diff --git a/src/WorkerInstance.php b/src/WorkerInstance.php
index ba77b8b..46bd63d 100644
--- a/src/WorkerInstance.php
+++ b/src/WorkerInstance.php
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public function boot(): Promise
                 $payloadData = @unserialize($rawPayload, ['allowed_classes' => false]);
                 if ($payloadData === false) {
                     $logContext['raw_payload'] = NonUtf8Cleaner::cleanString($rawPayload);
+                    yield $this->beanstalkClient->bury($jobId);
                     $this->logger->critical('Cannot unserialize job payload so it has been buried.', $logContext);
                     continue;
                 }
diff --git a/tests/BeanstalkTestCase.php b/tests/BeanstalkTestCase.php
index a57bdf8..fa66cab 100644
--- a/tests/BeanstalkTestCase.php
+++ b/tests/BeanstalkTestCase.php
@@ -73,4 +73,14 @@ protected function assertReadyJobsCountInTube(int $expectedReadyJobsCount, strin
         $stats = $this->pheanstalk->statsTube($tube);
         $this->assertEquals($expectedReadyJobsCount, $stats['current-jobs-ready']);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param int $expectedBuriedJobsCount
+     * @param string $tube
+     */
+    protected function assertBuriedJobsCountInTube(int $expectedBuriedJobsCount, string $tube)
+    {
+        $stats = $this->pheanstalk->statsTube($tube);
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedBuriedJobsCount, $stats['current-jobs-buried']);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Integration/JobUnserializationErrorHandlingTest.php b/tests/Integration/JobUnserializationErrorHandlingTest.php
index 3b56cf3..b8c11b5 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/JobUnserializationErrorHandlingTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/JobUnserializationErrorHandlingTest.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Amp\Beanstalk\BeanstalkClient;
 use Amp\Loop;
 use org\bovigo\vfs\vfsStream;
+use Webgriffe\Esb\BeanstalkTestCase;
 use Webgriffe\Esb\DummyFilesystemWorker;
 use Webgriffe\Esb\DummyRepeatProducer;
 use Webgriffe\Esb\KernelTestCase;
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ public function testNotUnserializableJobShouldBeHandled()
         Loop::delay(
             200,
             function () {
-                $beanstalkdClient = new BeanstalkClient('tcp://127.0.0.1:11300?tube=' . self::TUBE);
+                $beanstalkdClient = new BeanstalkClient(
+                    BeanstalkTestCase::getBeanstalkdConnectionUri() . '?tube=' . self::TUBE
+                );
                 yield $beanstalkdClient->put('... not unserializable payload ...');
                 Loop::delay(
                     200,
@@ -52,5 +55,7 @@ function () {
         self::$kernel->boot();
 
         $this->assertContains('Cannot unserialize job payload so it has been buried.', $this->dumpLog());
+        $this->assertReadyJobsCountInTube(0, self::TUBE);
+        $this->assertBuriedJobsCountInTube(1, self::TUBE);
     }
 }