diff --git a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/broker.py b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/broker.py
index 459a266a277b..47b2d20602c4 100644
--- a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/broker.py
+++ b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/django_dramatiq_postgres/broker.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import functools
-import logging
 import time
 from collections.abc import Callable, Iterable
 from datetime import UTC, datetime, timedelta
 from typing import Any, ParamSpec, TypeVar, cast
 
-import tenacity
 from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.db import (
     DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS,
@@ -136,15 +134,6 @@ def model_defaults(self, message: Message[Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
             "eta": eta,
         }
 
-    @tenacity.retry(
-        retry=tenacity.retry_if_exception_type(ConnectionError),
-        reraise=True,
-        wait=tenacity.wait_random_exponential(multiplier=1, max=5),
-        stop=tenacity.stop_after_attempt(3),
-        before_sleep=tenacity.before_sleep_log(
-            cast(logging.Logger, logger), logging.INFO, exc_info=True
-        ),
-    )
     @raise_connection_error
     def enqueue(self, message: Message[Any], *, delay: int | None = None) -> Message[Any]:
         queue_name = q_name(message.queue_name)  # type: ignore[no-untyped-call]
diff --git a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/pyproject.toml b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/pyproject.toml
index 96c4376a4754..84d463c3d4cc 100644
--- a/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/pyproject.toml
+++ b/packages/django-dramatiq-postgres/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "django-pglock >=1.7,<2",
   "django-pgtrigger >=4,<5",
   "dramatiq[watch] >=1.17,<1.18",
-  "tenacity >=9,<10",
   "structlog >=25,<26",
 ]
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 34a1917533f9..c36edce73c32 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1118,7 +1118,6 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "django-pgtrigger" },
     { name = "dramatiq", extra = ["watch"] },
     { name = "structlog" },
-    { name = "tenacity" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
@@ -1129,7 +1128,6 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "django-pgtrigger", specifier = ">=4,<5" },
     { name = "dramatiq", extras = ["watch"], specifier = ">=1.17,<1.18" },
     { name = "structlog", specifier = ">=25,<26" },
-    { name = "tenacity", specifier = ">=9,<10" },
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3503,15 +3501,6 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f4/ac/31ba87a959b19e640ebc18851438b82b5b66cef02ad31da7468d1d8bd625/swagger_spec_validator-3.0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1a2a4f4f7076479ae7835d892dd53952ccca9414efa172c440c775cf0ac01f48", size = 28473, upload-time = "2024-06-27T17:43:00.546Z" },
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tenacity"
-version = "9.1.2"
-source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0a/d4/2b0cd0fe285e14b36db076e78c93766ff1d529d70408bd1d2a5a84f1d929/tenacity-9.1.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1169d376c297e7de388d18b4481760d478b0e99a777cad3a9c86e556f4b697cb", size = 48036, upload-time = "2025-04-02T08:25:09.966Z" }
-wheels = [
-    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/e5/30/643397144bfbfec6f6ef821f36f33e57d35946c44a2352d3c9f0ae847619/tenacity-9.1.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f77bf36710d8b73a50b2dd155c97b870017ad21afe6ab300326b0371b3b05138", size = 28248, upload-time = "2025-04-02T08:25:07.678Z" },
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "trio"
 version = "0.32.0"