diff --git a/cmd/metrics-server/metrics-server.go b/cmd/metrics-server/metrics-server.go
index 884bb9b92..caa0d417d 100644
--- a/cmd/metrics-server/metrics-server.go
+++ b/cmd/metrics-server/metrics-server.go
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import (
 
 	genericapiserver "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/logs"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+
+	"go.uber.org/automaxprocs/maxprocs"
 
 	"sigs.k8s.io/metrics-server/cmd/metrics-server/app"
 )
@@ -29,7 +32,9 @@ func main() {
 	defer logs.FlushLogs()
 
 	if len(os.Getenv("GOMAXPROCS")) == 0 {
-		runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
+		if _, err := maxprocs.Set(maxprocs.Logger(klog.Infof)); err != nil {
+			klog.ErrorS(err, "Failed to set GOMAXPROCS automatically. GOMAXPROCS set to default.", "GOMAXPROCS", runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU()))
+		}
 	}
 
 	cmd := app.NewMetricsServerCommand(genericapiserver.SetupSignalHandler())
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6feb86f55..ce7259661 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/prometheus v0.54.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
+	go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3
 	k8s.io/api v0.31.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.31.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5e2a032c8..6a45b9b44 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINE
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 h1:Jamvg5psRIccs7FGNTlIRMkT8wgtp5eCXdBlqhYGL6U=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0 h1:BTyx3RfQjRHnUWaGF9oQos79AlQ5k8WNktv7VGvVH4g=
+github.com/prashantv/gostub v1.1.0/go.mod h1:A5zLQHz7ieHGG7is6LLXLz7I8+3LZzsrV0P1IAHhP5U=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.0 h1:jBzTZ7B099Rg24tny+qngoynol8LtVYlA2bqx3vEloI=
 github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.20.0/go.mod h1:PIEt8X02hGcP8JWbeHyeZ53Y/jReSnHgO035n//V5WE=
 github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.1 h1:ZKSh/rekM+n3CeS952MLRAdFwIKqeY8b62p8ais2e9E=
@@ -209,6 +211,8 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1 h1:TrMUixzpM0yuc/znrFTP9MMRh8trP93mkCiDVeX
 go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.3.1/go.mod h1:0X1WI4de4ZsLrrJNLAQbFeLCm3T7yBkR0XqQ7niQU+8=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0 h1:ZvwS0R+56ePWxUNi+Atn9dWONBPp/AUETXlHW0DxSjE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.11.0/go.mod h1:LUxbIzbOniOlMKjJjyPfpl4v+PKK2cNJn91OQbhoJI0=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3 h1:kWazyxZUrS3Gs4qUpbwo5kEIMGe/DAvi5Z4tl2NW4j8=
+go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3/go.mod h1:eRbA25aqJrxAbsLO0xy5jVwPt7FQnRgjW+efnwa1WM0=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=