diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 117bba5c614..e59c2865c05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -38,13 +38,16 @@ jobs:
             GOARCH=amd64 PASSES='fmt bom dep' ./test
             ;;
           linux-amd64-integration-1-cpu)
-            GOARCH=amd64 CPU=1 RACE='false' make test-integration
+            make install-gofail
+            GOARCH=amd64 CPU=1 RACE='false' FAILPOINTS='true' make test-integration
             ;;
           linux-amd64-integration-2-cpu)
-            GOARCH=amd64 CPU=2 RACE='false' make test-integration
+            make install-gofail
+            GOARCH=amd64 CPU=2 RACE='false' FAILPOINTS='true' make test-integration
             ;;
           linux-amd64-integration-4-cpu)
-            GOARCH=amd64 CPU=4 RACE='false' make test-integration
+            make install-gofail
+            GOARCH=amd64 CPU=4 RACE='false' FAILPOINTS='true' make test-integration
             ;;
           linux-amd64-functional)
             ./build && GOARCH=amd64 PASSES='functional' ./test
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0af7d1e2dc4..5e06d3308a1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -538,3 +538,12 @@ GOFAIL_VERSION = $(shell cd tools/mod && go list -m -f {{.Version}} go.etcd.io/g
 .PHONY: install-gofail
 install-gofail:
 	go install go.etcd.io/gofail@${GOFAIL_VERSION}
+
+
+.PHONY: gofail-enable
+gofail-enable: install-gofail
+	PASSES="toggle_failpoints" FAILPOINTS=true ./test
+
+.PHONY: gofail-disable
+gofail-disable: install-gofail
+	PASSES="toggle_failpoints" ./test
diff --git a/build b/build
index 3fa8cbeaef7..7cc3d2f95cb 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ GOFAIL_VERSION=$(cd tools/mod && go list -m -f "{{.Version}}" go.etcd.io/gofail)
 toggle_failpoints() {
 	mode="$1"
 	if command -v gofail >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		gofail "$mode" etcdserver/ mvcc/ mvcc/backend/ wal/
+		gofail "$mode" etcdserver/ lease/leasehttp/ mvcc/ mvcc/backend/ wal/
 		# shellcheck disable=SC2086
 		if [[ "$mode" == "enable" ]]; then
 			go get go.etcd.io/gofail@${GOFAIL_VERSION}
diff --git a/etcdserver/v3_server.go b/etcdserver/v3_server.go
index a1040aca63a..698a524a80c 100644
--- a/etcdserver/v3_server.go
+++ b/etcdserver/v3_server.go
@@ -363,6 +363,9 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) leaseTimeToLive(ctx context.Context, r *pb.LeaseTimeToLiveR
 		if err := s.waitAppliedIndex(); err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+
+		// gofail: var beforeLookupWhenLeaseTimeToLive struct{}
+
 		// primary; timetolive directly from leader
 		le := s.lessor.Lookup(lease.LeaseID(r.ID))
 		if le == nil {
@@ -378,6 +381,15 @@ func (s *EtcdServer) leaseTimeToLive(ctx context.Context, r *pb.LeaseTimeToLiveR
 			}
 			resp.Keys = kbs
 		}
+
+		// The leasor could be demoted if leader changed during lookup.
+		// We should return error to force retry instead of returning
+		// incorrect remaining TTL.
+		if le.Demoted() {
+			// NOTE: lease.ErrNotPrimary is not retryable error for
+			// client. Instead, uses ErrLeaderChanged.
+			return nil, ErrLeaderChanged
+		}
 		return resp, nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d3e0671770e..46b1e87b0f5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/urfave/cli v1.20.0
 	github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2
 	go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.9
+	go.etcd.io/gofail v0.1.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.10.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.21.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.23.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1cb9420028d..26ae45f8770 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.1.27/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9de
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.2.1/go.mod h1:3hX8gzYuyVAZsxl0MRgGTJEmQBFcNTphYh9decYSb74=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.9 h1:8x7aARPEXiXbHmtUwAIv7eV2fQFHrLLavdiJ3uzJXoI=
 go.etcd.io/bbolt v1.3.9/go.mod h1:zaO32+Ti0PK1ivdPtgMESzuzL2VPoIG1PCQNvOdo/dE=
+go.etcd.io/gofail v0.1.0 h1:XItAMIhOojXFQMgrxjnd2EIIHun/d5qL0Pf7FzVTkFg=
+go.etcd.io/gofail v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VZBCXYGZhHAinaBiiqYvuDynvahNsAyLFwB3kEHKz1M=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2 h1:2Oa65PReHzfn29GpvgsYwloV9AVFHPDk8tYxt2c2tr4=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0 h1:HoEmRHQPVSqub6w2z2d2EOVs2fjyFRGyofhKuyDq0QI=
diff --git a/integration/v3_lease_test.go b/integration/v3_lease_test.go
index 7f9742ccda6..bd6f01edd27 100644
--- a/integration/v3_lease_test.go
+++ b/integration/v3_lease_test.go
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/clientv3"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3rpc/rpctypes"
 	pb "go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/mvcc/mvccpb"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/testutil"
+	gofail "go.etcd.io/gofail/runtime"
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
@@ -1021,6 +1025,76 @@ func TestV3LeaseRecoverKeyWithMutipleLease(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestV3LeaseTimeToLiveWithLeaderChanged(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("normal", func(subT *testing.T) {
+		testV3LeaseTimeToLiveWithLeaderChanged(subT, "beforeLookupWhenLeaseTimeToLive")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("forward", func(subT *testing.T) {
+		testV3LeaseTimeToLiveWithLeaderChanged(subT, "beforeLookupWhenForwardLeaseTimeToLive")
+	})
+}
+
+func testV3LeaseTimeToLiveWithLeaderChanged(t *testing.T, fpName string) {
+	if len(gofail.List()) == 0 {
+		t.Skip("please run 'make gofail-enable' before running the test")
+	}
+
+	clus := NewClusterV3(t, &ClusterConfig{Size: 3})
+	defer clus.Terminate(t)
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 30*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	oldLeadIdx := clus.WaitLeader(t)
+	followerIdx := (oldLeadIdx + 1) % 3
+
+	followerMemberID := clus.Members[followerIdx].ID()
+
+	oldLeadC := clus.Client(oldLeadIdx)
+
+	leaseResp, err := oldLeadC.Grant(ctx, 100)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.NoError(t, gofail.Enable(fpName, `sleep("3s")`))
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		terr := gofail.Disable(fpName)
+		if terr != nil && terr != gofail.ErrDisabled {
+			t.Fatalf("failed to disable %s: %v", fpName, terr)
+		}
+	})
+
+	readyCh := make(chan struct{})
+	errCh := make(chan error, 1)
+
+	var targetC *clientv3.Client
+	switch fpName {
+	case "beforeLookupWhenLeaseTimeToLive":
+		targetC = oldLeadC
+	case "beforeLookupWhenForwardLeaseTimeToLive":
+		targetC = clus.Client((oldLeadIdx + 2) % 3)
+	default:
+		t.Fatalf("unsupported %s failpoint", fpName)
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		<-readyCh
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+
+		_, merr := oldLeadC.MoveLeader(ctx, uint64(followerMemberID))
+		assert.NoError(t, gofail.Disable(fpName))
+		errCh <- merr
+	}()
+
+	close(readyCh)
+
+	ttlResp, err := targetC.TimeToLive(ctx, leaseResp.ID)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, int64(100), ttlResp.TTL)
+
+	require.NoError(t, <-errCh)
+}
+
 // acquireLeaseAndKey creates a new lease and creates an attached key.
 func acquireLeaseAndKey(clus *ClusterV3, key string) (int64, error) {
 	// create lease
diff --git a/lease/leasehttp/http.go b/lease/leasehttp/http.go
index e2f5b1ce1d6..d59868cde2f 100644
--- a/lease/leasehttp/http.go
+++ b/lease/leasehttp/http.go
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ func (h *leaseHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			http.Error(w, ErrLeaseHTTPTimeout.Error(), http.StatusRequestTimeout)
 			return
 		}
+
+		// gofail: var beforeLookupWhenForwardLeaseTimeToLive struct{}
+
 		l := h.l.Lookup(lease.LeaseID(lreq.LeaseTimeToLiveRequest.ID))
 		if l == nil {
 			http.Error(w, lease.ErrLeaseNotFound.Error(), http.StatusNotFound)
@@ -126,6 +129,14 @@ func (h *leaseHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			resp.LeaseTimeToLiveResponse.Keys = kbs
 		}
 
