diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2478a398..0e1e15aa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Client no longer returns an error if stopped before startup could complete (previously, it returned the unexported `ErrShutdown`). [PR #841](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/841).
 
+### Fixed
+
+- A queue unpausing triggers an immediate fetch so that available jobs in the paused queue may be started faster than before. [PR #854](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/854).
+
 ## [0.20.2] - 2025-04-08
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/producer.go b/producer.go
index 2ead83d7..7cc79c76 100644
--- a/producer.go
+++ b/producer.go
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ func (p *producer) fetchAndRunLoop(fetchCtx, workCtx context.Context, fetchLimit
 				}
 				p.paused = false
 				p.Logger.DebugContext(workCtx, p.Name+": Resumed", slog.String("queue", p.config.Queue), slog.String("queue_in_message", msg.Queue))
+				fetchLimiter.Call() // try another fetch because more jobs may be available to run which were gated behind the paused queue
 				p.testSignals.Resumed.Signal(struct{}{})
 				if p.config.QueueEventCallback != nil {
 					p.config.QueueEventCallback(&Event{Kind: EventKindQueueResumed, Queue: &rivertype.Queue{Name: p.config.Queue}})