diff --git a/pkg/mirror/helper.go b/pkg/mirror/helper.go
index 7520b86..c48a6be 100644
--- a/pkg/mirror/helper.go
+++ b/pkg/mirror/helper.go
@@ -228,3 +228,8 @@ func runGitCommand(ctx context.Context, log *slog.Logger, envs []string, cwd str
 
 	return stdout, nil
 }
+
+// jitter returns a time.Duration between duration and duration + maxFactor * duration.
+func jitter(duration time.Duration, maxFactor float64) time.Duration {
+	return duration + time.Duration(rand.Float64()*maxFactor*float64(duration))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/mirror/helper_test.go b/pkg/mirror/helper_test.go
index 9301cdb..1357ad5 100644
--- a/pkg/mirror/helper_test.go
+++ b/pkg/mirror/helper_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 )
@@ -375,3 +376,37 @@ t1643d7874890dca5982facfba9c4f24da53876e9 4c286e182bc4d1832a8739b18c19ecaf9262c3
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestJitter(t *testing.T) {
+	type args struct {
+		duration  time.Duration
+		maxFactor float64
+	}
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		args    args
+		minWant time.Duration
+		maxWant time.Duration
+	}{
+		{"1", args{10 * time.Second, 0.1}, 10 * time.Second, 11 * time.Second},
+		{"2", args{10 * time.Second, 0.5}, 10 * time.Second, 15 * time.Second},
+		{"3", args{10 * time.Second, 0.0}, 10 * time.Second, 10 * time.Second},
+		{"4", args{30 * time.Second, 0.1}, 30 * time.Second, 33 * time.Second},
+		{"5", args{30 * time.Second, 0.5}, 30 * time.Second, 45 * time.Second},
+		{"6", args{30 * time.Second, 0.0}, 30 * time.Second, 30 * time.Second},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			// since we are using rand test values 10 times
+			for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+				got := jitter(tt.args.duration, tt.args.maxFactor)
+				if got < tt.minWant {
+					t.Errorf("jitter() = %v, min-want %v", got, tt.minWant)
+				}
+				if got > tt.maxWant {
+					t.Errorf("jitter() = %v, max-want %v", got, tt.maxWant)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/mirror/repository.go b/pkg/mirror/repository.go
index a7e93ce..0ed7905 100644
--- a/pkg/mirror/repository.go
+++ b/pkg/mirror/repository.go
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ func (r *Repository) StartLoop(ctx context.Context) {
 		}
 		recordGitMirror(r.gitURL.Repo, err == nil)
 
-		t := time.NewTimer(r.interval)
+		t := time.NewTimer(jitter(r.interval, 0.2))
 		select {
 		case <-t.C:
 		case <-ctx.Done():