diff --git a/app/jobs/conversations/update_message_status_job.rb b/app/jobs/conversations/update_message_status_job.rb
index 6fcef4361..225121174 100644
--- a/app/jobs/conversations/update_message_status_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/conversations/update_message_status_job.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Conversations::UpdateMessageStatusJob < ApplicationJob
-  queue_as :low
+  queue_as :deferred_update_message_status
 
   # This job only support marking messages as read or delivered, update this array if we want to support more statuses
   VALID_STATUSES = %w[read delivered].freeze
diff --git a/config/sidekiq.yml b/config/sidekiq.yml
index d2d764382..5bbf2562a 100644
--- a/config/sidekiq.yml
+++ b/config/sidekiq.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
   - action_mailbox_routing
   - low
   - scheduled_jobs
+  - deferred_update_message_status
   - deferred
   - housekeeping
   - async_database_migration