diff --git a/types/bull/bull-tests.tsx b/types/bull/bull-tests.tsx
index e0854cfafa..cbdcc83e0a 100644
--- a/types/bull/bull-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/bull/bull-tests.tsx
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ videoQueue.add({ video: 'http://example.com/video1.mov' }, { jobId: 1 })
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 pdfQueue
-.on('ready', () => undefined)
 .on('error', (err: Error) => undefined)
 .on('active', (job: Queue.Job, jobPromise: Queue.JobPromise) => jobPromise.cancel())
 .on('active', (job: Queue.Job) => undefined)
diff --git a/types/bull/index.d.ts b/types/bull/index.d.ts
index fcab3c282e..82a31a4ff3 100644
--- a/types/bull/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/bull/index.d.ts
@@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ declare namespace Bull {
     }
 
     interface Queue {
+        /**
+         * Returns a promise that resolves when Redis is connected and the queue is ready to accept jobs.
+         * This replaces the `ready` event emitted on Queue in previous verisons.
+         */
+        isReady(): Promise<this>;
+
         /**
          * Defines a processing function for the jobs placed into a given Queue.
          *
@@ -329,11 +335,6 @@ declare namespace Bull {
          */
         on(event: string, callback: (...args: any[]) => void): this;
 
-        /**
-         * Redis is connected and the queue is ready to accept jobs
-         */
-        on(event: 'ready', callback: EventCallback): this;
-
         /**
          * An error occured
          */