diff --git a/airflow/jobs/job.py b/airflow/jobs/job.py
index b215b3435ba1c..b390d0414cd1c 100644
--- a/airflow/jobs/job.py
+++ b/airflow/jobs/job.py
@@ -265,6 +265,8 @@ def _merge_from(self, job: Job | JobPydantic | None):
     def _heartrate(job_type: str) -> float:
         if job_type == "TriggererJob":
             return conf.getfloat("triggerer", "JOB_HEARTBEAT_SEC")
+        elif job_type == "SchedulerJob":
+            return conf.getfloat("scheduler", "SCHEDULER_HEARTBEAT_SEC")
         else:
             # Heartrate used to be hardcoded to scheduler, so in all other
             # cases continue to use that value for back compat
diff --git a/airflow/jobs/scheduler_job_runner.py b/airflow/jobs/scheduler_job_runner.py
index 32cc9f5a634ab..9a5ba78b6f65f 100644
--- a/airflow/jobs/scheduler_job_runner.py
+++ b/airflow/jobs/scheduler_job_runner.py
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ class SchedulerJobRunner(BaseJobRunner, LoggingMixin):
     """
 
     job_type = "SchedulerJob"
-    heartrate: int = conf.getint("scheduler", "SCHEDULER_HEARTBEAT_SEC")
 
     def __init__(
         self,
diff --git a/tests/jobs/test_base_job.py b/tests/jobs/test_base_job.py
index 8f7237ffc6871..62e0369791b60 100644
--- a/tests/jobs/test_base_job.py
+++ b/tests/jobs/test_base_job.py
@@ -97,9 +97,12 @@ def abort():
     )
     def test_heart_rate_after_fetched_from_db(self, job_runner, job_type, job_heartbeat_sec):
         """Ensure heartrate is set correctly after jobs are queried from the DB"""
-        with create_session() as session, conf_vars(
-            {(job_type.lower(), "job_heartbeat_sec"): job_heartbeat_sec}
-        ):
+        if job_type == "scheduler":
+            config_name = "scheduler_heartbeat_sec"
+        else:
+            config_name = "job_heartbeat_sec"
+
+        with create_session() as session, conf_vars({(job_type.lower(), config_name): job_heartbeat_sec}):
             job = Job()
             job_runner(job=job)
             session.add(job)
diff --git a/tests/jobs/test_scheduler_job.py b/tests/jobs/test_scheduler_job.py
index 08d994d50c828..2c57ca2a9f362 100644
--- a/tests/jobs/test_scheduler_job.py
+++ b/tests/jobs/test_scheduler_job.py
@@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ def test_is_alive(self, configs):
                 not scheduler_job.is_alive()
             ), "Completed jobs even with recent heartbeat should not be alive"
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "heartrate",
+        [10, 5],
+    )
+    def test_heartrate(self, heartrate):
+        with conf_vars({("scheduler", "scheduler_heartbeat_sec"): str(heartrate)}):
+            scheduler_job = Job(executor=self.null_exec)
+            _ = SchedulerJobRunner(job=scheduler_job)
+            assert scheduler_job.heartrate == heartrate
+
     def run_single_scheduler_loop_with_no_dags(self, dags_folder):
         """
         Utility function that runs a single scheduler loop without actually