diff --git a/internal/datacoord/job_manager_test.go b/internal/datacoord/job_manager_test.go
index 0e514a4045..a1799e3dca 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/job_manager_test.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/job_manager_test.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func (s *jobManagerSuite) TestJobManager_triggerStatsTaskLoop() {
 		mt:     mt,
 		scheduler: &taskScheduler{
 			allocator:    alloc,
-			pendingTasks: newFairQueuePolicy(),
+			pendingTasks: newPriorityQueuePolicy(),
 			runningTasks: typeutil.NewConcurrentMap[UniqueID, Task](),
 			meta:         mt,
 			taskStats:    expirable.NewLRU[UniqueID, Task](512, nil, time.Minute*5),
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/task_queue.go b/internal/datacoord/task_queue.go
index eb3c489e1d..b9ce7f0eb7 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/task_queue.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/task_queue.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package datacoord
 
 import (
+	"container/heap"
 	"sync"
 )
 
@@ -25,7 +26,6 @@ type schedulePolicy interface {
 	Push(task Task)
 	// Pop get the task next ready to run.
 	Pop() Task
-	BatchPop(batch int) []Task
 	Get(taskID UniqueID) Task
 	Keys() []UniqueID
 	TaskCount() int
@@ -33,111 +33,119 @@ type schedulePolicy interface {
 	Remove(taskID UniqueID)
 }
 
-var _ schedulePolicy = &fairQueuePolicy{}
+var (
+	_ schedulePolicy = &priorityQueuePolicy{}
+)
 
-type fairQueuePolicy struct {
-	tasks   map[UniqueID]Task
-	taskIDs []UniqueID
-	lock    sync.RWMutex
+// priorityQueuePolicy implements a priority queue that sorts tasks by taskID (smaller taskID has higher priority)
+type priorityQueuePolicy struct {
+	tasks map[UniqueID]Task
+	heap  *taskHeap
+	lock  sync.RWMutex
 }
 
-func newFairQueuePolicy() *fairQueuePolicy {
-	return &fairQueuePolicy{
-		tasks:   make(map[UniqueID]Task, 0),
-		taskIDs: make([]UniqueID, 0),
-		lock:    sync.RWMutex{},
+// taskHeap implements a min-heap for Task objects, sorted by taskID
+type taskHeap []Task
+
+func (h taskHeap) Len() int           { return len(h) }
+func (h taskHeap) Less(i, j int) bool { return h[i].GetTaskID() < h[j].GetTaskID() }
+func (h taskHeap) Swap(i, j int)      { h[i], h[j] = h[j], h[i] }
+
+func (h *taskHeap) Push(x interface{}) {
+	*h = append(*h, x.(Task))
+}
+
+func (h *taskHeap) Pop() interface{} {
+	old := *h
+	n := len(old)
+	item := old[n-1]
+	*h = old[0 : n-1]
+	return item
+}
+
+// newPriorityQueuePolicy creates a new priority queue policy
+func newPriorityQueuePolicy() *priorityQueuePolicy {
+	h := &taskHeap{}
+	heap.Init(h)
+	return &priorityQueuePolicy{
+		tasks: make(map[UniqueID]Task),
+		heap:  h,
+		lock:  sync.RWMutex{},
 	}
 }
 
-func (fqp *fairQueuePolicy) Push(t Task) {
-	fqp.lock.Lock()
-	defer fqp.lock.Unlock()
-	if _, ok := fqp.tasks[t.GetTaskID()]; !ok {
-		fqp.tasks[t.GetTaskID()] = t
-		fqp.taskIDs = append(fqp.taskIDs, t.GetTaskID())
+func (pqp *priorityQueuePolicy) Push(task Task) {
+	pqp.lock.Lock()
+	defer pqp.lock.Unlock()
+
+	taskID := task.GetTaskID()
+	if _, exists := pqp.tasks[taskID]; !exists {
+		pqp.tasks[taskID] = task
+		heap.Push(pqp.heap, task)
 	}
 }
 
-func (fqp *fairQueuePolicy) Pop() Task {
-	fqp.lock.Lock()
-	defer fqp.lock.Unlock()
-	if len(fqp.taskIDs) == 0 {
+func (pqp *priorityQueuePolicy) Pop() Task {
+	pqp.lock.Lock()
+	defer pqp.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if pqp.heap.Len() == 0 {
 		return nil
 	}
-	taskID := fqp.taskIDs[0]
-	fqp.taskIDs = fqp.taskIDs[1:]
-	task := fqp.tasks[taskID]
-	delete(fqp.tasks, taskID)
+
+	task := heap.Pop(pqp.heap).(Task)
+	delete(pqp.tasks, task.GetTaskID())
 	return task
 }
 
