diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index 0f72666..32fe1f4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on: # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
     types:
       - "checks_requested"
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "~1.24.0"
+  GO_VERSION: "~1.24.13"
 jobs:
   go-lint:
     name: "Lint Go"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index a9fb062..8aa15b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on: # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
     types:
       - "checks_requested"
 env:
-  GO_VERSION: "~1.24.0"
+  GO_VERSION: "~1.24.13"
 jobs:
   unit:
     name: "Unit"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ab230fe..4c5d7ff 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware/v2 v2.3.2
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.5
-	github.com/lthibault/jitterbug v2.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.22.0
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.34.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e1bb8a6..18e0f63 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
-github.com/lthibault/jitterbug v2.0.0+incompatible h1:qouq51IKzlMx25+15jbxhC/d79YyTj0q6XFoptNqaUw=
-github.com/lthibault/jitterbug v2.0.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:2l7akWd27PScEs6YkjyUVj/8hKgNhbbQ3KiJgJtlf6o=
 github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0 h1:BvGheCMAsG3bWUDbZ8AyXXpCNwU9u5CB6sM+HNb9HYg=
 github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0/go.mod h1:z5UZb/iS3GoOSn0JgWuiw7dxlurVYTu+/jHXqQg881A=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
diff --git a/pkg/health.go b/pkg/health.go
index f704220..bc10a94 100644
--- a/pkg/health.go
+++ b/pkg/health.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v5"
-	"github.com/lthibault/jitterbug"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 
@@ -57,19 +56,30 @@ func NewNodeHealthChecker(url string) (*NodeHealthTracker, error) {
 
 // Poll starts polling the cluster and recording the node IDs that it sees.
 func (t *NodeHealthTracker) Poll(ctx context.Context, interval time.Duration) {
-	ticker := jitterbug.New(interval, jitterbug.Uniform{
-		// nolint:gosec
-		// G404 use of non cryptographically secure random number generator is not concern here,
-		// as it's used for jittering the interval for health checks.
-		Source: rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().Unix())),
-		Min:    interval,
-	})
-	defer ticker.Stop()
+	if interval <= 0 {
+		log.Ctx(ctx).Warn().Dur("interval", interval).Msg("health check poll interval must be positive, polling disabled")
+		return
+	}
+
+	// nolint:gosec
+	// G404 use of non cryptographically secure random number generator is not a concern here,
+	// as it's used for jittering the interval for health checks.
+	rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
+
+	// Reusable timer - avoids allocating a new channel on each tick
+	halfInterval := int64(interval) / 2
+	jitter := time.Duration(rng.Int63n(int64(interval)) - halfInterval)
+	timer := time.NewTimer(interval + jitter)
+	defer timer.Stop()
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
-		case <-ticker.C:
+		case <-timer.C:
+			// Reset timer for next tick before tryConnect so timer runs concurrently
+			jitter = time.Duration(rng.Int63n(int64(interval)) - halfInterval)
+			timer.Reset(interval + jitter)
 			t.tryConnect(interval)
 		}
 	}