diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/remote_fetcher_worker.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/remote_fetcher_worker.ex
index afdf3055b..8e5824899 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/remote_fetcher_worker.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/remote_fetcher_worker.ex
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 defmodule Pleroma.Workers.RemoteFetcherWorker do
   alias Pleroma.Object.Fetcher
 
-  use Pleroma.Workers.WorkerHelper, queue: "remote_fetcher"
+  use Pleroma.Workers.WorkerHelper,
+    queue: "remote_fetcher",
+    unique: [period: 300, states: Oban.Job.states()]
 
   @impl Oban.Worker
   def perform(%Job{args: %{"op" => "fetch_remote", "id" => id} = args}) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/worker_helper.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/worker_helper.ex
index 4c0a55774..6d27151de 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/worker_helper.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/worker_helper.ex
@@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ def sidekiq_backoff(attempt, pow \\ 4, base_backoff \\ 15) do
   defmacro __using__(opts) do
     caller_module = __CALLER__.module
     queue = Keyword.fetch!(opts, :queue)
+    # by default just stop unintended duplicates - this can and should be overridden
+    # if you want to have a more complex uniqueness constraint
+    uniqueness = Keyword.get(opts, :unique, period: 1)
 
     quote do
       # Note: `max_attempts` is intended to be overridden in `new/2` call
       use Oban.Worker,
         queue: unquote(queue),
-        max_attempts: 1
+        max_attempts: 1,
+        unique: unquote(uniqueness)
 
       alias Oban.Job
 
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index b942c6c23..237503f84 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ defp deps do
       {:ecto_enum, "~> 1.4"},
       {:ecto_sql, "~> 3.10.0"},
       {:postgrex, "~> 0.17.2"},
-      {:oban, "~> 2.15.2"},
+      {:oban, "~> 2.17.8"},
       {:gettext, "~> 0.22.3"},
       {:bcrypt_elixir, "~> 3.0.1"},
       {:fast_sanitize, "~> 0.2.3"},
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index c62df06f8..118f17699 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
   "nimble_options": {:hex, :nimble_options, "1.1.0", "3b31a57ede9cb1502071fade751ab0c7b8dbe75a9a4c2b5bbb0943a690b63172", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "8bbbb3941af3ca9acc7835f5655ea062111c9c27bcac53e004460dfd19008a99"},
   "nimble_parsec": {:hex, :nimble_parsec, "1.4.0", "51f9b613ea62cfa97b25ccc2c1b4216e81df970acd8e16e8d1bdc58fef21370d", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "9c565862810fb383e9838c1dd2d7d2c437b3d13b267414ba6af33e50d2d1cf28"},
   "nimble_pool": {:hex, :nimble_pool, "1.1.0", "bf9c29fbdcba3564a8b800d1eeb5a3c58f36e1e11d7b7fb2e084a643f645f06b", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "af2e4e6b34197db81f7aad230c1118eac993acc0dae6bc83bac0126d4ae0813a"},
-  "oban": {:hex, :oban, "2.15.4", "d49ab4ffb7153010e32f80fe9e56f592706238149ec579eb50f8a4e41d218856", [:mix], [{:ecto_sql, "~> 3.6", [hex: :ecto_sql, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ecto_sqlite3, "~> 0.9", [hex: :ecto_sqlite3, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:jason, "~> 1.1", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:postgrex, "~> 0.16", [hex: :postgrex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "5fce611fdfffb13e9148df883116e5201adf1e731eb302cc88cde0588510079c"},
+  "oban": {:hex, :oban, "2.17.8", "7fd7c8e82c7819afc1b5b5ed8d6d92bf0ecdd7ba170328fb043301eb06d32521", [:mix], [{:ecto_sql, "~> 3.10", [hex: :ecto_sql, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ecto_sqlite3, "~> 0.9", [hex: :ecto_sqlite3, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:jason, "~> 1.1", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:postgrex, "~> 0.16", [hex: :postgrex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "a2165bf93843b7bcb68182c82725ddd4cb43c0c3719f114e7aa3b6c99c4b6129"},
   "open_api_spex": {:hex, :open_api_spex, "3.18.3", "fefb84fe323cacfc92afdd0ecb9e89bc0261ae00b7e3167ffc2028ce3944de42", [:mix], [{:jason, "~> 1.0", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:plug, "~> 1.7", [hex: :plug, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:poison, "~> 3.0 or ~> 4.0 or ~> 5.0", [hex: :poison, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:ymlr, "~> 2.0 or ~> 3.0 or ~> 4.0 or ~> 5.0", [hex: :ymlr, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "c0cfc31570199ce7e7520b494a591027da609af45f6bf9adce51e2469b1609fb"},
   "parse_trans": {:hex, :parse_trans, "3.4.1", "6e6aa8167cb44cc8f39441d05193be6e6f4e7c2946cb2759f015f8c56b76e5ff", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "620a406ce75dada827b82e453c19cf06776be266f5a67cff34e1ef2cbb60e49a"},
   "phoenix": {:hex, :phoenix, "1.7.12", "1cc589e0eab99f593a8aa38ec45f15d25297dd6187ee801c8de8947090b5a9d3", [:mix], [{:castore, ">= 0.0.0", [hex: :castore, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:jason, "~> 1.0", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:phoenix_pubsub, "~> 2.1", [hex: :phoenix_pubsub, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:phoenix_template, "~> 1.0", [hex: :phoenix_template, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:phoenix_view, "~> 2.0", [hex: :phoenix_view, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:plug, "~> 1.14", [hex: :plug, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:plug_cowboy, "~> 2.7", [hex: :plug_cowboy, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:plug_crypto, "~> 1.2 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :plug_crypto, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:websock_adapter, "~> 0.5.3", [hex: :websock_adapter, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "d646192fbade9f485b01bc9920c139bfdd19d0f8df3d73fd8eaf2dfbe0d2837c"},