diff --git a/CHANGELOG-6.md b/CHANGELOG-6.md
index 119040c1a..8a9a7494b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-6.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-6.md
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic
 Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [6.11.1] - 2024-09-12
+
+### Changed
+- ADD TTL to each user session in the etcd data store to prevent leak.
+- TTl value is DefaultAccessTokenLifeSpan + 1 minute
+
 ## [6.11.0] - 2024-01-31
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/backend/authentication/jwt/jwt.go b/backend/authentication/jwt/jwt.go
index 09c65d526..81fbb8444 100644
--- a/backend/authentication/jwt/jwt.go
+++ b/backend/authentication/jwt/jwt.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	defaultAccessTokenLifespan  = 5 * time.Minute
+	DefaultAccessTokenLifespan  = 5 * time.Minute
 	defaultRefreshTokenLifespan = 12 * time.Hour
 	secret                      []byte
 	privateKey                  *ecdsa.PrivateKey
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func AccessToken(claims *corev2.Claims) (*jwt.Token, string, error) {
 	claims.Id = jti
 
 	// Add an expiration to the token
-	claims.ExpiresAt = time.Now().Add(defaultAccessTokenLifespan).Unix()
+	claims.ExpiresAt = time.Now().Add(DefaultAccessTokenLifespan).Unix()
 
 	token := jwt.NewWithClaims(signingMethod, claims)
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func NewClaims(user *corev2.User) (*corev2.Claims, error) {
 		// library's documentation. We should replace its usage with
 		// RegisteredClaims.
 		StandardClaims: jwt.StandardClaims{
-			ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(defaultAccessTokenLifespan).Unix(),
+			ExpiresAt: time.Now().Add(DefaultAccessTokenLifespan).Unix(),
 			Id:        jti,
 			Subject:   user.Username,
 		},
diff --git a/backend/authentication/jwt/jwt_test.go b/backend/authentication/jwt/jwt_test.go
index 0abc6ba5e..bbfea6756 100644
--- a/backend/authentication/jwt/jwt_test.go
+++ b/backend/authentication/jwt/jwt_test.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func TestValidateTokenError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
 	// The token should expire after the expiration time
-	testTime.Set(time.Now().Add(defaultAccessTokenLifespan + time.Hour))
+	testTime.Set(time.Now().Add(DefaultAccessTokenLifespan + time.Hour))
 	_, err = ValidateToken(tokenString)
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 }
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func TestValidateExpiredToken(t *testing.T) {
 	_, tokenString, _ := AccessToken(claims)
 
 	// Wait for the token to expire
-	testTime.Set(time.Now().Add(defaultAccessTokenLifespan + time.Second))
+	testTime.Set(time.Now().Add(DefaultAccessTokenLifespan + time.Second))
 	_, err := ValidateExpiredToken(tokenString)
 	assert.NoError(t, err, "An expired token should not be considered as invalid")
 }
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ func TestValidateExpiredTokenInvalid(t *testing.T) {
 	_, tokenString, _ := AccessToken(claims)
 
 	// The token will expire
-	testTime.Set(time.Now().Add(defaultAccessTokenLifespan + time.Second))
+	testTime.Set(time.Now().Add(DefaultAccessTokenLifespan + time.Second))
 
 	// Modify the secret so it's no longer valid
 	secret = []byte("qux")
diff --git a/backend/store/etcd/session.go b/backend/store/etcd/session.go
index 9f95b85bf..2af98e839 100644
--- a/backend/store/etcd/session.go
+++ b/backend/store/etcd/session.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package etcd
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-
+	"github.com/sensu/sensu-go/backend/authentication/jwt"
 	"github.com/sensu/sensu-go/backend/store"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3"
 )
@@ -30,12 +30,18 @@ func (s *Store) GetSession(ctx context.Context, username, sessionID string) (str
 }
 
 // UpdateSession applies the supplied state to the session uniquely identified
-// by the given username and session ID.
+// by the given username and session ID with attached lease for TTL of the key
 func (s *Store) UpdateSession(ctx context.Context, username, sessionID, state string) error {
-	if _, err := s.client.Put(ctx, userSessionPath(username, sessionID), state); err != nil {
+
+	leaseDuration := jwt.DefaultAccessTokenLifespan
+	ttl := int64(leaseDuration.Minutes()+1) * 60
+	leaseResp, err := s.client.Grant(ctx, ttl)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := s.client.Put(ctx, userSessionPath(username, sessionID), state, clientv3.WithLease(leaseResp.ID)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -45,6 +51,5 @@ func (s *Store) DeleteSession(ctx context.Context, username, sessionID string) e
 	if _, err := s.client.Delete(ctx, userSessionPath(username, sessionID)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }