Screen lock & fingerprint unlock are very slow in macOS 14.6

Hi, I'm using MBP M1 Pro. After upgrading to macOS Sonoma 14.6, I'm experiencing slowness in following scenarios:

-Locking the screen: either by pressing the power button shortly, or by going to Apple icon and selecting "Lock Screen" - the screen turns into the wallpaper almost immediately, but the date, time and account icon do not come up, sometimes for even 20 seconds. Until they do, touching fingerprint scanner, or typing the password, does not unlock the MacBook.

-Unlocking the screen: Once the date, time, and account name are visible on the screen, I'm able to unlock my MBP either by typing the password or using the fingerprint scanner, but the fingerprint unlock option can take up to 10 seconds (with the loading "circling dots" animation at the bottom of the screen) to unlock it.

I have tried booting in Safe Mode, but my experience with locking & unlocking was similar there.