diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c54643c640..5a3d38c6d0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dependencies = [
     # We depend on internal attributes of RQ.
     # Do NOT add loose requirements on RQ versions.
     # Audit the code changes w.r.t. background_jobs.py before updating.
-    "rq==2.3.2",
+    "rq==2.4.0",
     "rsa>=4.1",
     "semantic-version~=2.10.0",
     "sentry-sdk~=1.45.1",