diff --git a/internal/rdb/rdb.go b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
index c78d58d..b792c49 100644
--- a/internal/rdb/rdb.go
+++ b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ const statsTTL = 90 * 24 * time.Hour // 90 days
 
 // RDB is a client interface to query and mutate task queues.
 type RDB struct {
-	client *redis.Client
+	client redis.UniversalClient
 }
 
 // NewRDB returns a new instance of RDB.
-func NewRDB(client *redis.Client) *RDB {
+func NewRDB(client redis.UniversalClient) *RDB {
 	return &RDB{client}
 }
 
@@ -108,14 +108,7 @@ func (r *RDB) EnqueueUnique(msg *base.TaskMessage, ttl time.Duration) error {
 // Dequeue skips a queue if the queue is paused.
 // If all queues are empty, ErrNoProcessableTask error is returned.
 func (r *RDB) Dequeue(qnames ...string) (msg *base.TaskMessage, deadline time.Time, err error) {
-	var qkeys []interface{}
-	for _, q := range qnames {
-		qkeys = append(qkeys, base.QueueKey(q))
-	}
-	data, d, err := r.dequeue(qkeys...)
-	if err == redis.Nil {
-		return nil, time.Time{}, ErrNoProcessableTask
-	}
+	data, d, err := r.dequeue(qnames...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, time.Time{}, err
 	}
@@ -125,64 +118,69 @@ func (r *RDB) Dequeue(qnames ...string) (msg *base.TaskMessage, deadline time.Ti
 	return msg, time.Unix(d, 0), nil
 }
 
+// KEYS[1] -> asynq:{<qname>}
+// KEYS[2] -> asynq:{<qname>}:paused
+// KEYS[3] -> asynq:{<qname>}:in_progress
+// KEYS[4] -> asynq:{<qname>}:deadlines
 // ARGV[1]  -> current time in Unix time
-// ARGV[2:] -> List of queues to query in order
 //
 // dequeueCmd checks whether a queue is paused first, before
 // calling RPOPLPUSH to pop a task from the queue.
 // It computes the task deadline by inspecting Timout and Deadline fields,
 // and inserts the task with deadlines set.
 var dequeueCmd = redis.NewScript(`
-for i = 2, table.getn(ARGV) do
-	local qkey = ARGV[i]
-	local key_paused = qkey .. ":paused"
-	local key_inprogress = qkey .. ":in_progress"
-	local key_deadlines = qkey .. ":deadlines"
-	if redis.call("EXISTS", key_paused) == 0 then
-		local msg = redis.call("RPOPLPUSH", qkey, key_inprogress)
-		if msg then
-			local decoded = cjson.decode(msg)
-			local timeout = decoded["Timeout"]
-			local deadline = decoded["Deadline"]
-			local score
-			if timeout ~= 0 and deadline ~= 0 then
-				score = math.min(ARGV[1]+timeout, deadline)
-			elseif timeout ~= 0 then
-				score = ARGV[1] + timeout
-			elseif deadline ~= 0 then
-				score = deadline
-			else
-				return redis.error_reply("asynq internal error: both timeout and deadline are not set")
-			end
-			redis.call("ZADD", key_deadlines, score, msg)
-			return {msg, score}
+if redis.call("EXISTS", KEYS[2]) == 0 then
+	local msg = redis.call("RPOPLPUSH", KEYS[1], KEYS[3])
+	if msg then
+		local decoded = cjson.decode(msg)
+		local timeout = decoded["Timeout"]
+		local deadline = decoded["Deadline"]
+		local score
+		if timeout ~= 0 and deadline ~= 0 then
+			score = math.min(ARGV[1]+timeout, deadline)
+		elseif timeout ~= 0 then
+			score = ARGV[1] + timeout
+		elseif deadline ~= 0 then
+			score = deadline
+		else
+			return redis.error_reply("asynq internal error: both timeout and deadline are not set")
 		end
+		redis.call("ZADD", KEYS[4], score, msg)
+		return {msg, score}
 	end
 end
 return nil`)
 
-func (r *RDB) dequeue(qkeys ...interface{}) (msgjson string, deadline int64, err error) {
-	var args []interface{}
-	args = append(args, time.Now().Unix())
-	args = append(args, qkeys...)
-	res, err := dequeueCmd.Run(r.client, nil, args...).Result()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
+func (r *RDB) dequeue(qnames ...string) (msgjson string, deadline int64, err error) {
+	for _, qname := range qnames {
+		keys := []string{
+			base.QueueKey(qname),
+			base.PausedKey(qname),
+			base.InProgressKey(qname),
+			base.DeadlinesKey(qname),
+		}
+		res, err := dequeueCmd.Run(r.client, keys, time.Now().Unix()).Result()
+		if err == redis.Nil {
+			continue
+		} else if err != nil {
+			return "", 0, err
+		}
+		data, err := cast.ToSliceE(res)
+		if err != nil {
+			return "", 0, err
+		}
+		if len(data) != 2 {
+			return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("asynq: internal error: dequeue command returned %d values", len(data))
+		}
+		if msgjson, err = cast.ToStringE(data[0]); err != nil {
+			return "", 0, err
+		}
+		if deadline, err = cast.ToInt64E(data[1]); err != nil {
+			return "", 0, err
+		}
+		return msgjson, deadline, nil
 	}
-	data, err := cast.ToSliceE(res)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
-	}
-	if len(data) != 2 {
-		return "", 0, fmt.Errorf("asynq: internal error: dequeue command returned %d values", len(data))
-	}
-	if msgjson, err = cast.ToStringE(data[0]); err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
-	}
-	if deadline, err = cast.ToInt64E(data[1]); err != nil {
-		return "", 0, err
-	}
-	return msgjson, deadline, nil
+	return "", 0, ErrNoProcessableTask
 }
 
 // KEYS[1] -> asynq:{<qname>}:in_progress