diff --git a/internal/rdb/rdb.go b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
index 08af65f..4e79c11 100644
--- a/internal/rdb/rdb.go
+++ b/internal/rdb/rdb.go
@@ -315,9 +315,10 @@ func (r *RDB) ScheduleUnique(msg *base.TaskMessage, processAt time.Time, ttl tim
 }
 
 // KEYS[1] -> asynq:in_progress
-// KEYS[2] -> asynq:retry
-// KEYS[3] -> asynq:processed:<yyyy-mm-dd>
-// KEYS[4] -> asynq:failure:<yyyy-mm-dd>
+// KEYS[2] -> asynq:deadlines
+// KEYS[3] -> asynq:retry
+// KEYS[4] -> asynq:processed:<yyyy-mm-dd>
+// KEYS[5] -> asynq:failure:<yyyy-mm-dd>
 // ARGV[1] -> base.TaskMessage value to remove from base.InProgressQueue queue
 // ARGV[2] -> base.TaskMessage value to add to Retry queue
 // ARGV[3] -> retry_at UNIX timestamp
@@ -327,15 +328,19 @@ local x = redis.call("LREM", KEYS[1], 0, ARGV[1])
 if x == 0 then
   return redis.error_reply("NOT FOUND")
 end
-redis.call("ZADD", KEYS[2], ARGV[3], ARGV[2])
-local n = redis.call("INCR", KEYS[3])
-if tonumber(n) == 1 then
-	redis.call("EXPIREAT", KEYS[3], ARGV[4])
+x = redis.call("ZREM", KEYS[2], ARGV[1])
+if x == 0 then
+  return redis.error_reply("NOT FOUND")
 end
-local m = redis.call("INCR", KEYS[4])
-if tonumber(m) == 1 then
+redis.call("ZADD", KEYS[3], ARGV[3], ARGV[2])
+local n = redis.call("INCR", KEYS[4])
+if tonumber(n) == 1 then
 	redis.call("EXPIREAT", KEYS[4], ARGV[4])
 end
+local m = redis.call("INCR", KEYS[5])
+if tonumber(m) == 1 then
+	redis.call("EXPIREAT", KEYS[5], ARGV[4])
+end
 return redis.status_reply("OK")`)
 
 // Retry moves the task from in-progress to retry queue, incrementing retry count
@@ -357,7 +362,7 @@ func (r *RDB) Retry(msg *base.TaskMessage, processAt time.Time, errMsg string) e
 	failureKey := base.FailureKey(now)
 	expireAt := now.Add(statsTTL)
 	return retryCmd.Run(r.client,
-		[]string{base.InProgressQueue, base.RetryQueue, processedKey, failureKey},
+		[]string{base.InProgressQueue, base.KeyDeadlines, base.RetryQueue, processedKey, failureKey},
 		msgToRemove, msgToAdd, processAt.Unix(), expireAt.Unix()).Err()
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go b/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go
index 309918d..2b4474c 100644
--- a/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go
+++ b/internal/rdb/rdb_test.go
@@ -694,9 +694,27 @@ func TestScheduleUnique(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	r := setup(t)
-	t1 := h.NewTaskMessage("send_email", map[string]interface{}{"subject": "Hola!"})
-	t2 := h.NewTaskMessage("gen_thumbnail", map[string]interface{}{"path": "some/path/to/image.jpg"})
-	t3 := h.NewTaskMessage("reindex", nil)
+	now := time.Now()
+	t1 := &base.TaskMessage{
+		ID:      xid.New(),
+		Type:    "send_email",
+		Payload: map[string]interface{}{"subject": "Hola!"},
+		Timeout: 1800,
+	}
+	t1Deadline := int(now.Unix()) + t1.Timeout
+	t2 := &base.TaskMessage{
+		ID:      xid.New(),
+		Type:    "gen_thumbnail",
+		Payload: map[string]interface{}{"path": "some/path/to/image.jpg"},
+		Timeout: 3000,
+	}
+	t2Deadline := int(now.Unix()) + t2.Timeout
+	t3 := &base.TaskMessage{
+		ID:      xid.New(),
+		Type:    "reindex",
+		Payload: nil,
+		Timeout: 60,
+	}
 	t1.Retried = 10
 	errMsg := "SMTP server is not responding"
 	t1AfterRetry := &base.TaskMessage{
@@ -706,21 +724,27 @@ func TestRetry(t *testing.T) {
 		Queue:    t1.Queue,
 		Retry:    t1.Retry,
 		Retried:  t1.Retried + 1,
+		Timeout:  t1.Timeout,
 		ErrorMsg: errMsg,
 	}
-	now := time.Now()
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		inProgress     []*base.TaskMessage
+		deadlines      []h.ZSetEntry
 		retry          []h.ZSetEntry
 		msg            *base.TaskMessage
 		processAt      time.Time
 		errMsg         string
 		wantInProgress []*base.TaskMessage
+		wantDeadlines  []h.ZSetEntry
 		wantRetry      []h.ZSetEntry
 	}{
 		{
 			inProgress: []*base.TaskMessage{t1, t2},
+			deadlines: []h.ZSetEntry{
+				{Msg: t1, Score: float64(t1Deadline)},
+				{Msg: t2, Score: float64(t2Deadline)},
+			},
 			retry: []h.ZSetEntry{
 				{
 					Msg:   t3,
@@ -731,6 +755,9 @@ func TestRetry(t *testing.T) {
 			processAt:      now.Add(5 * time.Minute),
 			errMsg:         errMsg,
 			wantInProgress: []*base.TaskMessage{t2},
+			wantDeadlines: []h.ZSetEntry{
+				{Msg: t2, Score: float64(t2Deadline)},
+			},
 			wantRetry: []h.ZSetEntry{
 				{
 					Msg:   t1AfterRetry,
@@ -747,6 +774,7 @@ func TestRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, tc := range tests {
 		h.FlushDB(t, r.client)
 		h.SeedInProgressQueue(t, r.client, tc.inProgress)
+		h.SeedDeadlines(t, r.client, tc.deadlines)
 		h.SeedRetryQueue(t, r.client, tc.retry)
 
 		err := r.Retry(tc.msg, tc.processAt, tc.errMsg)
@@ -759,7 +787,10 @@ func TestRetry(t *testing.T) {
 		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantInProgress, gotInProgress, h.SortMsgOpt); diff != "" {
 			t.Errorf("mismatch found in %q; (-want, +got)\n%s", base.InProgressQueue, diff)
 		}
-
+		gotDeadlines := h.GetDeadlinesEntries(t, r.client)
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantDeadlines, gotDeadlines, h.SortZSetEntryOpt); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("mismatch found in %q; (-want, +got)\n%s", base.KeyDeadlines, diff)
+		}
 		gotRetry := h.GetRetryEntries(t, r.client)
 		if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantRetry, gotRetry, h.SortZSetEntryOpt); diff != "" {
 			t.Errorf("mismatch found in %q; (-want, +got)\n%s", base.RetryQueue, diff)