diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 83cafa4d..0a523a36 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ gem "plek"
 gem "rack_strip_client_ip"
 gem "rails-controller-testing"
 gem "sentry-sidekiq"
-gem "sidekiq-unique-jobs"
+gem "sidekiq-unique-jobs", "< 8.0.8"
 gem "sprockets-rails"
 gem "state_machines-mongoid"
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index e355edf1..fdf5db91 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ GEM
       msgpack (~> 1.2)
     brakeman (6.2.1)
       racc
-    brpoplpush-redis_script (0.1.3)
-      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.5)
-      redis (>= 1.0, < 6)
     bson (5.0.1)
     builder (3.3.0)
     byebug (11.1.3)
@@ -195,12 +192,11 @@ GEM
       sentry-rails (~> 5.3)
       sentry-ruby (~> 5.3)
       statsd-ruby (~> 1.5)
-    govuk_sidekiq (8.0.1)
+    govuk_sidekiq (9.0.0)
       gds-api-adapters (>= 19.1.0)
       govuk_app_config (>= 1.1)
-      redis (< 5)
-      redis-namespace (~> 1.6)
-      sidekiq (~> 6.5, >= 6.5.12)
+      redis-client (>= 0.22.2)
+      sidekiq (~> 7.0, < 8)
     hashdiff (1.1.1)
     hashie (5.0.0)
     http-accept (1.7.0)
@@ -596,9 +592,8 @@ GEM
       ffi (~> 1.0)
     rdoc (6.7.0)
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
-    redis (4.8.1)
-    redis-namespace (1.11.0)
-      redis (>= 4)
+    redis-client (0.22.2)
+      connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.9.2)
     reline (0.5.10)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
@@ -682,16 +677,16 @@ GEM
     sentry-sidekiq (5.19.0)
       sentry-ruby (~> 5.19.0)
       sidekiq (>= 3.0)
-    sidekiq (6.5.12)
-      connection_pool (>= 2.2.5, < 3)
-      rack (~> 2.0)
-      redis (>= 4.5.0, < 5)
-    sidekiq-unique-jobs (7.1.33)
-      brpoplpush-redis_script (> 0.1.1, <= 2.0.0)
+    sidekiq (7.3.2)
+      concurrent-ruby (< 2)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.3.0)
+      logger
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      redis-client (>= 0.22.2)
+    sidekiq-unique-jobs (8.0.7)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0, >= 1.0.5)
-      redis (< 5.0)
-      sidekiq (>= 5.0, < 7.0)
-      thor (>= 0.20, < 3.0)
+      sidekiq (>= 7.0.0, < 8.0.0)
+      thor (>= 1.0, < 3.0)
     simplecov (0.22.0)
       docile (~> 1.1)
       simplecov-html (~> 0.11)
@@ -784,7 +779,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rspec-sidekiq
   rubocop-govuk
   sentry-sidekiq
-  sidekiq-unique-jobs
+  sidekiq-unique-jobs (< 8.0.8)
   simplecov
   sprockets-rails
   state_machines-mongoid
diff --git a/app/models/asset.rb b/app/models/asset.rb
index f8348045..78f9dab1 100644
--- a/app/models/asset.rb
+++ b/app/models/asset.rb
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class Asset
     end
 
     after_transition to: :clean do |asset, _|
-      SaveToCloudStorageWorker.perform_async(asset.id.to_s)
+      SaveToCloudStorageJob.perform_async(asset.id.to_s)
     end
 
     event :scanned_infected do
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class Asset
 
     after_transition to: :uploaded do |asset, _|
       asset.save!
-      DeleteAssetFileFromNfsWorker.perform_in(5.minutes, asset.id.to_s)
+      DeleteAssetFileFromNfsJob.perform_in(5.minutes, asset.id.to_s)
     end
   end
 
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def reset_state
   end
 
   def schedule_virus_scan
-    VirusScanWorker.perform_async(id.to_s) if unscanned? && redirect_url.blank?
+    VirusScanJob.perform_async(id.to_s) if unscanned? && redirect_url.blank?
   end
 
   def file_exists?
diff --git a/app/workers/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_worker.rb b/app/sidekiq/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_job.rb
similarity index 56%
rename from app/workers/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_worker.rb
rename to app/sidekiq/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_job.rb
index d87f04f5..103080d1 100644
--- a/app/workers/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_worker.rb
+++ b/app/sidekiq/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_job.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-class DeleteAssetFileFromNfsWorker
-  include Sidekiq::Worker
+class DeleteAssetFileFromNfsJob
+  include Sidekiq::Job
   sidekiq_options queue: "low_priority"
 
   def perform(asset_id)
     asset = Asset.find(asset_id)
     if asset.uploaded?
       FileUtils.rm_rf(File.dirname(asset.file.path))
-      Rails.logger.info("#{asset.id} - DeleteAssetFileFromNfsWorker - File removed")
+      Rails.logger.info("#{asset.id} - DeleteAssetFileFromNfsJob - File removed")
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/workers/save_to_cloud_storage_worker.rb b/app/sidekiq/save_to_cloud_storage_job.rb
similarity index 78%
rename from app/workers/save_to_cloud_storage_worker.rb
rename to app/sidekiq/save_to_cloud_storage_job.rb
index ef10f758..fffae7a4 100644
--- a/app/workers/save_to_cloud_storage_worker.rb
+++ b/app/sidekiq/save_to_cloud_storage_job.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "services"
 
