diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1a4062a..881faf2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module gitea.com/gitea/act_runner
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go v0.3.0
+	code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go v0.3.1
 	code.gitea.io/gitea-vet v0.2.3-0.20230113022436-2b1561217fa5
 	github.com/avast/retry-go/v4 v4.3.1
 	github.com/bufbuild/connect-go v1.3.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 01521fd..6b82b6a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go v0.3.0 h1:9Tvg8+TaaCXPKi6EnWl9vVgs2VZsj1Cs5afnsHa4AmM=
-code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go v0.3.0/go.mod h1:00ys5QDo1iHN1tHNvvddAcy2W/g+425hQya1cCSvq9A=
+code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go v0.3.1 h1:PMyiQtBKb8dNnpEO2R5rcZdXSis+UQZVo/SciMtR1aU=
+code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go v0.3.1/go.mod h1:00ys5QDo1iHN1tHNvvddAcy2W/g+425hQya1cCSvq9A=
 code.gitea.io/gitea-vet v0.2.3-0.20230113022436-2b1561217fa5 h1:daBEK2GQeqGikJESctP5Cu1i33z5ztAD4kyQWiw185M=
 code.gitea.io/gitea-vet v0.2.3-0.20230113022436-2b1561217fa5/go.mod h1:zcNbT/aJEmivCAhfmkHOlT645KNOf9W2KnkLgFjGGfE=
 gitea.com/gitea/act v0.246.2-0.20230717034634-cdc6d4bc6a38 h1:whUEO/qPkYfpbL1he9TuIIzz2P4v6xEwb2lT6E/4F7A=
diff --git a/internal/app/poll/poller.go b/internal/app/poll/poller.go
index 2ee2b8a..f79e98e 100644
--- a/internal/app/poll/poller.go
+++ b/internal/app/poll/poller.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 
 	runnerv1 "code.gitea.io/actions-proto-go/runner/v1"
 	"github.com/bufbuild/connect-go"
@@ -20,9 +21,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Poller struct {
-	client client.Client
-	runner *run.Runner
-	cfg    *config.Config
+	client       client.Client
+	runner       *run.Runner
+	cfg          *config.Config
+	tasksVersion atomic.Int64 // tasksVersion used to store the version of the last task fetched from the Gitea.
 }
 
 func New(cfg *config.Config, client client.Client, runner *run.Runner) *Poller {
@@ -77,7 +79,11 @@ func (p *Poller) fetchTask(ctx context.Context) (*runnerv1.Task, bool) {
 	reqCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, p.cfg.Runner.FetchTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	resp, err := p.client.FetchTask(reqCtx, connect.NewRequest(&runnerv1.FetchTaskRequest{}))
+	// Load the version value that was in the cache when the request was sent.
+	v := p.tasksVersion.Load()
+	resp, err := p.client.FetchTask(reqCtx, connect.NewRequest(&runnerv1.FetchTaskRequest{
+		TasksVersion: v,
+	}))
 	if errors.Is(err, context.DeadlineExceeded) {
 		err = nil
 	}
@@ -86,8 +92,20 @@ func (p *Poller) fetchTask(ctx context.Context) (*runnerv1.Task, bool) {
 		return nil, false
 	}
 
-	if resp == nil || resp.Msg == nil || resp.Msg.Task == nil {
+	if resp == nil || resp.Msg == nil {
 		return nil, false
 	}
+
+	if resp.Msg.TasksVersion > v {
+		p.tasksVersion.CompareAndSwap(v, resp.Msg.TasksVersion)
+	}
+
+	if resp.Msg.Task == nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+
+	// got a task, set `tasksVersion` to zero to focre query db in next request.
+	p.tasksVersion.CompareAndSwap(resp.Msg.TasksVersion, 0)
+
 	return resp.Msg.Task, true
 }