diff --git a/src/distributed_planner/task_estimator.rs b/src/distributed_planner/task_estimator.rs
index fbfc7b09..4232b5c5 100644
--- a/src/distributed_planner/task_estimator.rs
+++ b/src/distributed_planner/task_estimator.rs
@@ -275,10 +275,16 @@ impl TaskEstimator for FileScanConfigTaskEstimator {
         let file_scan: &FileScanConfig = dse.data_source().as_any().downcast_ref()?;
 
         let mut file_scan_template = file_scan.clone();
-        let mut file_groups = VecDeque::with_capacity(file_scan.file_groups.len() * task_count);
-        for file_group in file_scan_template.file_groups.drain(..) {
-            file_groups.extend(file_group.split_files(task_count));
-        }
+        let input_group_count = file_scan_template.file_groups.len().max(1);
+        let all_partitioned_files = file_scan_template
+            .file_groups
+            .iter()
+            .flat_map(|file_group| file_group.iter().cloned())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        file_scan_template.file_groups.clear();
+        let rebalanced =
+            rebalance_round_robin(all_partitioned_files, input_group_count * task_count);
+        let mut file_groups: VecDeque<FileGroup> = rebalanced.into_iter().map(Into::into).collect();
         let expected_partitions = plan.output_partitioning().partition_count();
 
         let dle = DistributedLeafExec::new(
@@ -299,6 +305,17 @@ impl TaskEstimator for FileScanConfigTaskEstimator {
     }
 }
 
+fn rebalance_round_robin<T>(items: Vec<T>, target_groups: usize) -> Vec<Vec<T>> {
+    let target_groups = target_groups.min(items.len());
+    let mut groups = (0..target_groups)
+        .map(|_| Vec::new())
+        .collect::<Vec<Vec<T>>>();
+    for (idx, item) in items.into_iter().enumerate() {
+        groups[idx % target_groups].push(item);
+    }
+    groups
+}
+
 /// Tries multiple user-provided [TaskEstimator]s until one returns an estimation. If none
 /// returns an estimation, a set of default [TaskEstimation] implementations is tried. Right
 /// now the only default [TaskEstimation] is [FileScanConfigTaskEstimator].
@@ -402,6 +419,22 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_rebalance_round_robin_fixes_group_boundary_skew() {
+        let items = (0..8).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let groups = rebalance_round_robin(items, 5);
+        let sizes = groups.iter().map(Vec::len).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        assert_eq!(sizes, vec![2, 2, 2, 1, 1]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_rebalance_round_robin_caps_partitions_to_file_count() {
+        let items = vec![10, 20, 30];
+        let groups = rebalance_round_robin(items, 5);
+        let sizes = groups.iter().map(Vec::len).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        assert_eq!(sizes, vec![1, 1, 1]);
+    }
+
     impl CombinedTaskEstimator {
         fn push(&mut self, value: impl TaskEstimator + Send + Sync + 'static) {
             self.user_provided.push(Arc::new(value));