diff --git a/redash/monitor.py b/redash/monitor.py
index 77521975c5..4ba3f00956 100644
--- a/redash/monitor.py
+++ b/redash/monitor.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def get_status():
 
 
 def rq_job_ids():
-    queues = Queue.all(connection=redis_connection)
+    queues = Queue.all(connection=rq_redis_connection)
 
     started_jobs = [StartedJobRegistry(queue=q).get_job_ids() for q in queues]
     queued_jobs = [q.job_ids for q in queues]
diff --git a/tests/test_monitor.py b/tests/test_monitor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5bbc3d446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_monitor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+from redash import rq_redis_connection
+from redash.monitor import rq_job_ids
+
+
+def test_rq_job_ids_uses_rq_redis_connection():
+    mock_queue = MagicMock()
+    mock_queue.job_ids = []
+
+    mock_registry = MagicMock()
+    mock_registry.get_job_ids.return_value = []
+
+    with patch("redash.monitor.Queue") as mock_Queue, patch(
+        "redash.monitor.StartedJobRegistry"
+    ) as mock_StartedJobRegistry:
+        mock_Queue.all.return_value = [mock_queue]
+        mock_StartedJobRegistry.return_value = mock_registry
+
+        rq_job_ids()
+
+        mock_Queue.all.assert_called_once_with(connection=rq_redis_connection)
+        mock_StartedJobRegistry.assert_called_once_with(queue=mock_queue)