diff --git a/providers/src/airflow/providers/edge/cli/edge_command.py b/providers/src/airflow/providers/edge/cli/edge_command.py
index 09998ffe80281..214bcc0bbae9d 100644
--- a/providers/src/airflow/providers/edge/cli/edge_command.py
+++ b/providers/src/airflow/providers/edge/cli/edge_command.py
@@ -102,6 +102,32 @@ def _get_sysinfo() -> dict:
 def _pid_file_path(pid_file: str | None) -> str:
     return cli_utils.setup_locations(process=EDGE_WORKER_PROCESS_NAME, pid=pid_file)[0]
 
+def _write_pid_to_pidfile(pid_file_path):
+    """Write PID file to disk."""
+    if pid_file_path.exists():
+        # Handle existing PID files on disk
+        logger.info("An existing PID file has been found: %s.", pid_file_path)
+        pid_stored_in_pid_file = read_pid_from_pidfile(pid_file_path)
+        if os.getpid() == pid_stored_in_pid_file:
+            # case 1: PID file writing was triggered before for this instance
+            logger.info("PID file belongs to this process. File not updated.")
+            return
+        else:
+            # case 2: PID file was written by dead / already running instance
+            logger.info("PID file does not belong to this process.")
+            if psutil.pid_exists(pid_stored_in_pid_file):
+                # case 2a: another instance uses the same path for its PID file
+                raise SystemExit(
+                    f"The PID file {pid_file_path} contains the PID of another running process. "
+                    "Configuration issue: edge worker instance must use different PID file paths!"
+                )
+            else:
+                # case 2b: previous instance crashed without cleaning up its PID file
+                logger.info("PID file is orphaned. Cleaning up.")
+                pid_file_path.unlink()
+    logger.info("PID file written to %s.", pid_file_path)
+    write_pid_to_pidfile(pid_file_path)
+
 
 @dataclass
 class _Job:
@@ -155,7 +181,7 @@ def start(self):
             if "404:NOT FOUND" in str(e):
                 raise SystemExit("Error: API endpoint is not ready, please set [edge] api_enabled=True.")
             raise SystemExit(str(e))
-        write_pid_to_pidfile(self.pid_file_path)
+        _write_pid_to_pidfile(self.pid_file_path)
         signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, _EdgeWorkerCli.signal_handler)
         try:
             while not _EdgeWorkerCli.drain or self.jobs: