diff --git a/inspector.go b/inspector.go
index 59dd6b9..ae44dda 100644
--- a/inspector.go
+++ b/inspector.go
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ func (i *Inspector) CancelProcessing(id string) error {
 // guarantee that the task with the given id will be canceled. The return
 // value only indicates whether the cancelation signal has been sent.
 func (i *Inspector) CancelProcessingContext(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
-	return i.rdb.PublishCancelationContext(ctx, id)
+	return i.rdb.PublishCancelation(ctx, id)
 }
 
 // PauseQueue pauses task processing on the specified queue.
diff --git a/internal/base/base.go b/internal/base/base.go
index 300fbf2..83d14e2 100644
--- a/internal/base/base.go
+++ b/internal/base/base.go
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ type Broker interface {
 
 	// Cancelation related methods
 	CancelationPubSub() (*redis.PubSub, error) // TODO: Need to decouple from redis to support other brokers
-	PublishCancelation(id string) error
+	PublishCancelation(ctx context.Context, id string) error
 
 	WriteResult(qname, id string, data []byte) (n int, err error)
 }
diff --git a/internal/rdb/rdb.go b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
index 0a02e20..67c8e75 100644
--- a/internal/rdb/rdb.go
+++ b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
@@ -1459,13 +1459,7 @@ func (r *RDB) CancelationPubSub() (*redis.PubSub, error) {
 
 // PublishCancelation publish cancelation message to all subscribers.
 // The message is the ID for the task to be canceled.
-func (r *RDB) PublishCancelation(id string) error {
-	return r.PublishCancelationContext(context.Background(), id)
-}
-
-// PublishCancelationContext publish cancelation message to all subscribers.
-// The message is the ID for the task to be canceled.
-func (r *RDB) PublishCancelationContext(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
+func (r *RDB) PublishCancelation(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
 	var op errors.Op = "rdb.PublishCancelation"
 	if err := r.client.Publish(ctx, base.CancelChannel, id).Err(); err != nil {
 		return errors.E(op, errors.Unknown, fmt.Sprintf("redis pubsub publish error: %v", err))
diff --git a/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go b/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go
index 81ffb4b..7035ec2 100644
--- a/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go
+++ b/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go
@@ -3053,7 +3053,7 @@ func TestCancelationPubSub(t *testing.T) {
 	publish := []string{"one", "two", "three"}
 
 	for _, msg := range publish {
-		r.PublishCancelation(msg)
+		r.PublishCancelation(context.Background(), msg)
 	}
 
 	// allow for message to reach subscribers.
diff --git a/internal/testbroker/testbroker.go b/internal/testbroker/testbroker.go
index 7fd2f78..fdcfa4e 100644
--- a/internal/testbroker/testbroker.go
+++ b/internal/testbroker/testbroker.go
@@ -199,13 +199,13 @@ func (tb *TestBroker) CancelationPubSub() (*redis.PubSub, error) {
 	return tb.real.CancelationPubSub()
 }
 
-func (tb *TestBroker) PublishCancelation(id string) error {
+func (tb *TestBroker) PublishCancelation(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
 	tb.mu.Lock()
 	defer tb.mu.Unlock()
 	if tb.sleeping {
 		return errRedisDown
 	}
-	return tb.real.PublishCancelation(id)
+	return tb.real.PublishCancelation(ctx, id)
 }
 
 func (tb *TestBroker) WriteResult(qname, id string, data []byte) (int, error) {
diff --git a/subscriber_test.go b/subscriber_test.go
index ec4e65b..5336b24 100644
--- a/subscriber_test.go
+++ b/subscriber_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package asynq
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ func TestSubscriber(t *testing.T) {
 		// wait for subscriber to establish connection to pubsub channel
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
 
-		if err := rdbClient.PublishCancelation(tc.publishID); err != nil {
+		if err := rdbClient.PublishCancelation(context.Background(), tc.publishID); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("could not publish cancelation message: %v", err)
 		}
 
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ func TestSubscriberWithRedisDown(t *testing.T) {
 		called = true
 	})
 
-	if err := r.PublishCancelation(id); err != nil {
+	if err := r.PublishCancelation(context.Background(), id); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("could not publish cancelation message: %v", err)
 	}