diff --git a/app/Jobs/CheckMissingDatabaseBackupsJob.php b/app/Jobs/CheckMissingDatabaseBackupsJob.php
index 61e7ced397..ca91156574 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/CheckMissingDatabaseBackupsJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/CheckMissingDatabaseBackupsJob.php
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ class CheckMissingDatabaseBackupsJob implements ShouldBeEncrypted, ShouldBeUniqu
 {
     use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
+    public $timeout = 1800;
+
+    /**
+     * Releases the unique lock of a killed worker after one run (the timeout), so the next hourly run is not
+     * blocked until the queue retry_after.
+     */
+    public int $uniqueFor = 1800;
+
     public function handle(): void
     {
         ScheduledDatabaseBackup::query()
diff --git a/app/Jobs/CleanupInstanceStuffsJob.php b/app/Jobs/CleanupInstanceStuffsJob.php
index 85c39a8e08..87a95d547f 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/CleanupInstanceStuffsJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/CleanupInstanceStuffsJob.php
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ class CleanupInstanceStuffsJob implements ShouldBeEncrypted, ShouldBeUnique, Sho
 
     public $timeout = 60;
 
+    /**
+     * Releases the unique lock of a killed worker after one run (the timeout), so the next run every one or
+     * two minutes is not blocked until the queue retry_after.
+     */
+    public int $uniqueFor = 60;
+
     public function __construct() {}
 
     public function middleware(): array
diff --git a/app/Jobs/CleanupOrphanedPreviewContainersJob.php b/app/Jobs/CleanupOrphanedPreviewContainersJob.php
index d3286699fa..46396c7f0f 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/CleanupOrphanedPreviewContainersJob.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/CleanupOrphanedPreviewContainersJob.php
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ class CleanupOrphanedPreviewContainersJob implements ShouldBeEncrypted, ShouldBe
 
     public $timeout = 600; // 10 minutes max
 
+    /**
+     * Releases the unique lock of a killed worker after one run (the timeout), instead of after the queue
+     * retry_after, so the next daily run is not blocked.
+     */
+    public int $uniqueFor = 600;
+
     public function __construct() {}
 
     public function middleware(): array
diff --git a/tests/Feature/ScheduledInstanceJobsUniqueLockTest.php b/tests/Feature/ScheduledInstanceJobsUniqueLockTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ee8d66780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Feature/ScheduledInstanceJobsUniqueLockTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+use App\Jobs\CheckMissingDatabaseBackupsJob;
+use App\Jobs\CleanupInstanceStuffsJob;
+use App\Jobs\CleanupOrphanedPreviewContainersJob;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
+
+beforeEach(function () {
+    config()->set('cache.default', 'array');
+    Queue::fake();
+});
+
+dataset('scheduled instance jobs', [
+    'orphaned preview containers cleanup' => [CleanupOrphanedPreviewContainersJob::class, 600],
+    'instance cleanup' => [CleanupInstanceStuffsJob::class, 60],
+    'missing database backups check' => [CheckMissingDatabaseBackupsJob::class, 1800],
+]);
+
+it('does not queue the job again while its unique lock is held', function (string $jobClass, int $lockSeconds) {
+    $jobClass::dispatch();
+    $this->travel($lockSeconds - 1)->seconds();
+    $jobClass::dispatch();
+
+    Queue::assertPushed($jobClass, 1);
+})->with('scheduled instance jobs');
+
+it('queues the job again after a unique lock left by a killed worker expires', function (string $jobClass, int $lockSeconds) {
+    $jobClass::dispatch();
+    $this->travel($lockSeconds + 1)->seconds();
+    $jobClass::dispatch();
+
+    Queue::assertPushed($jobClass, 2);
+})->with('scheduled instance jobs');