diff --git a/crates/mempool/src/mempool.rs b/crates/mempool/src/mempool.rs
index 9a866ad2d6..b2fc747b8d 100644
--- a/crates/mempool/src/mempool.rs
+++ b/crates/mempool/src/mempool.rs
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ impl Mempool {
         let MempoolInput { tx, account: Account { sender_address, state: AccountState { nonce } } } =
             input;
 
+        // Remove transactions with lower nonce than the account nonce.
+        self.tx_pool.remove_up_to_nonce(sender_address, nonce);
+
         self.tx_pool.insert(tx)?;
 
         // Maybe close nonce gap.
diff --git a/crates/mempool/src/mempool_test.rs b/crates/mempool/src/mempool_test.rs
index 43c27fa715..6343b02e12 100644
--- a/crates/mempool/src/mempool_test.rs
+++ b/crates/mempool/src/mempool_test.rs
@@ -474,6 +474,29 @@ fn test_add_tx_with_identical_tip_succeeds(mut mempool: Mempool) {
     expected_mempool_content.assert_eq_mempool_content(&mempool);
 }
 
+#[rstest]
+fn test_add_tx_delete_tx_with_lower_nonce_than_account_nonce() {
+    // Setup.
+    let tx_nonce_0_account_nonce_0 =
+        add_tx_input!(tx_hash: 1, sender_address: "0x0", tx_nonce: 0_u8, account_nonce: 0_u8);
+    let tx_nonce_1_account_nonce_1 =
+        add_tx_input!(tx_hash: 2, sender_address: "0x0", tx_nonce: 1_u8, account_nonce: 1_u8);
+
+    let queue_txs = [TransactionReference::new(&tx_nonce_0_account_nonce_0.tx)];
+    let pool_txs = [tx_nonce_0_account_nonce_0.tx];
+    let mut mempool: Mempool = MempoolContent::new(pool_txs, queue_txs).into();
+
+    // Test.
+    add_tx(&mut mempool, &tx_nonce_1_account_nonce_1);
+
+    // Assert the transaction with the lower nonce is removed.
+    // TODO(Ayelet): Assert the queue after modifying add_tx to delete lower nonce transactions
+    // in the queue.
+    let expected_pool_txs = [tx_nonce_1_account_nonce_1.tx];
+    let expected_mempool_content = MempoolContent::with_pool(expected_pool_txs);
+    expected_mempool_content.assert_eq_pool_content(&mempool);
+}
+
 #[rstest]
 fn test_tip_priority_over_tx_hash(mut mempool: Mempool) {
     // Setup.