diff --git a/job_controller/src/job_controller/executor_api/kubernetes_api.py b/job_controller/src/job_controller/executor_api/kubernetes_api.py
index dd8b7ece6a17e8ddad0caddac1812abb87e7eb54..bc1153c4a81f91c28132dce0e36c74caa354001b 100644
--- a/job_controller/src/job_controller/executor_api/kubernetes_api.py
+++ b/job_controller/src/job_controller/executor_api/kubernetes_api.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python?tab=readme-ov-file#compatibility-mat
                     },
                     "spec": job_spec
                 },
-                "backoffLimit": 2  # This means 3 Pods can be spawned
+                "backoffLimit": 0  # This means only 1 pod can be spawned
             }
         }
         if metadata.on_workload_node: