diff --git a/cmd/gitea-dynamic-runner/controller.go b/cmd/gitea-dynamic-runner/controller.go
index 8b243f0..252382c 100644
--- a/cmd/gitea-dynamic-runner/controller.go
+++ b/cmd/gitea-dynamic-runner/controller.go
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
 	"github.com/nats-io/nats.go/jetstream"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock"
 
 	"git.ddupan.top/panxiao81/gitea-dynamic-runner/internal/assignmentqueue"
 	"git.ddupan.top/panxiao81/gitea-dynamic-runner/internal/controller"
@@ -133,6 +138,18 @@ func runController(ctx context.Context) error {
 		Config:  taskscheduler.PollerConfig{Version: "gitea-dynamic-runner/0.4", Labels: labels},
 		OnError: func(err error) { log.Printf("scheduler: %v", err) },
 	}
+	kubernetesConfig, err := rest.InClusterConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("load leader election Kubernetes config: %w", err)
+	}
+	kubernetesClient, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(kubernetesConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("create leader election Kubernetes client: %w", err)
+	}
+	leaderIdentity := strings.TrimSpace(os.Getenv("HOSTNAME"))
+	if leaderIdentity == "" {
+		return errors.New("HOSTNAME is required for scheduler leader election")
+	}
 	facadeServer := runnerfacade.Server{
 		Facade: facade, ListenAddress: config.FacadeListen, TrustDomain: config.TrustDomain,
 		WorkloadAPIAddr: config.WorkloadAPIAddr, UpstreamURL: config.GiteaURL,
@@ -141,7 +158,9 @@ func runController(ctx context.Context) error {
 		controller.Scheduler: runComponent(func(ctx context.Context) error {
 			group, groupContext := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 			group.Go(func() error { return facadeServer.Run(groupContext) })
-			group.Go(func() error { return poller.Run(groupContext) })
+			group.Go(func() error {
+				return runSchedulerLeader(groupContext, kubernetesClient, config.PodNamespace, leaderIdentity, poller.Run)
+			})
 			return group.Wait()
 		}),
 	}
@@ -211,6 +230,50 @@ func runController(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return controller.Run(ctx, config.Components, components)
 }
 
+func runSchedulerLeader(ctx context.Context, client kubernetes.Interface, namespace, identity string, run func(context.Context) error) error {
+	if client == nil || namespace == "" || identity == "" || run == nil {
+		return errors.New("leader election client, namespace, identity, and scheduler are required")
+	}
+	electionContext, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+	result := make(chan error, 1)
+	lock := &resourcelock.LeaseLock{
+		LeaseMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "dynamic-runner-scheduler", Namespace: namespace},
+		Client:    client.CoordinationV1(),
+		LockConfig: resourcelock.ResourceLockConfig{
+			Identity: identity,
+		},
+	}
+	elector, err := leaderelection.NewLeaderElector(leaderelection.LeaderElectionConfig{
+		Lock: lock, LeaseDuration: 15 * time.Second, RenewDeadline: 10 * time.Second, RetryPeriod: 2 * time.Second,
+		ReleaseOnCancel: true,
+		Callbacks: leaderelection.LeaderCallbacks{
+			OnStartedLeading: func(leaderContext context.Context) {
+				result <- run(leaderContext)
+				cancel()
+			},
+			OnStoppedLeading: func() {
+				if ctx.Err() == nil {
+					select {
+					case result <- errors.New("scheduler leadership lost"):
+					default:
+					}
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("configure scheduler leader election: %w", err)
+	}
+	go elector.Run(electionContext)
+	select {
+	case err := <-result:
+		return err
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 func connectNATS(server, user, password, caFile, clientName string) (*nats.Conn, error) {
 	options := []nats.Option{nats.Name(clientName), nats.UserInfo(user, password)}
 	if caFile != "" {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index aa2b32b..941ad92 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.4.16 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
+	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.10.2 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 62546f1..e61ea34 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.39.0 h1:cXMVVFVgsIf2YL6QkRF4Urbr/aMInf+2W
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.39.0/go.mod h1:xq9HEVH7qeX69/JnwEfp6fVq5wosJsY1mt4lLfYdVew=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.39.0 h1:2d2vfpEDmCJ5zVYz7ijaJdOF59xLomrvj7bjt6/qCJI=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.39.0/go.mod h1:88w4/PnZSazkGzz/w84VHpQafiU4EtqqlVdxWy+rNOA=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4 h1:tuyd0P+2Ont/d6e2rl3be67goVK4R6deVxCUX5vyPaQ=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.4/go.mod h1:gMZqIpDtDqOfM0uNfy0SkpRhvUryYH0Z6wdMYcacYXQ=
 go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.5 h1:N6y/pJk8buWs9NY5ERU2HSMfm+IuD/OtfdAnq6kESPw=