diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1c3e8c8..6d52563 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -767,60 +767,43 @@ checksum = "b3d1d046238990b9cf5bcde22a3fb3584ee5cf65fb2765f454ed428c7a0063da"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "apalis"
-version = "0.4.9"
+version = "0.6.0-rc.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "78bbaeebf00817d5aa561515b313ef0d280bf4b92592e4709b21925c1233f613"
+checksum = "3e78684d69b4361d01bddf318a5117c18179c52396c7792fc0ebb04da46abbb2"
 dependencies = [
  "apalis-core",
- "apalis-cron",
- "apalis-redis",
- "apalis-sql",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "apalis-core"
-version = "0.4.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1deb48475efcdece1f23a0553209ee842f264c2a5e9bcc4928bfa6a15a044cde"
-dependencies = [
- "async-stream",
- "async-trait",
- "chrono",
  "futures",
- "graceful-shutdown",
- "http 1.0.0",
- "log",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "serde",
- "strum",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-futures",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "apalis-core"
+version = "0.6.0-rc.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94c70a31bd587ce6ffe53af31d9693257af40b47f515999b3cf70b8d7353d259"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-oneshot",
+ "futures",
+ "futures-timer",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tower",
  "ulid",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "apalis-cron"
-version = "0.4.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "43310b7e0132f9520b09224fb6faafb32eec82a672aa79c09e46b5b488ed505b"
-dependencies = [
- "apalis-core",
- "async-stream",
- "chrono",
- "cron",
- "futures",
- "tokio",
- "tower",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "apalis-redis"
-version = "0.4.9"
+version = "0.6.0-rc.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2abee8225fd875e57b530abbcf2d9c3122c1a2cce905367b67c6410b6f9654d7"
+checksum = "d2ae52c1baf49b8faa59b2b03d5cb47ebf9bed90411d7b5878bc97600752761c"
 dependencies = [
  "apalis-core",
  "async-stream",
@@ -828,28 +811,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "futures",
  "log",
- "redis 0.24.0",
+ "redis 0.25.4",
  "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "tokio",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "apalis-sql"
-version = "0.4.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5899bfd124e460f1449ffab643f6bac0dc417e7ca234f34c732c923c6a3addbf"
-dependencies = [
- "apalis-core",
- "async-stream",
- "async-trait",
- "chrono",
- "debounced",
- "futures",
- "futures-lite",
- "serde",
- "serde_json",
- "sqlx",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -1048,6 +1011,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-oneshot"
+version = "0.5.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae47de2a02d543205f3f5457a90b6ecbc9494db70557bd29590ec8f1ddff5463"
+dependencies = [
+ "futures-micro",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -1614,6 +1586,7 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "apalis",
+ "apalis-redis",
  "chrono",
  "color-eyre",
  "dotenvy",
@@ -2348,17 +2321,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cron"
-version = "0.12.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6f8c3e73077b4b4a6ab1ea5047c37c57aee77657bc8ecd6f29b0af082d0b0c07"
-dependencies = [
- "chrono",
- "nom",
- "once_cell",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -2658,16 +2620,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "debounced"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e3d8b0346b9fa0aa01a3fa4bcce48d62f8738e9c2956e92f275bbf6cf9d6fab5"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-timer",
- "futures-util",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "der"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -3327,9 +3279,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da0290714b38af9b4a7b094b8a37086d1b4e61f2df9122c3cad2577669145335"
+checksum = "645c6916888f6cb6350d2550b80fb63e734897a8498abe35cfb732b6487804b0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
@@ -3358,9 +3310,9 @@ checksum = "dfc6580bb841c5a68e9ef15c77ccc837b40a7504914d52e47b8b0e9bbda25a1d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-executor"
-version = "0.3.29"
+version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0f4fb8693db0cf099eadcca0efe2a5a22e4550f98ed16aba6c48700da29597bc"
+checksum = "a576fc72ae164fca6b9db127eaa9a9dda0d61316034f33a0a0d4eda41f02b01d"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-core",
  "futures-task",
@@ -3384,19 +3336,6 @@ version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a44623e20b9681a318efdd71c299b6b222ed6f231972bfe2f224ebad6311f0c1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "futures-lite"
-version = "2.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "52527eb5074e35e9339c6b4e8d12600c7128b68fb25dcb9fa9dec18f7c25f3a5"
-dependencies = [
- "fastrand",
- "futures-core",
- "futures-io",
- "parking",
- "pin-project-lite",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-macro"
 version = "0.3.30"
@@ -3408,6 +3347,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.69",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "futures-micro"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b460264b3593d68b16a7bc35f7bc226ddfebdf9a1c8db1ed95d5cc6b7168c826"
+dependencies = [
+ "pin-project-lite",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures-sink"
 version = "0.3.30"
@@ -3472,8 +3420,10 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94b22e06ecb0110981051723910cbf0b5f5e09a2062dd7663334ee79a9d1286c"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
+ "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "wasi",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3542,17 +3492,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "spinning_top",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "graceful-shutdown"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3effbaf774a1da3462925bb182ccf975c284cf46edca5569ea93420a657af484"
-dependencies = [
- "futures-core",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "group"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -5407,12 +5346,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "parking"
-version = "2.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bb813b8af86854136c6922af0598d719255ecb2179515e6e7730d468f05c9cae"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -5659,9 +5592,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
-version = "0.2.13"
+version = "0.2.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8afb450f006bf6385ca15ef45d71d2288452bc3683ce2e2cacc0d18e4be60b58"
+checksum = "bda66fc9667c18cb2758a2ac84d1167245054bcf85d5d1aaa6923f45801bdd02"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-utils"
@@ -6033,7 +5966,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "ryu",
- "sha1_smol",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-retry",
  "tokio-util",
@@ -7205,7 +7137,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "atoi",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
- "chrono",
  "crc",
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "either",
@@ -7269,7 +7200,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha2",
  "sqlx-core",
  "sqlx-mysql",
- "sqlx-postgres",
  "sqlx-sqlite",
  "syn 1.0.109",
  "tempfile",
@@ -7288,7 +7218,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
- "chrono",
  "crc",
  "digest",
  "dotenvy",
@@ -7330,7 +7259,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64 0.21.7",
  "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "byteorder",
- "chrono",
  "crc",
  "dotenvy",
  "etcetera",
@@ -7366,7 +7294,6 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b244ef0a8414da0bed4bb1910426e890b19e5e9bccc27ada6b797d05c55ae0aa"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
- "chrono",
  "flume",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
@@ -8266,7 +8193,6 @@ version = "0.2.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "97d095ae15e245a057c8e8451bab9b3ee1e1f68e9ba2b4fbc18d0ac5237835f2"
 dependencies = [
- "pin-project",
  "tracing",
 ]
 