+		// The leasor could be demoted if leader changed during lookup.
+		// We should return error to force retry instead of returning
+		// incorrect remaining TTL.
+		if l.Demoted() {
+			http.Error(w, lease.ErrNotPrimary.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
+			return
+		}
+
 		v, err = resp.Marshal()
 		if err != nil {
 			http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
diff --git a/lease/lessor.go b/lease/lessor.go
index 02718b94e59..2a53be3226f 100644
--- a/lease/lessor.go
+++ b/lease/lessor.go
@@ -901,6 +901,13 @@ func (l *Lease) forever() {
 	l.expiry = forever
 }
 
+// Demoted returns true if the lease's expiry has been reset to forever.
+func (l *Lease) Demoted() bool {
+	l.expiryMu.Lock()
+	defer l.expiryMu.Unlock()
+	return l.expiry == forever
+}
+
 // Keys returns all the keys attached to the lease.
 func (l *Lease) Keys() []string {
 	l.mu.RLock()
diff --git a/test b/test
index 6a916687c63..4cb508696c7 100755
--- a/test
+++ b/test
@@ -690,6 +690,10 @@ function build_cov_pass {
 	go test -tags cov -c -covermode=set -coverpkg="$PKGS_COMMA" -o "${out}/etcdctl_test" "${REPO_PATH}/etcdctl"
 }
 
+function toggle_failpoints_pass {
+  toggle_failpoints_default
+}
+
 # fail fast on static tests
 function build_pass {
 	echo "Checking build..."