diff --git a/app/jobs/avatar/avatar_from_url_job.rb b/app/jobs/avatar/avatar_from_url_job.rb
index f0d877b54..8f6bea9e1 100644
--- a/app/jobs/avatar/avatar_from_url_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/avatar/avatar_from_url_job.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Avatar::AvatarFromUrlJob < ApplicationJob
-  queue_as :low
+  queue_as :deferred
 
   def perform(avatarable, avatar_url)
     return unless avatarable.respond_to?(:avatar)
diff --git a/app/jobs/conversations/update_message_status_job.rb b/app/jobs/conversations/update_message_status_job.rb
index efe2937b4..6fcef4361 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 :deferred
+  queue_as :low
 
   # 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