diff --git a/internal/dbadapter/db_adapter.go b/internal/dbadapter/db_adapter.go
index bea47538..d9e799aa 100644
--- a/internal/dbadapter/db_adapter.go
+++ b/internal/dbadapter/db_adapter.go
@@ -524,6 +524,10 @@ func JobSetStateSnoozed(id int64, scheduledAt time.Time, maxAttempts int) *JobSe
 	return &JobSetStateIfRunningParams{ID: id, maxAttempts: &maxAttempts, scheduledAt: &scheduledAt, state: dbsqlc.JobStateScheduled}
 }
 
+func JobSetStateSnoozedAvailable(id int64, scheduledAt time.Time, maxAttempts int) *JobSetStateIfRunningParams {
+	return &JobSetStateIfRunningParams{ID: id, maxAttempts: &maxAttempts, scheduledAt: &scheduledAt, state: dbsqlc.JobStateAvailable}
+}
+
 func (a *StandardAdapter) JobSetStateIfRunning(ctx context.Context, params *JobSetStateIfRunningParams) (*dbsqlc.RiverJob, error) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, a.deadlineTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
diff --git a/job_executor.go b/job_executor.go
index 3f2bbd23..a7e3ffae 100644
--- a/job_executor.go
+++ b/job_executor.go
@@ -244,7 +244,19 @@ func (e *jobExecutor) reportResult(ctx context.Context, res *jobExecutorResult)
 			slog.Duration("duration", snoozeErr.duration),
 		)
 		nextAttemptScheduledAt := time.Now().Add(snoozeErr.duration)
-		if err := e.Completer.JobSetStateIfRunning(e.stats, dbadapter.JobSetStateSnoozed(e.JobRow.ID, nextAttemptScheduledAt, e.JobRow.MaxAttempts+1)); err != nil {
+
+		// Normally, snoozed jobs are set `scheduled` for the future and it's the
+		// scheduler's job to set them back to `available` so they can be reworked.
+		// Just as with retryable jobs, this isn't friendly for short snooze times
+		// so we instead make the job immediately `available` if the snooze time is
+		// smaller than the scheduler's run interval.
+		var params *dbadapter.JobSetStateIfRunningParams
+		if nextAttemptScheduledAt.Sub(e.TimeNowUTC()) <= e.SchedulerInterval {
+			params = dbadapter.JobSetStateSnoozedAvailable(e.JobRow.ID, nextAttemptScheduledAt, e.JobRow.MaxAttempts+1)
+		} else {
+			params = dbadapter.JobSetStateSnoozed(e.JobRow.ID, nextAttemptScheduledAt, e.JobRow.MaxAttempts+1)
+		}
+		if err := e.Completer.JobSetStateIfRunning(e.stats, params); err != nil {
 			e.Logger.ErrorContext(ctx, e.Name+": Error snoozing job",
 				slog.Int64("job_id", e.JobRow.ID),
 			)
diff --git a/job_executor_test.go b/job_executor_test.go
index b01ca605..6147969f 100644
--- a/job_executor_test.go
+++ b/job_executor_test.go
@@ -372,6 +372,26 @@ func TestJobExecutor_Execute(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Empty(t, job.Errors)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("JobSnoozeErrorInNearFutureMakesJobAvailableAndIncrementsMaxAttempts", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		executor, bundle := setup(t)
+		maxAttemptsBefore := bundle.jobRow.MaxAttempts
+
+		cancelErr := JobSnooze(time.Millisecond)
+		executor.WorkUnit = newWorkUnitFactoryWithCustomRetry(func() error { return cancelErr }, nil).MakeUnit(bundle.jobRow)
+
+		executor.Execute(ctx)
+		executor.Completer.Wait()
+
+		job, err := queries.JobGetByID(ctx, bundle.tx, bundle.jobRow.ID)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, dbsqlc.JobStateAvailable, job.State)
+		require.WithinDuration(t, time.Now(), job.ScheduledAt, 2*time.Second)
+		require.Equal(t, maxAttemptsBefore+1, int(job.MaxAttempts))
+		require.Empty(t, job.Errors)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("ErrorWithCustomRetryPolicy", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()