diff --git a/packages/cli/src/scaling/__tests__/scaling.service.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/scaling/__tests__/scaling.service.test.ts
index 2d03dac507..cbabd68504 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/scaling/__tests__/scaling.service.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/scaling/__tests__/scaling.service.test.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ describe('ScalingService', () => {
 		});
 
 		describe('if worker', () => {
-			it('should wait for running jobs to finish', async () => {
+			it('should pause queue and wait for running jobs to finish', async () => {
 				// @ts-expect-error readonly property
 				instanceSettings.instanceType = 'worker';
 				await scalingService.setupQueue();
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ describe('ScalingService', () => {
 				await scalingService.stop();
 
 				expect(getRunningJobsCountSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
-				expect(queue.pause).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+				expect(queue.pause).toHaveBeenCalled();
 				expect(stopQueueRecoverySpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 			});
 		});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/scaling/scaling.service.ts b/packages/cli/src/scaling/scaling.service.ts
index 231d607acd..ea9d2fe447 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/scaling/scaling.service.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/scaling/scaling.service.ts
@@ -139,17 +139,21 @@ export class ScalingService {
 		else if (instanceType === 'worker') await this.stopWorker();
 	}
 
+	private async pauseQueue() {
+		await this.queue.pause(true, true); // no more jobs will be enqueued or picked up
+		this.logger.debug('Paused queue');
+	}
+
 	private async stopMain() {
-		if (this.instanceSettings.isSingleMain) {
-			await this.queue.pause(true, true); // no more jobs will be picked up
-			this.logger.debug('Queue paused');
-		}
+		if (this.instanceSettings.isSingleMain) await this.pauseQueue();
 
 		if (this.queueRecoveryContext.timeout) this.stopQueueRecovery();
 		if (this.isQueueMetricsEnabled) this.stopQueueMetrics();
 	}
 
 	private async stopWorker() {
+		await this.pauseQueue();
+
 		let count = 0;
 
 		while (this.getRunningJobsCount() !== 0) {