diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/source-crawler/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/source_crawler/coordination/scheduler/LeaderScheduler.java b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/source-crawler/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/source_crawler/coordination/scheduler/LeaderScheduler.java
index e6a7c5ee92..074f83cd9c 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/source-crawler/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/source_crawler/coordination/scheduler/LeaderScheduler.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/source-crawler/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/source_crawler/coordination/scheduler/LeaderScheduler.java
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ public void run() {
                     try {
                         coordinator.saveProgressStateForPartition(leaderPartition, DEFAULT_EXTEND_LEASE_MINUTES);
                     } catch (final Exception e) {
+                        // For any reason, if the leader schedule unable to reach source coordination ddb table,
+                        // it should give up leader partition and require whenever ddb store reachable again
+                        // Not giving up will make this to continue hold on to an ownership expired record which will create inconsistent state issues
+                        // if you are not the owner in ddb table, then you are not supposed to hold the ownership
+                        leaderPartition = null;
                         LOG.error("Failed to save Leader partition state. This process will retry.");
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/source-crawler/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/source_crawler/coordination/scheduler/LeaderSchedulerTest.java b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/source-crawler/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/source_crawler/coordination/scheduler/LeaderSchedulerTest.java
index d37918d418..fb8d512707 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/source-crawler/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/source_crawler/coordination/scheduler/LeaderSchedulerTest.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/saas-source-plugins/source-crawler/src/test/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/source_crawler/coordination/scheduler/LeaderSchedulerTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.opensearch.dataprepper.plugins.source.source_crawler.coordination.scheduler;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
@@ -27,7 +29,6 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoInteractions;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 public class LeaderSchedulerTest {
@@ -169,13 +170,56 @@ void testWhileLoopRunnningAfterTheSleep() throws InterruptedException {
     void testSetLeaderProgressState_throwsExceptionOnStateMismatch() {
         // Create a LeaderPartition with TokenPaginationCrawlerLeaderProgressState
         LeaderPartition leaderPartition = new LeaderPartition(new TokenPaginationCrawlerLeaderProgressState(""));
-        
+
         // Try to set a different type of state (PaginationCrawlerLeaderProgressState)
         PaginationCrawlerLeaderProgressState incompatibleState = new PaginationCrawlerLeaderProgressState(Instant.now());
-        
+
         // Verify that RuntimeException is thrown due to state type mismatch
         RuntimeException exception = assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> {
             leaderPartition.setLeaderProgressState(incompatibleState);
         });
     }
+
+    @Test
+    @DisplayName("Ensure that if DynamoDB becomes unreachable, the leader gives up the partition and retries acquisition")
+    void testLeaderPartitionGivenUpOnSaveFailure_andRetryAcquire() throws InterruptedException {
+        // This test verifies the fix for line 72: leaderPartition = null when saveProgressStateForPartition fails
+        // This ensures that if DynamoDB becomes unreachable, the leader gives up the partition and retries acquisition
+
+        LeaderScheduler leaderScheduler = new LeaderScheduler(coordinator, crawler);
+        leaderScheduler.setLeaseInterval(Duration.ofMillis(10));
+
+        LeaderPartition leaderPartition = new LeaderPartition(new TokenPaginationCrawlerLeaderProgressState(""));
+        TokenPaginationCrawlerLeaderProgressState state = (TokenPaginationCrawlerLeaderProgressState) leaderPartition.getProgressState().get();
+        state.setInitialized(true);
+        state.setLastToken(LAST_TOKEN);
+
+        // First acquisition succeeds, but subsequent saveProgressStateForPartition fails (simulating DynamoDB outage)
+        // Then second acquisition should be attempted after giving up the partition
+        when(coordinator.acquireAvailablePartition(LeaderPartition.PARTITION_TYPE))
+                .thenReturn(Optional.of(leaderPartition))  // First acquisition succeeds
+                .thenReturn(Optional.of(leaderPartition)); // Second acquisition after giving up partition
+
+        // saveProgressStateForPartition throws exception to simulate DynamoDB outage
+        doThrow(new RuntimeException("DynamoDB unreachable"))
+                .doNothing() // Second time succeeds after recovery
+                .when(coordinator).saveProgressStateForPartition(any(LeaderPartition.class), any(Duration.class));
+
+        ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+        executorService.submit(leaderScheduler);
+
+        // Wait long enough for multiple iterations
+        Thread.sleep(100);
+        executorService.shutdownNow();
+
+        // Verify that crawler was called multiple times (showing the scheduler continued to work)
+        verify(crawler, atLeast(2)).crawl(any(LeaderPartition.class), any(EnhancedSourceCoordinator.class));
+
+        // Verify that acquireAvailablePartition was called at least twice:
+        // once for initial acquisition, and again after giving up due to save failure
+        verify(coordinator, atLeast(2)).acquireAvailablePartition(LeaderPartition.PARTITION_TYPE);
+
+        // Verify that saveProgressStateForPartition was attempted multiple times
+        verify(coordinator, atLeast(2)).saveProgressStateForPartition(any(LeaderPartition.class), any(Duration.class));
+    }
 }