diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 1224c90d15..d7b1457d33 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ The issue number links back to https://github.com/conductor-oss/conductor/issues
 | `org.codehaus.jettison:jettison` | `strictly 1.5.4` | Gradle `strictly` constraint — no higher version has been validated |
 | `org.conductoross:conductor-client` in `test-harness` | `5.0.1` | Fat JAR classpath conflict with conductor-common; resolved via a stripped JAR task |
 | `org.awaitility:awaitility` in functional tests | `4.x` | e2e tests call `pollInterval(Duration)` added in Awaitility 4.0 |
+| `io.orkes.queues:orkes-conductor-queues` | `2.0.0.rc2` | rc3's background poller can stop delivering a queue for good until the JVM restarts ([orkes-io/orkes-queues#30](https://github.com/orkes-io/orkes-queues/pull/30)) |
 
 ### Before bumping a PINNED dependency
 
diff --git a/dependencies.gradle b/dependencies.gradle
index abf6c3a889..36dcf0869d 100644
--- a/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/dependencies.gradle
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ ext {
     revJsr311Api = '1.1.1'
     revMockServerClient = '5.12.0'
     revSpringDoc = '2.8.6'
-    revOrkesQueues = '2.0.0.rc3'
+    // PINNED (orkes-io/orkes-queues#30): 2.0.0.rc3's background poller can stop delivering a queue
+    // for good (JOIN first) until the JVM restarts. rc2 has no poller and is what 3.30.x shipped.
+    revOrkesQueues = '2.0.0.rc2'
     revPowerMock = '2.0.9'
     revProtogenAnnotations = '1.0.0'
     revProtogenCodegen = '1.4.0'