diff --git a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
index a3958b6237977..7a1cd975e6931 100644
--- a/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
+++ b/airflow/providers/cncf/kubernetes/operators/pod.py
@@ -240,6 +240,8 @@ class KubernetesPodOperator(BaseOperator):
         Deprecated - use `on_finish_action` instead.
     :param termination_message_policy: The termination message policy of the base container.
         Default value is "File"
+    :param active_deadline_seconds: The active_deadline_seconds which matches to active_deadline_seconds
+        in V1PodSpec.
     """
 
     # This field can be overloaded at the instance level via base_container_name
@@ -320,6 +322,7 @@ def __init__(
         on_finish_action: str = "delete_pod",
         is_delete_operator_pod: None | bool = None,
         termination_message_policy: str = "File",
+        active_deadline_seconds: int | None = None,
         **kwargs,
     ) -> None:
         # TODO: remove in provider 6.0.0 release. This is a mitigate step to advise users to switch to the
@@ -417,6 +420,7 @@ def __init__(
             self.on_finish_action = OnFinishAction(on_finish_action)
             self.is_delete_operator_pod = self.on_finish_action == OnFinishAction.DELETE_POD
         self.termination_message_policy = termination_message_policy
+        self.active_deadline_seconds = active_deadline_seconds
 
         self._config_dict: dict | None = None  # TODO: remove it when removing convert_config_file_to_dict
 
@@ -860,6 +864,7 @@ def build_pod_request_obj(self, context: Context | None = None) -> k8s.V1Pod:
                 restart_policy="Never",
                 priority_class_name=self.priority_class_name,
                 volumes=self.volumes,
+                active_deadline_seconds=self.active_deadline_seconds,
             ),
         )
 
diff --git a/kubernetes_tests/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py b/kubernetes_tests/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py
index 3d7a2fd4ef525..a1182581f97d3 100644
--- a/kubernetes_tests/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py
+++ b/kubernetes_tests/test_kubernetes_pod_operator.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 import pendulum
 import pytest
+from kubernetes import client
 from kubernetes.client import V1EnvVar, V1PodSecurityContext, V1SecurityContext, models as k8s
 from kubernetes.client.api_client import ApiClient
 from kubernetes.client.rest import ApiException
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 from airflow.utils.context import Context
 from airflow.utils.types import DagRunType
 from airflow.version import version as airflow_version
+from kubernetes_tests.test_base import BaseK8STest
 
 HOOK_CLASS = "airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.operators.pod.KubernetesHook"
 POD_MANAGER_CLASS = "airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.utils.pod_manager.PodManager"
@@ -1331,3 +1333,32 @@ def __getattr__(self, name):
         task.render_template_fields(context=context)
     assert "password" in caplog.text
     assert "secretpassword" not in caplog.text
+
+
+class TestKubernetesPodOperator(BaseK8STest):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("active_deadline_seconds", [10, 20])
+    def test_kubernetes_pod_operator_active_deadline_seconds(self, active_deadline_seconds):
+        k = KubernetesPodOperator(
+            task_id=f"test_task_{active_deadline_seconds}",
+            active_deadline_seconds=active_deadline_seconds,
+            image="busybox",
+            cmds=["sh", "-c", "echo 'hello world' && sleep 60"],
+            namespace="default",
+            on_finish_action="keep_pod",
+        )
+
+        context = create_context(k)
+
+        with pytest.raises(AirflowException):
+            k.execute(context)
+
+        pod = k.find_pod("default", context, exclude_checked=False)
+
+        k8s_client = client.CoreV1Api()
+
+        pod_status = k8s_client.read_namespaced_pod_status(name=pod.metadata.name, namespace="default")
+        phase = pod_status.status.phase
+        reason = pod_status.status.reason
+
+        assert phase == "Failed"
+        assert reason == "DeadlineExceeded"