diff --git a/kyuubi-main/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/ProcBuilder.scala b/kyuubi-main/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/ProcBuilder.scala
index 0b1f7bedd07..c186633f61e 100644
--- a/kyuubi-main/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/ProcBuilder.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-main/src/main/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/ProcBuilder.scala
@@ -65,15 +65,11 @@ trait ProcBuilder {
   // Visible for test
   private[kyuubi] var logCaptureThread: Thread = _
 
-  private lazy val engineLog: File = ProcBuilder.synchronized {
+  private[kyuubi] lazy val engineLog: File = ProcBuilder.synchronized {
     val engineLogTimeout = conf.get(KyuubiConf.ENGINE_LOG_TIMEOUT)
     val currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis()
     val processLogPath = workingDir
-    val totalExistsFile = processLogPath.toFile.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() {
-      override def accept(dir: File, name: String): Boolean = {
-        name.startsWith(module)
-      }
-    })
+    val totalExistsFile = processLogPath.toFile.listFiles { (_, name) => name.startsWith(module) }
     val sorted = totalExistsFile.sortBy(_.getName.split("\\.").last.toInt)
     val nextIndex = if (sorted.isEmpty) {
       0
@@ -81,6 +77,18 @@ trait ProcBuilder {
       sorted.last.getName.split("\\.").last.toInt + 1
     }
     val file = sorted.find(_.lastModified() < currentTime - engineLogTimeout)
+      .map { existsFile =>
+        try {
+          // Here we want to overwrite the exists log file
+          existsFile.delete()
+          existsFile.createNewFile()
+          existsFile
+        } catch {
+          case e: Exception =>
+            warn(s"failed to delete engine log file: ${existsFile.getAbsolutePath}", e)
+            null
+        }
+      }
       .getOrElse {
         Files.createDirectories(processLogPath)
         val newLogFile = new File(processLogPath.toFile, s"$module.log.$nextIndex")
diff --git a/kyuubi-main/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkProcessBuilderSuite.scala b/kyuubi-main/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkProcessBuilderSuite.scala
index 2c842b1f3f8..5f2424e74f6 100644
--- a/kyuubi-main/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkProcessBuilderSuite.scala
+++ b/kyuubi-main/src/test/scala/org/apache/kyuubi/engine/spark/SparkProcessBuilderSuite.scala
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@
 package org.apache.kyuubi.engine.spark
 
 import java.io.File
-import java.nio.file.{Files, Path, Paths}
+import java.nio.file.{Files, Path, Paths, StandardOpenOption}
+import java.time.Duration
 import java.util.concurrent.{Executors, TimeUnit}
 
 import org.scalatest.time.SpanSugar._
 
 import org.apache.kyuubi.{KerberizedTestHelper, KyuubiSQLException, Utils}
 import org.apache.kyuubi.config.KyuubiConf
+import org.apache.kyuubi.config.KyuubiConf.ENGINE_LOG_TIMEOUT
 import org.apache.kyuubi.service.ServiceUtils
 
 class SparkProcessBuilderSuite extends KerberizedTestHelper {
@@ -179,6 +181,29 @@ class SparkProcessBuilderSuite extends KerberizedTestHelper {
       atomicTest()
     }
   }
+
+  test("overwrite log file should cleanup before write") {
+    val fakeWorkDir = Files.createTempDirectory("fake")
+    val conf = KyuubiConf()
+    conf.set(ENGINE_LOG_TIMEOUT, Duration.ofDays(1).toMillis)
+    val builder1 = new FakeSparkProcessBuilder(conf) {
+      override val workingDir: Path = fakeWorkDir
+    }
+    val file1 = builder1.engineLog
+    Files.write(file1.toPath, "a".getBytes(), StandardOpenOption.APPEND)
+    assert(file1.length() == 1)
+    Files.write(file1.toPath, "a".getBytes(), StandardOpenOption.APPEND)
+    assert(file1.length() == 2)
+    file1.setLastModified(System.currentTimeMillis() - Duration.ofDays(1).toMillis - 1000)
+
+    val builder2 = new FakeSparkProcessBuilder(conf) {
+      override val workingDir: Path = fakeWorkDir
+    }
+    val file2 = builder2.engineLog
+    assert(file1.getAbsolutePath == file2.getAbsolutePath)
+    Files.write(file2.toPath, "a".getBytes(), StandardOpenOption.APPEND)
+    assert(file2.length() == 1)
+  }
 }
 
 class FakeSparkProcessBuilder(config: KyuubiConf)