diff --git a/contractcourt/htlc_outgoing_contest_resolver.go b/contractcourt/htlc_outgoing_contest_resolver.go
index 9e94587cc..973051ae6 100644
--- a/contractcourt/htlc_outgoing_contest_resolver.go
+++ b/contractcourt/htlc_outgoing_contest_resolver.go
@@ -229,10 +229,14 @@ func (h *htlcOutgoingContestResolver) Encode(w io.Writer) error {
 	return h.htlcTimeoutResolver.Encode(w)
 }
 
-// SupplementDeadline does nothing for an incoming htlc resolver.
+// SupplementDeadline forwards the incoming HTLC's expiry height to the inner
+// timeout resolver. This resolver morphs into that timeout resolver once the
+// outgoing HTLC expires on-chain, so the deadline is retained across the
+// transition.
 //
 // NOTE: Part of the htlcContractResolver interface.
-func (h *htlcOutgoingContestResolver) SupplementDeadline(_ fn.Option[int32]) {
+func (h *htlcOutgoingContestResolver) SupplementDeadline(d fn.Option[int32]) {
+	h.htlcTimeoutResolver.SupplementDeadline(d)
 }
 
 // newOutgoingContestResolverFromReader attempts to decode an encoded ContractResolver
diff --git a/contractcourt/htlc_outgoing_contest_resolver_test.go b/contractcourt/htlc_outgoing_contest_resolver_test.go
index 625df60bf..fedc84801 100644
--- a/contractcourt/htlc_outgoing_contest_resolver_test.go
+++ b/contractcourt/htlc_outgoing_contest_resolver_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/btcsuite/btcd/wire"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/chainntnfs"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/channeldb"
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/fn/v2"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/graph/db/models"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/input"
 	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/kvdb"
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	outgoingContestHtlcExpiry = 110
+
+	// outgoingContestIncomingHtlcExpiry is kept distinct from the outgoing
+	// HTLC expiry to verify that the supplied value is retained.
+	outgoingContestIncomingHtlcExpiry = 144
 )
 
 // TestHtlcOutgoingResolverTimeout tests resolution of an offered htlc that
@@ -116,6 +121,36 @@ type resolveResult struct {
 	nextResolver ContractResolver
 }
 
+// TestHtlcOutgoingResolverSupplementDeadline checks that the outgoing contest
+// resolver forwards the incoming HTLC deadline to the timeout resolver it
+// transitions into once the outgoing HTLC expires on-chain.
+func TestHtlcOutgoingResolverSupplementDeadline(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	defer timeout()()
+
+	ctx := newOutgoingResolverTestContext(t)
+
+	// Initially the embedded timeout resolver carries no deadline.
+	require.True(t, ctx.resolver.incomingHTLCExpiryHeight.IsNone())
+
+	// Supply the deadline through the contest resolver, as the channel
+	// arbitrator does when constructing the resolver.
+	deadline := fn.Some(int32(outgoingContestIncomingHtlcExpiry))
+	ctx.resolver.SupplementDeadline(deadline)
+
+	// Drive the contest resolver to the point where it returns the embedded
+	// timeout resolver.
+	ctx.resolve()
+	ctx.notifyEpoch(outgoingContestHtlcExpiry)
+
+	result := <-ctx.resolverResultChan
+	require.NoError(t, result.err)
+
+	timeoutRes, ok := result.nextResolver.(*htlcTimeoutResolver)
+	require.True(t, ok, "expected htlcTimeoutResolver")
+	require.Equal(t, deadline, timeoutRes.incomingHTLCExpiryHeight)
+}
+
 type outgoingResolverTestContext struct {
 	resolver           *htlcOutgoingContestResolver
 	notifier           *mock.ChainNotifier
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.2.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.2.md
index 364fd1f88..2c39d95ca 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.2.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.20.2.md
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
   and legacy payment paths, including keysend records and preimage-dependent
   settlement outcomes.
 
+* Outgoing contest resolvers now [retain the corresponding incoming HTLC
+  expiry](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/11032) when transitioning
+  to timeout resolution, allowing the sweeper to continue using an
+  expiry-aware confirmation target.
+
 # New Features
 
 ## Functional Enhancements