *
-dict_repr_lock_held(PyObject *self)
+anydict_repr_impl(PyObject *self)
 {
     PyDictObject *mp = (PyDictObject *)self;
     PyObject *key = NULL, *value = NULL;
-    ASSERT_DICT_LOCKED(mp);
 
-    int res = Py_ReprEnter((PyObject *)mp);
+    int res = Py_ReprEnter(self);
     if (res != 0) {
         return (res > 0 ? PyUnicode_FromString("{...}") : NULL);
     }
 
     if (mp->ma_used == 0) {
-        Py_ReprLeave((PyObject *)mp);
+        Py_ReprLeave(self);
         return PyUnicode_FromString("{}");
     }
 
@@ -3412,7 +3411,7 @@ dict_repr_lock_held(PyObject *self)
        Note that repr may mutate the dict. */
     Py_ssize_t i = 0;
     int first = 1;
-    while (_PyDict_Next((PyObject *)mp, &i, &key, &value, NULL)) {
+    while (_PyDict_Next(self, &i, &key, &value, NULL)) {
         // Prevent repr from deleting key or value during key format.
         Py_INCREF(key);
         Py_INCREF(value);
@@ -3454,18 +3453,25 @@ dict_repr_lock_held(PyObject *self)
         goto error;
     }
 
-    Py_ReprLeave((PyObject *)mp);
+    Py_ReprLeave(self);
 
     return PyUnicodeWriter_Finish(writer);
 
 error:
-    Py_ReprLeave((PyObject *)mp);
+    Py_ReprLeave(self);
     PyUnicodeWriter_Discard(writer);
     Py_XDECREF(key);
     Py_XDECREF(value);
     return NULL;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+dict_repr_lock_held(PyObject *self)
+{
+    ASSERT_DICT_LOCKED((PyDictObject *)self);
+    return anydict_repr_impl(self);
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 dict_repr(PyObject *self)
 {
@@ -3482,6 +3488,12 @@ dict_length(PyObject *self)
     return GET_USED(_PyAnyDict_CAST(self));
 }
 
+static Py_ssize_t
+frozendict_length(PyObject *self)
+{
+    return _PyAnyDict_CAST(self)->ma_used;
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 dict_subscript(PyObject *self, PyObject *key)
 {
@@ -7833,7 +7845,7 @@ static PyNumberMethods frozendict_as_number = {
 };
 
 static PyMappingMethods frozendict_as_mapping = {
-    .mp_length = dict_length,
+    .mp_length = frozendict_length,
     .mp_subscript = dict_subscript,
 };
 
@@ -7856,7 +7868,7 @@ static PyMethodDef frozendict_methods[] = {
 static PyObject *
 frozendict_repr(PyObject *self)
 {
-    PyObject *repr = dict_repr(self);
+    PyObject *repr = anydict_repr_impl(self);
     if (repr == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
diff --git a/Python/qsbr.c b/Python/qsbr.c
index 6bf5b75f346690..e9d935bfb40d84 100644
--- a/Python/qsbr.c
+++ b/Python/qsbr.c
@@ -85,22 +85,29 @@ grow_thread_array(struct _qsbr_shared *shared)
         new_size = MIN_ARRAY_SIZE;
     }
 
-    struct _qsbr_pad *array = PyMem_RawCalloc(new_size, sizeof(*array));
-    if (array == NULL) {
+    // Overallocate by 63 bytes so we can align to a 64-byte boundary.
+    // This avoids potential false sharing between the first entry and other
+    // allocations.
+    size_t alignment = 64;
+    size_t alloc_size = (size_t)new_size * sizeof(struct _qsbr_pad) + alignment - 1;
+    void *raw = PyMem_RawCalloc(1, alloc_size);
+    if (raw == NULL) {
         return -1;
     }
+    struct _qsbr_pad *array = _Py_ALIGN_UP(raw, alignment);
 
-    struct _qsbr_pad *old = shared->array;
-    if (old != NULL) {
+    void *old_raw = shared->array_raw;
+    if (shared->array != NULL) {
         memcpy(array, shared->array, shared->size * sizeof(*array));
     }
 
     shared->array = array;
+    shared->array_raw = raw;
     shared->size = new_size;
     shared->freelist = NULL;
     initialize_new_array(shared);
 
-    PyMem_RawFree(old);
+    PyMem_RawFree(old_raw);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -257,8 +264,9 @@ void
 _Py_qsbr_fini(PyInterpreterState *interp)
 {
     struct _qsbr_shared *shared = &interp->qsbr;
-    PyMem_RawFree(shared->array);
+    PyMem_RawFree(shared->array_raw);
     shared->array = NULL;
+    shared->array_raw = NULL;
     shared->size = 0;
     shared->freelist = NULL;
 }