@@ -8457,11 +8383,13 @@ checksum = "ed646292ffc8188ef8ea4d1e0e0150fb15a5c2e12ad9b8fc191ae7a8a7f3c4b9"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "ulid"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7e37c4b6cbcc59a8dcd09a6429fbc7890286bcbb79215cea7b38a3c4c0921d93"
+checksum = "34778c17965aa2a08913b57e1f34db9b4a63f5de31768b55bf20d2795f921259"
 dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
  "rand",
+ "web-time",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/background-jobs/Cargo.toml b/background-jobs/Cargo.toml
index c5cac7d..a9a6e94 100644
--- a/background-jobs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/background-jobs/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web.workspace = true
 
-apalis = { version = "0.4", features = ["redis"] }
+apalis = { version = "0.6.0-rc.2" }
+apalis-redis = { version = "0.6.0-rc.2" }
 chrono.workspace = true
 color-eyre.workspace = true
 dotenvy.workspace = true
diff --git a/background-jobs/src/persistent_jobs.rs b/background-jobs/src/persistent_jobs.rs
index 416fe48..4fdbe01 100644
--- a/background-jobs/src/persistent_jobs.rs
+++ b/background-jobs/src/persistent_jobs.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use apalis::{prelude::*, redis::RedisStorage};
+use apalis::prelude::*;
+use apalis_redis::{Config, RedisStorage};
 use rand::distributions::{Alphanumeric, DistString as _};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -19,37 +20,31 @@ impl Email {
     }
 }
 
-impl Job for Email {
-    const NAME: &'static str = "send_email";
-}
-
-async fn process_email_job(job: Email, _ctx: JobContext) -> Result<(), JobError> {
+async fn process_email_job(job: Email) {
     log::info!("sending email to {}", &job.to);
 
     // simulate time taken to send email
     tokio::time::sleep(rand_delay_with_jitter()).await;
 
-    Ok(())
+    // Ok(())
 }
 
 pub(crate) async fn start_processing_email_queue() -> eyre::Result<RedisStorage<Email>> {
     let redis_url = std::env::var("REDIS_URL").expect("Missing env variable REDIS_URL");
-    let storage = RedisStorage::connect(redis_url).await?;
+    let conn = apalis_redis::connect(redis_url).await?;
+    let config = Config::default().set_namespace("send_email");
+    let storage = RedisStorage::new_with_config(conn, config);
 
-    // create job monitor(s) and attach email job handler
-    let monitor = Monitor::new().register_with_count(2, {
-        let storage = storage.clone();
-        move |n| {
-            WorkerBuilder::new(format!("job-handler-{n}"))
-                .with_storage(storage.clone())
-                .build_fn(process_email_job)
-        }
-    });
+    // create unmonitored workers for handling emails
+    let workers = WorkerBuilder::new("job-handler")
+        .backend(storage.clone())
+        .build_fn(process_email_job)
+        .with_executor_instances(2, TokioExecutor);
 
-    // spawn job monitor into background
-    // the monitor manages itself otherwise so we don't need to return a join handle
-    #[allow(clippy::let_underscore_future)]
-    let _ = tokio::spawn(monitor.run());
+    for worker in workers {
+        #[allow(clippy::let_underscore_future)]
+        let _ = tokio::spawn(worker.run());
+    }
 
     Ok(storage)
 }
diff --git a/background-jobs/src/routes.rs b/background-jobs/src/routes.rs
index b715ec2..5da2ca8 100644
--- a/background-jobs/src/routes.rs
+++ b/background-jobs/src/routes.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ use actix_web::{
     web::{self, Data},
     HttpResponse, Responder,
 };
-use apalis::{prelude::*, redis::RedisStorage};
+use apalis::prelude::*;
+use apalis_redis::RedisStorage;
 use chrono::{TimeDelta, Utc};
 use serde::Deserialize;