diff --git a/src/queue/src/Queue.php b/src/queue/src/Queue.php
index f53de7df6..859084cb9 100644
--- a/src/queue/src/Queue.php
+++ b/src/queue/src/Queue.php
@@ -372,8 +372,10 @@ public function getContainer(): ContainerInterface
     /**
      * Set the IoC container instance.
      */
-    public function setContainer(ContainerInterface $container): void
+    public function setContainer(ContainerInterface $container): static
     {
         $this->container = $container;
+
+        return $this;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/queue/src/QueueManager.php b/src/queue/src/QueueManager.php
index 5e44ecb67..0a07821c6 100644
--- a/src/queue/src/QueueManager.php
+++ b/src/queue/src/QueueManager.php
@@ -139,14 +139,11 @@ public function connection(?string $name = null): Queue
         // If the connection has not been resolved yet we will resolve it now as all
         // of the connections are resolved when they are actually needed so we do
         // not make any unnecessary connection to the various queue end-points.
-        if (! isset($this->connections[$name])) {
-            $this->connections[$name] = $this->resolve($name);
-
-            /* @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
-            $this->connections[$name]->setContainer($this->app);
+        if ($queue = $this->connections[$name] ?? null) {
+            return $queue;
         }
 
-        return $this->connections[$name];
+        return $this->connections[$name] = $this->resolve($name);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -162,9 +159,11 @@ protected function resolve(string $name): Queue
             throw new InvalidArgumentException("The [{$name}] queue connection has not been configured.");
         }
 
+        /** @phpstan-ignore-next-line */
         $resolver = fn () => $this->getConnector($config['driver'])
             ->connect($config)
-            ->setConnectionName($name);
+            ->setConnectionName($name)
+            ->setContainer($this->app);
 
         if (in_array($config['driver'], $this->poolables)) {
             return $this->createPoolProxy(
diff --git a/tests/Queue/QueueManagerTest.php b/tests/Queue/QueueManagerTest.php
index 3cbf2f754..1811a1ef7 100644
--- a/tests/Queue/QueueManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Queue/QueueManagerTest.php
@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ public function testDefaultConnectionCanBeResolved()
         $connector = m::mock(ConnectorInterface::class);
         $queue = m::mock(Queue::class);
         $queue->shouldReceive('setConnectionName')->once()->with('sync')->andReturnSelf();
+        $queue->shouldReceive('setContainer')->once()->with($container)->andReturnSelf();
         $connector->shouldReceive('connect')->once()->with(['driver' => 'sync'])->andReturn($queue);
         $manager->addConnector('sync', function () use ($connector) {
             return $connector;
         });
 
-        $queue->shouldReceive('setContainer')->once()->with($container);
         $this->assertSame($queue, $manager->connection('sync'));
     }
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public function testOtherConnectionCanBeResolved()
         $manager->addConnector('bar', function () use ($connector) {
             return $connector;
         });
-        $queue->shouldReceive('setContainer')->once()->with($container);
+        $queue->shouldReceive('setContainer')->once()->with($container)->andReturnSelf();
 
         $this->assertSame($queue, $manager->connection('foo'));
     }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public function testNullConnectionCanBeResolved()
         $manager->addConnector('null', function () use ($connector) {
             return $connector;
         });
-        $queue->shouldReceive('setContainer')->once()->with($container);
+        $queue->shouldReceive('setContainer')->once()->with($container)->andReturnSelf();
 
         $this->assertSame($queue, $manager->connection('null'));
     }
@@ -98,14 +98,10 @@ public function testAddPoolableConnector()
 
         $manager = new QueueManager($container);
         $connector = m::mock(ConnectorInterface::class);
-        $queue = m::mock(Queue::class);
-        $queue->shouldReceive('setConnectionName')->once()->with('foo')->andReturnSelf();
-        $connector->shouldReceive('connect')->once()->with(['driver' => 'bar'])->andReturn($queue);
         $manager->addConnector('bar', function () use ($connector) {
             return $connector;
         });
         $manager->addPoolable('bar');
-        $queue->shouldReceive('setContainer')->once()->with($container);
 
         $this->assertInstanceOf(QueuePoolProxy::class, $manager->connection('foo'));
     }