diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 860e6bee47d6a0e79a34753ccde107b80119f027..25e30e0211ade30775891bdf16a638ac5486c0c0 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ gem 'acts-as-taggable-on', '~> 3.4'
 
 # Background jobs
 gem 'sinatra', '~> 1.4.4', require: nil
-gem 'sidekiq', '3.3.0'
-gem 'sidetiq', '~> 0.6.3'
+gem 'sidekiq', '~> 3.5.0'
+gem 'sidekiq-cron', '~> 0.3.0'
 
 # HTTP requests
 gem "httparty", '~> 0.13.3'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index be3e39d8e8431b0af684b07c0593c397b6ca03c2..9e7b93be3ab87f8bb2efab356a2b10dbca97ff74 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -117,8 +117,23 @@ GEM
       activemodel (>= 3.2.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.2.0)
       json (>= 1.7)
-    celluloid (0.16.0)
-      timers (~> 4.0.0)
+    celluloid (0.17.2)
+      celluloid-essentials
+      celluloid-extras
+      celluloid-fsm
+      celluloid-pool
+      celluloid-supervision
+      timers (>= 4.1.1)
+    celluloid-essentials (0.20.5)
+      timers (>= 4.1.1)
+    celluloid-extras (0.20.5)
+      timers (>= 4.1.1)
+    celluloid-fsm (0.20.5)
+      timers (>= 4.1.1)
+    celluloid-pool (0.20.5)
+      timers (>= 4.1.1)
+    celluloid-supervision (0.20.5)
+      timers (>= 4.1.1)
     charlock_holmes (0.7.3)
     chunky_png (1.3.5)
     cliver (0.3.2)
@@ -370,7 +385,6 @@ GEM
       multi_xml (>= 0.5.2)
     httpclient (2.7.0.1)
     i18n (0.7.0)
-    ice_cube (0.11.1)
     ice_nine (0.11.1)
     inflecto (0.0.2)
     ipaddress (0.8.0)
@@ -641,6 +655,7 @@ GEM
       sexp_processor (~> 4.1)
     rubyntlm (0.5.2)
     rubypants (0.2.0)
+    rufus-scheduler (3.1.10)
     rugged (0.23.3)
     safe_yaml (1.0.4)
     sanitize (2.1.0)
@@ -668,16 +683,15 @@ GEM
       rack
     shoulda-matchers (2.8.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
-    sidekiq (3.3.0)
-      celluloid (>= 0.16.0)
-      connection_pool (>= 2.0.0)
-      json
-      redis (>= 3.0.6)
-      redis-namespace (>= 1.3.1)
-    sidetiq (0.6.3)
-      celluloid (>= 0.14.1)
-      ice_cube (= 0.11.1)
-      sidekiq (>= 3.0.0)
+    sidekiq (3.5.3)
+      celluloid (~> 0.17.2)
+      connection_pool (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.0)
+      json (~> 1.0)
+      redis (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.1)
+      redis-namespace (~> 1.5, >= 1.5.2)
+    sidekiq-cron (0.3.1)
+      rufus-scheduler (>= 2.0.24)
+      sidekiq (>= 2.17.3)
     simple_oauth (0.1.9)
     simplecov (0.10.0)
       docile (~> 1.1.0)
@@ -743,7 +757,7 @@ GEM
     thor (0.19.1)
     thread_safe (0.3.5)
     tilt (1.4.1)
-    timers (4.0.4)
+    timers (4.1.1)
       hitimes
     timfel-krb5-auth (0.8.3)
     tinder (1.10.1)
@@ -938,8 +952,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   settingslogic (~> 2.0.9)
   sham_rack
   shoulda-matchers (~> 2.8.0)
-  sidekiq (= 3.3.0)
-  sidetiq (~> 0.6.3)
+  sidekiq (~> 3.5.0)
+  sidekiq-cron (~> 0.3.0)
   simplecov (~> 0.10.0)
   sinatra (~> 1.4.4)
   six (~> 0.2.0)
diff --git a/app/workers/stuck_ci_builds_worker.rb b/app/workers/stuck_ci_builds_worker.rb
index 4e5eddbaba1c68a8de1717eac0dab0f075544c56..ca594e77e7cd844693b42d7b7c21c15fc6ed1741 100644
--- a/app/workers/stuck_ci_builds_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/stuck_ci_builds_worker.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 class StuckCiBuildsWorker
   include Sidekiq::Worker
-  include Sidetiq::Schedulable
 
   BUILD_STUCK_TIMEOUT = 1.day
 
-  recurrence { daily }
-
   def perform
     Rails.logger.info 'Cleaning stuck builds'
 
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
index e856499732e949334e401a6740846f1d706ba24b..6e5701e33dae579643fa4b305e111a8f3e9e6f5f 100644
--- a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
     chain.add Gitlab::SidekiqMiddleware::ArgumentsLogger if ENV['SIDEKIQ_LOG_ARGUMENTS']
     chain.add Gitlab::SidekiqMiddleware::MemoryKiller if ENV['SIDEKIQ_MEMORY_KILLER_MAX_RSS']
   end
+
+  # Sidekiq-cron: load recurring jobs from schedule.yml
+  schedule_file = 'config/schedule.yml'
+  if File.exists?(schedule_file)
+    Sidekiq::Cron::Job.load_from_hash YAML.load_file(schedule_file)
+  end
 end
 
 Sidekiq.configure_client do |config|
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index fdd387fd1845a69f23c70a04d70f5b91fe15ff03..3b151891a6bc25c714d7c27935c5c9f57be65654 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'sidekiq/web'
+require 'sidekiq/cron/web'
 require 'api/api'
 
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
diff --git a/config/schedule.yml b/config/schedule.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..993a95fef565b87d049e4d6e15e3e0ed7c33ee2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/schedule.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Here is a list of jobs that are scheduled to run periodically.
+# We use a UNIX cron notation to specify execution schedule.
+#
+# Please read here for more information:
+# https://github.com/ondrejbartas/sidekiq-cron#adding-cron-job
+
+stuck_ci_builds_worker:
+  cron: "0 0 * * *"
+  class: "StuckCiBuildsWorker"
+  queue: "default"