-func (fqp *fairQueuePolicy) BatchPop(batch int) []Task {
-	fqp.lock.Lock()
-	defer fqp.lock.Unlock()
-	tasks := make([]Task, 0)
-	if len(fqp.taskIDs) <= batch {
-		for _, taskID := range fqp.taskIDs {
-			task := fqp.tasks[taskID]
-			delete(fqp.tasks, taskID)
-			tasks = append(tasks, task)
-		}
-		fqp.taskIDs = make([]UniqueID, 0)
-		return tasks
+func (pqp *priorityQueuePolicy) Get(taskID UniqueID) Task {
+	pqp.lock.RLock()
+	defer pqp.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return pqp.tasks[taskID]
+}
+
+func (pqp *priorityQueuePolicy) Keys() []UniqueID {
+	pqp.lock.RLock()
+	defer pqp.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	keys := make([]UniqueID, 0, len(pqp.tasks))
+	for taskID := range pqp.tasks {
+		keys = append(keys, taskID)
+	}
+	return keys
+}
+
+func (pqp *priorityQueuePolicy) TaskCount() int {
+	pqp.lock.RLock()
+	defer pqp.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	return len(pqp.tasks)
+}
+
+func (pqp *priorityQueuePolicy) Exist(taskID UniqueID) bool {
+	pqp.lock.RLock()
+	defer pqp.lock.RUnlock()
+
+	_, exists := pqp.tasks[taskID]
+	return exists
+}
+
+func (pqp *priorityQueuePolicy) Remove(taskID UniqueID) {
+	pqp.lock.Lock()
+	defer pqp.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if _, exists := pqp.tasks[taskID]; !exists {
+		return
 	}
 
-	taskIDs := fqp.taskIDs[:batch]
-	for _, taskID := range taskIDs {
-		task := fqp.tasks[taskID]
-		delete(fqp.tasks, taskID)
-		tasks = append(tasks, task)
-	}
-	fqp.taskIDs = fqp.taskIDs[batch:]
-	return tasks
-}
+	delete(pqp.tasks, taskID)
 
-func (fqp *fairQueuePolicy) Get(taskID UniqueID) Task {
-	fqp.lock.RLock()
-	defer fqp.lock.RUnlock()
-	if len(fqp.taskIDs) == 0 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	task := fqp.tasks[taskID]
-	return task
-}
-
-func (fqp *fairQueuePolicy) TaskCount() int {
-	fqp.lock.RLock()
-	defer fqp.lock.RUnlock()
-	return len(fqp.taskIDs)
-}
-
-func (fqp *fairQueuePolicy) Exist(taskID UniqueID) bool {
-	fqp.lock.RLock()
-	defer fqp.lock.RUnlock()
-	_, ok := fqp.tasks[taskID]
-	return ok
-}
-
-func (fqp *fairQueuePolicy) Remove(taskID UniqueID) {
-	fqp.lock.Lock()
-	defer fqp.lock.Unlock()
-
-	taskIndex := -1
-	for i := range fqp.taskIDs {
-		if fqp.taskIDs[i] == taskID {
-			taskIndex = i
+	// Find and remove from heap
+	for i, task := range *pqp.heap {
+		if task.GetTaskID() == taskID {
+			heap.Remove(pqp.heap, i)
 			break
 		}
 	}
-	if taskIndex != -1 {
-		fqp.taskIDs = append(fqp.taskIDs[:taskIndex], fqp.taskIDs[taskIndex+1:]...)
-		delete(fqp.tasks, taskID)
-	}
-}
-
-func (fqp *fairQueuePolicy) Keys() []UniqueID {
-	fqp.lock.RLock()
-	defer fqp.lock.RUnlock()
-
-	return fqp.taskIDs
 }
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/task_scheduler.go b/internal/datacoord/task_scheduler.go
index b1bcdebf80..9e492fd721 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/task_scheduler.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/task_scheduler.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func newTaskScheduler(
 		ctx:                       ctx,
 		cancel:                    cancel,
 		meta:                      metaTable,
-		pendingTasks:              newFairQueuePolicy(),
+		pendingTasks:              newPriorityQueuePolicy(),
 		runningTasks:              typeutil.NewConcurrentMap[UniqueID, Task](),
 		notifyChan:                make(chan struct{}, 1),
 		taskLock:                  lock.NewKeyLock[int64](),
diff --git a/internal/datacoord/task_scheduler_test.go b/internal/datacoord/task_scheduler_test.go
index 4406281510..2c51617a4c 100644
--- a/internal/datacoord/task_scheduler_test.go
+++ b/internal/datacoord/task_scheduler_test.go
@@ -2362,7 +2362,7 @@ func (s *taskSchedulerSuite) Test_zeroSegmentStats() {
 		ctx:                       ctx,
 		cancel:                    cancel,
 		meta:                      mt,
-		pendingTasks:              newFairQueuePolicy(),
+		pendingTasks:              newPriorityQueuePolicy(),
 		runningTasks:              typeutil.NewConcurrentMap[UniqueID, Task](),
 		notifyChan:                make(chan struct{}, 1),
 		taskLock:                  lock.NewKeyLock[int64](),