diff --git a/.changeset/wicked-tips-buy.md b/.changeset/wicked-tips-buy.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f0fb1a21f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/wicked-tips-buy.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@medusajs/workflow-engine-redis": patch
+---
+
+fix(): Workflow engine redis worker instance in worker mode
diff --git a/packages/modules/workflow-engine-redis/src/utils/workflow-orchestrator-storage.ts b/packages/modules/workflow-engine-redis/src/utils/workflow-orchestrator-storage.ts
index cb4a3c6f65..04aae468a0 100644
--- a/packages/modules/workflow-engine-redis/src/utils/workflow-orchestrator-storage.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/workflow-engine-redis/src/utils/workflow-orchestrator-storage.ts
@@ -145,37 +145,37 @@ export class RedisDistributedTransactionStorage
     // Remove all repeatable jobs from the old queue since now we have a queue dedicated to scheduled jobs
     await this.removeAllRepeatableJobs(this.queue)
 
-    this.worker = new Worker(
-      this.queueName,
-      async (job) => {
-        this.logger_.debug(
-          `executing job ${job.name} from queue ${
-            this.queueName
-          } with the following data: ${JSON.stringify(job.data)}`
-        )
-        if (allowedJobs.includes(job.name as JobType)) {
-          try {
-            await this.executeTransaction(
-              job.data.workflowId,
-              job.data.transactionId,
-              job.data.transactionMetadata
-            )
-          } catch (error) {
-            if (!SkipExecutionError.isSkipExecutionError(error)) {
-              throw error
+    if (this.#isWorkerMode) {
+      this.worker = new Worker(
+        this.queueName,
+        async (job) => {
+          this.logger_.debug(
+            `executing job ${job.name} from queue ${
+              this.queueName
+            } with the following data: ${JSON.stringify(job.data)}`
+          )
+          if (allowedJobs.includes(job.name as JobType)) {
+            try {
+              await this.executeTransaction(
+                job.data.workflowId,
+                job.data.transactionId,
+                job.data.transactionMetadata
+              )
+            } catch (error) {
+              if (!SkipExecutionError.isSkipExecutionError(error)) {
+                throw error
+              }
             }
           }
-        }
 
-        if (job.name === JobType.SCHEDULE) {
-          // Remove repeatable job from the old queue since now we have a queue dedicated to scheduled jobs
-          await this.remove(job.data.jobId)
-        }
-      },
-      workerOptions
-    )
+          if (job.name === JobType.SCHEDULE) {
+            // Remove repeatable job from the old queue since now we have a queue dedicated to scheduled jobs
+            await this.remove(job.data.jobId)
+          }
+        },
+        workerOptions
+      )
 
-    if (this.#isWorkerMode) {
       this.jobWorker = new Worker(
         this.jobQueueName,
         async (job) => {