diff --git a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
index e1672e1a55..815145ef70 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
@@ -277,22 +277,6 @@ def execute_job(site, method, event, job_name, kwargs, user=None, is_async=True,
 			frappe.destroy()
 
 
-class FrappeWorker(Worker):
-	def work(self, *args, **kwargs):
-		self.start_frappe_scheduler()
-		return super().work(*args, **kwargs)
-
-	def run_maintenance_tasks(self, *args, **kwargs):
-		"""Attempt to start a scheduler in case the worker doing scheduling died."""
-		self.start_frappe_scheduler()
-		return super().run_maintenance_tasks(*args, **kwargs)
-
-	def start_frappe_scheduler(self):
-		from frappe.utils.scheduler import start_scheduler
-
-		Thread(target=start_scheduler, daemon=True).start()
-
-
 def start_worker(
 	queue: str | None = None,
 	quiet: bool = False,
@@ -300,7 +284,7 @@ def start_worker(
 	rq_password: str | None = None,
 	burst: bool = False,
 	strategy: DequeueStrategy | None = DequeueStrategy.DEFAULT,
-) -> None:  # pragma: no cover
+) -> NoReturn:  # pragma: no cover
 	"""Wrapper to start rq worker. Connects to redis and monitors these queues."""
 
 	if not strategy:
@@ -336,6 +320,23 @@ def start_worker(
 	)
 
 
+class FrappeWorker(Worker):
+	def work(self, *args, **kwargs):
+		self.start_frappe_scheduler()
+		kwargs["with_scheduler"] = False  # Always disable RQ scheduler
+		return super().work(*args, **kwargs)
+
+	def run_maintenance_tasks(self, *args, **kwargs):
+		"""Attempt to start a scheduler in case the worker doing scheduling died."""
+		self.start_frappe_scheduler()
+		return super().run_maintenance_tasks(*args, **kwargs)
+
+	def start_frappe_scheduler(self):
+		from frappe.utils.scheduler import start_scheduler
+
+		Thread(target=start_scheduler, daemon=True).start()
+
+
 def start_worker_pool(
 	queue: str | None = None,
 	num_workers: int = 1,
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b1f5456624..67d98546e1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "setproctitle~=1.3.3",
     "requests-oauthlib~=1.3.1",
     "requests~=2.32.0",
-    "rq==1.15.1",
+    "rq==1.16.2",
     "rsa>=4.1",
     "semantic-version~=2.10.0",
     "sentry-sdk~=1.37.1",