-class SaveToCloudStorageWorker
-  include Sidekiq::Worker
+class SaveToCloudStorageJob
+  include Sidekiq::Job
 
   def perform(asset_id)
     asset = Asset.undeleted.find(asset_id)
diff --git a/app/workers/virus_scan_worker.rb b/app/sidekiq/virus_scan_job.rb
similarity index 76%
rename from app/workers/virus_scan_worker.rb
rename to app/sidekiq/virus_scan_job.rb
index 01abf553..6be9b368 100644
--- a/app/workers/virus_scan_worker.rb
+++ b/app/sidekiq/virus_scan_job.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require "services"
 
-class VirusScanWorker
-  include Sidekiq::Worker
+class VirusScanJob
+  include Sidekiq::Job
 
   sidekiq_options lock: :until_and_while_executing
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def perform(asset_id)
     asset = Asset.find(asset_id)
     if asset.unscanned?
       begin
-        Rails.logger.info("#{asset_id} - VirusScanWorker#perform - Virus scan started")
+        Rails.logger.info("#{asset_id} - VirusScanJob#perform - Virus scan started")
         Services.virus_scanner.scan(asset.file.path)
         asset.scanned_clean!
       rescue VirusScanner::InfectedFile => e
diff --git a/config/brakeman.ignore b/config/brakeman.ignore
index a71ec30b..fb1efd5b 100644
--- a/config/brakeman.ignore
+++ b/config/brakeman.ignore
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       "render_path": null,
       "location": {
         "type": "method",
-        "class": "DeleteAssetFileFromNfsWorker",
+        "class": "DeleteAssetFileFromNfsJob",
         "method": "perform"
       },
       "user_input": "Asset.find(asset_id).file",
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
index 605a1f0d..af25e713 100644
--- a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,3 @@
 
   SidekiqUniqueJobs::Server.configure(config)
 end
-
-# Use Sidekiq strict args to force Sidekiq 6 deprecations to error ahead of upgrade to Sidekiq 7
-Sidekiq.strict_args!
diff --git a/lib/tasks/govuk_assets.rake b/lib/tasks/govuk_assets.rake
index 8b6addfb..38c4fa7d 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/govuk_assets.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/govuk_assets.rake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace :govuk_assets do
   task delete_file_from_nfs_for_assets_uploaded_to_s3: :environment do
     processor = AssetProcessor.new(scope: Asset.where(state: "uploaded"))
     processor.process_all_assets_with do |asset_id|
-      DeleteAssetFileFromNfsWorker.perform_async(asset_id.to_s)
+      DeleteAssetFileFromNfsJob.perform_async(asset_id.to_s)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/spec/models/asset_spec.rb b/spec/models/asset_spec.rb
index 17db8ae2..9136b9e8 100644
--- a/spec/models/asset_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/asset_spec.rb
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
     it "schedules a scan after create" do
       a = described_class.new(file: load_fixture_file("asset.png"))
 
-      expect(VirusScanWorker).to receive(:perform_async).with(a.id)
+      expect(VirusScanJob).to receive(:perform_async).with(a.id)
 
       a.save!
     end
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@
       a = FactoryBot.create(:clean_asset)
       a.file = load_fixture_file("lorem.txt")
 
-      expect(VirusScanWorker).to receive(:perform_async).with(a.id)
+      expect(VirusScanJob).to receive(:perform_async).with(a.id)
 
       a.save!
     end
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@
       original_filename = a.file.send(:original_filename)
       a.file = load_fixture_file("lorem.txt", named: original_filename)
 
-      expect(VirusScanWorker).to receive(:perform_async).with(a.id)
+      expect(VirusScanJob).to receive(:perform_async).with(a.id)
 
       a.save!
     end
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
       a = FactoryBot.create(:clean_asset)
       a.created_at = 5.days.ago
 
-      expect(VirusScanWorker).not_to receive(:perform_async)
+      expect(VirusScanJob).not_to receive(:perform_async)
 
       a.save!
     end
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@
     it "does not schedule a scan if a redirect url is present" do
       a = FactoryBot.create(:asset, redirect_url: "/some-redirect")
 
