diff --git a/src/model.c b/src/model.c
index 21bb5e58b..3a469ee78 100644
--- a/src/model.c
+++ b/src/model.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #include "backends.h"
 #include "stats.h"
 #include "backends/util.h"
-
+#include <pthread.h>
 #include "rmutil/alloc.h"
 #include "util/arr_rm_alloc.h"
 #include "util/dict.h"
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ RAI_Model *RAI_ModelCreate(RAI_Backend backend, const char* devicestr, const cha
 }
 
 void RAI_ModelFree(RAI_Model* model, RAI_Error* err) {
-  if (--model->refCount > 0){
+  if (__atomic_sub_fetch(&model->refCount, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED) > 0){
     return;
   }
 
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ int RAI_ModelRun(RAI_ModelRunCtx** mctxs, long long n, RAI_Error* err) {
 }
 
 RAI_Model* RAI_ModelGetShallowCopy(RAI_Model* model) {
-  ++model->refCount;
+  __atomic_fetch_add(&model->refCount, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);  
   return model;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/script.c b/src/script.c
index a907e1955..0c0fa4d7b 100644
--- a/src/script.c
+++ b/src/script.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "script_struct.h"
 #include "stats.h"
 #include "util/arr_rm_alloc.h"
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 RedisModuleType* RedisAI_ScriptType = NULL;
 
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ RAI_Script* RAI_ScriptCreate(const char* devicestr, const char* tag,
 }
 
 void RAI_ScriptFree(RAI_Script* script, RAI_Error* err) {
-  if (--script->refCount > 0) {
+  if (__atomic_sub_fetch(&script->refCount, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED) > 0) {
     return;
   }
 
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ int RAI_ScriptRun(RAI_ScriptRunCtx* sctx, RAI_Error* err) {
 }
 
 RAI_Script* RAI_ScriptGetShallowCopy(RAI_Script* script) {
-  ++script->refCount;
+  __atomic_fetch_add(&script->refCount, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
   return script;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/tensor.c b/src/tensor.c
index 2d7485741..16ac618ee 100644
--- a/src/tensor.c
+++ b/src/tensor.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "util/dict.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 #include "redisai.h"
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 RedisModuleType *RedisAI_TensorType = NULL;
 
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ size_t RAI_TensorDataSizeFromDLDataType(DLDataType dtype) {
 
 void RAI_TensorFree(RAI_Tensor *t) {
   if (t) {
-    if (--t->refCount <= 0) {
+    if (__atomic_sub_fetch(&t->refCount, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED)  <= 0) {
       if (t->tensor.deleter) {
         t->tensor.deleter(&t->tensor);
       } else {
@@ -632,7 +633,7 @@ int RAI_TensorGetValueAsLongLong(RAI_Tensor* t, long long i, long long* val) {
 }
 
 RAI_Tensor* RAI_TensorGetShallowCopy(RAI_Tensor* t){
-  ++t->refCount;
+  __atomic_fetch_add(&t->refCount, 1, __ATOMIC_RELAXED);
   return t;
 }