diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/pom.xml
index a3e27d03..89ae9c6b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/pom.xml
@@ -51,12 +51,14 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-autoconfigure</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-context</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-cloud-commons</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-security-rsa</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/config/reload/ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/config/reload/ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java
index 0dae6bc7..6e3be241 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/config/reload/ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/config/reload/ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnProperty;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.EnableConfigurationProperties;
 import org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.RefreshAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.cloud.autoconfigure.RefreshEndpointAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.cloud.commons.util.TaskSchedulerWrapper;
 import org.springframework.cloud.context.refresh.ContextRefresher;
 import org.springframework.cloud.context.restart.RestartEndpoint;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.config.ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator;
@@ -41,8 +42,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Conditional;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.env.AbstractEnvironment;
-import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableAsync;
-import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableScheduling;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskScheduler;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ public class ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 	 */
 	@ConditionalOnProperty("spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.enabled")
 	@ConditionalOnClass({ RestartEndpoint.class, ContextRefresher.class })
-	@EnableScheduling
-	@EnableAsync
 	protected static class ConfigReloadAutoConfigurationBeans {
 
 		@Autowired
@@ -87,12 +85,14 @@ public class ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 				@Autowired(
 						required = false) ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator configMapPropertySourceLocator,
 				@Autowired(
-						required = false) SecretsPropertySourceLocator secretsPropertySourceLocator) {
+						required = false) SecretsPropertySourceLocator secretsPropertySourceLocator,
+				TaskSchedulerWrapper taskScheduler) {
 			switch (properties.getMode()) {
 			case POLLING:
 				return new PollingConfigurationChangeDetector(this.environment,
 						properties, this.kubernetesClient, strategy,
-						configMapPropertySourceLocator, secretsPropertySourceLocator);
+						configMapPropertySourceLocator, secretsPropertySourceLocator,
+						taskScheduler.getTaskScheduler(), properties);
 			case EVENT:
 				return new EventBasedConfigurationChangeDetector(this.environment,
 						properties, this.kubernetesClient, strategy,
@@ -102,6 +102,18 @@ public class ConfigReloadAutoConfiguration {
 					"Unsupported configuration reload mode: " + properties.getMode());
 		}
 
+		@Bean("springCloudKubernetesTaskScheduler")
+		@ConditionalOnMissingBean
+		public TaskSchedulerWrapper taskScheduler() {
+			ThreadPoolTaskScheduler threadPoolTaskScheduler = new ThreadPoolTaskScheduler();
+
+			threadPoolTaskScheduler.setThreadNamePrefix(
+					"spring-cloud-kubernetes-ThreadPoolTaskScheduler-");
+			threadPoolTaskScheduler.setDaemon(true);
+
+			return new TaskSchedulerWrapper(threadPoolTaskScheduler);
+		}
+
 		/**
 		 * @param properties config reload properties
 		 * @param ctx application context
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/config/reload/PollingConfigurationChangeDetector.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/config/reload/PollingConfigurationChangeDetector.java
index 5cef72a5..4ab18b8f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/config/reload/PollingConfigurationChangeDetector.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-config/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/config/reload/PollingConfigurationChangeDetector.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.config.reload;
 
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
@@ -24,13 +25,15 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClient;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.task.TaskSchedulerBuilder;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.config.ConfigMapPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.config.ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.config.SecretsPropertySource;
 import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.config.SecretsPropertySourceLocator;
 import org.springframework.core.env.AbstractEnvironment;
 import org.springframework.core.env.MapPropertySource;
-import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Scheduled;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.support.PeriodicTrigger;
 
 /**
  * A change detector that periodically retrieves secrets and configmaps and fire a reload
@@ -47,6 +50,11 @@ public class PollingConfigurationChangeDetector extends ConfigurationChangeDetec
 
 	private SecretsPropertySourceLocator secretsPropertySourceLocator;
 
+	private TaskScheduler taskExecutor;
+
+	private Duration period = Duration.ofMillis(1500);
+
+	@Deprecated
 	public PollingConfigurationChangeDetector(AbstractEnvironment environment,
 			ConfigReloadProperties properties, KubernetesClient kubernetesClient,
 			ConfigurationUpdateStrategy strategy,
@@ -56,15 +64,31 @@ public class PollingConfigurationChangeDetector extends ConfigurationChangeDetec
 
 		this.configMapPropertySourceLocator = configMapPropertySourceLocator;
 		this.secretsPropertySourceLocator = secretsPropertySourceLocator;
+		this.taskExecutor = new TaskSchedulerBuilder().build();
+	}
+
+	public PollingConfigurationChangeDetector(AbstractEnvironment environment,
+			ConfigReloadProperties properties, KubernetesClient kubernetesClient,
+			ConfigurationUpdateStrategy strategy,
+			ConfigMapPropertySourceLocator configMapPropertySourceLocator,
+			SecretsPropertySourceLocator secretsPropertySourceLocator,
+			TaskScheduler taskExecutor, ConfigReloadProperties configReloadProperties) {
+		super(environment, properties, kubernetesClient, strategy);
+
+		this.configMapPropertySourceLocator = configMapPropertySourceLocator;
+		this.secretsPropertySourceLocator = secretsPropertySourceLocator;
+		this.taskExecutor = taskExecutor;
+		this.period = configReloadProperties.getPeriod();
 	}
 
 	@PostConstruct
 	public void init() {
 		this.log.info("Kubernetes polling configuration change detector activated");
+		PeriodicTrigger trigger = new PeriodicTrigger(period.toMillis());
+		trigger.setInitialDelay(period.toMillis());
+		taskExecutor.schedule(this::executeCycle, trigger);
 	}
 
-	@Scheduled(initialDelayString = "${spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.period:15000}",
-			fixedDelayString = "${spring.cloud.kubernetes.reload.period:15000}")
 	public void executeCycle() {
 
 		boolean changedConfigMap = false;