-      expect(VirusScanWorker).not_to receive(:perform_async)
+      expect(VirusScanJob).not_to receive(:perform_async)
 
       a.save!
     end
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
     let(:asset) { FactoryBot.build(:asset, state:) }
 
     before do
-      allow(SaveToCloudStorageWorker).to receive(:perform_async)
+      allow(SaveToCloudStorageJob).to receive(:perform_async)
     end
 
     it "sets the asset state to clean" do
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
     end
 
     it "schedules saving the asset to cloud storage" do
-      expect(SaveToCloudStorageWorker).to receive(:perform_async).with(asset.id)
+      expect(SaveToCloudStorageJob).to receive(:perform_async).with(asset.id)
 
       asset.scanned_clean!
     end
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@
     let(:asset) { FactoryBot.build(:asset, state:) }
 
     it "does not schedule saving the asset to cloud storage" do
-      expect(SaveToCloudStorageWorker).not_to receive(:perform_async).with(asset.id)
+      expect(SaveToCloudStorageJob).not_to receive(:perform_async).with(asset.id)
 
       asset.scanned_infected!
     end
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@
       end
 
       it "triggers the delete asset file worker" do
-        expect(DeleteAssetFileFromNfsWorker).to receive(:perform_in)
+        expect(DeleteAssetFileFromNfsJob).to receive(:perform_in)
         asset.upload_success!
       end
     end
diff --git a/spec/requests/asset_requests_spec.rb b/spec/requests/asset_requests_spec.rb
index 50727eec..6a621d4c 100644
--- a/spec/requests/asset_requests_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/asset_requests_spec.rb
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
     it "does not result in an invalid transition error when a redirect is received in short succession after a create" do
       # use threads to simulate multiple sidekiq workers
       threads = []
-      allow(VirusScanWorker).to receive(:perform_async) do |asset_id|
+      allow(VirusScanJob).to receive(:perform_async) do |asset_id|
         threads << Thread.new do
           sleep(0.5)
           asset = Asset.find(asset_id)
diff --git a/spec/requests/virus_scanning_spec.rb b/spec/requests/virus_scanning_spec.rb
index a76ccec0..55730125 100644
--- a/spec/requests/virus_scanning_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/virus_scanning_spec.rb
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@
     expect(response).to have_http_status(:not_found)
 
     allow(Services.virus_scanner).to receive(:scan)
-    VirusScanWorker.drain
+    VirusScanJob.drain
 
     get download_media_path(id: asset, filename: "lorem.txt")
     expect(response).to have_http_status(:not_found)
 
-    SaveToCloudStorageWorker.drain
+    SaveToCloudStorageJob.drain
 
     get download_media_path(id: asset, filename: "lorem.txt")
     expect(response).to have_http_status(:found)
diff --git a/spec/workers/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_worker_spec.rb b/spec/sidekiq/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_job_spec.rb
similarity index 93%
rename from spec/workers/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_worker_spec.rb
rename to spec/sidekiq/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_job_spec.rb
index 8b6840af..95eaa42f 100644
--- a/spec/workers/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/sidekiq/delete_asset_file_from_nfs_job_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
-RSpec.describe DeleteAssetFileFromNfsWorker, type: :worker do
+RSpec.describe DeleteAssetFileFromNfsJob, type: :worker do
   subject(:worker) { described_class.new }
 
   let(:asset) { FactoryBot.create(:asset, state:) }
diff --git a/spec/workers/save_to_cloud_storage_worker_spec.rb b/spec/sidekiq/save_to_cloud_storage_job_spec.rb
similarity index 96%
rename from spec/workers/save_to_cloud_storage_worker_spec.rb
rename to spec/sidekiq/save_to_cloud_storage_job_spec.rb
index b676a8a3..ba90f3b1 100644
--- a/spec/workers/save_to_cloud_storage_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/sidekiq/save_to_cloud_storage_job_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
-RSpec.describe SaveToCloudStorageWorker, type: :worker do
+RSpec.describe SaveToCloudStorageJob, type: :worker do
   let(:worker) { described_class.new }
 
   describe "#perform" do
diff --git a/spec/workers/virus_scan_worker_spec.rb b/spec/sidekiq/virus_scan_job_spec.rb
similarity index 98%
rename from spec/workers/virus_scan_worker_spec.rb
rename to spec/sidekiq/virus_scan_job_spec.rb
index f6a7831b..17a8c76c 100644
--- a/spec/workers/virus_scan_worker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/sidekiq/virus_scan_job_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 require "services"
 require "sidekiq_unique_jobs/testing"
 
-RSpec.describe VirusScanWorker do
+RSpec.describe VirusScanJob do
   let(:worker) { described_class.new }
   let(:asset) { FactoryBot.create(:asset) }
   let(:scanner) { instance_double(VirusScanner) }