diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 894ab6a5..1738df2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ jobs:
         run: make install
       - name: Run tests
         run: bin/test.sh
+      - name: Run retry
+        env:
+          JBI_API_KEY: key  # pragma: allowlist secret
+          JIRA_API_KEY: key  # pragma: allowlist secret
+          JIRA_USERNAME: foo@bar
+          BUGZILLA_API_KEY: key  # pragma: allowlist secret
+          DL_QUEUE_CONSTANT_RETRY: false
+          DL_QUEUE_DSN: "file:///tmp/dlqueue"
+        run: .venv/bin/python -m jbi.retry
   review-dependabot-pr:
     permissions:
       contents: write
diff --git a/jbi/app.py b/jbi/app.py
index 8e777236..372e3665 100644
--- a/jbi/app.py
+++ b/jbi/app.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 APP_DIR = Path(__file__).parents[1]
 
 settings = get_settings()
-version_info = get_version(APP_DIR)
+version_info: dict[str, str] = get_version(APP_DIR)
 VERSION: str = version_info["version"]
 
 logging.config.dictConfig(CONFIG)
diff --git a/jbi/queue.py b/jbi/queue.py
index 35049108..a13913ac 100644
--- a/jbi/queue.py
+++ b/jbi/queue.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 import traceback
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from datetime import datetime
-from functools import lru_cache
+from functools import cached_property, lru_cache
 from json import JSONDecodeError
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import AsyncIterator, Optional
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 import dockerflow.checks
 from pydantic import BaseModel, FileUrl, ValidationError, computed_field
 
-from jbi import app, bugzilla
+from jbi import bugzilla
 from jbi.environment import get_settings
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -90,9 +90,11 @@ class QueueItem(BaseModel, frozen=True):
     rid: Optional[str] = None
 
     @computed_field  # type: ignore
-    @property
+    @cached_property
     def version(self) -> str:
         # Prevents circular imports.
+        from jbi import app
+
         return app.VERSION
 
     @property