diff --git a/examples/custom-controller/Makefile b/examples/custom-controller/Makefile
index e3ec52d278..ecf646ffea 100644
--- a/examples/custom-controller/Makefile
+++ b/examples/custom-controller/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 REPOSITORY ?=
 PROD_REPO ?= us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples
-version := 0.1
+version := 0.2
 ifeq ($(REPOSITORY),)
 	server_tag := custom-controller:$(version)
 else
diff --git a/examples/custom-controller/deployment.yaml b/examples/custom-controller/deployment.yaml
index b5fd791872..9defa898a3 100644
--- a/examples/custom-controller/deployment.yaml
+++ b/examples/custom-controller/deployment.yaml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: ["agones.dev"]
     resources: ["gameservers"]
     verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
+  - apiGroups: ["coordination.k8s.io"]
+    resources: ["leases"]
+    verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch", "delete"]
 ---
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ metadata:
   name: custom-controller
   namespace: agones-system
 spec:
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: 2
   selector:
     matchLabels:
       app: custom-controller
@@ -61,5 +64,5 @@ spec:
       serviceAccountName: custom-controller-sa
       containers:
         - name: custom-controller
-          image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/custom-controller:0.1
+          image: us-docker.pkg.dev/agones-images/examples/custom-controller:0.2
           imagePullPolicy: Always
diff --git a/examples/custom-controller/main.go b/examples/custom-controller/main.go
index 2534167ce7..0495307491 100644
--- a/examples/custom-controller/main.go
+++ b/examples/custom-controller/main.go
@@ -79,7 +79,12 @@ func main() {
 	ctrl.SetLogger(zap.New(zap.UseDevMode(true)))
 
 	ctrl.Log.Info("Starting controller manager.")
-	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), ctrl.Options{})
+	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(ctrl.GetConfigOrDie(), ctrl.Options{
+		LeaderElection:             true,
+		LeaderElectionResourceLock: "leases",
+		LeaderElectionNamespace:    "agones-system",
+		LeaderElectionID:           "custom-controller-leader",
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		ctrl.Log.Error(err, "Unable to start manager")
 		os.Exit(1)