diff --git a/packages/db-mongodb/src/index.ts b/packages/db-mongodb/src/index.ts
index b828e7dac..d69359b73 100644
--- a/packages/db-mongodb/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/db-mongodb/src/index.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import type {
   TypeWithVersion,
   UpdateGlobalArgs,
   UpdateGlobalVersionArgs,
-  UpdateManyArgs,
   UpdateOneArgs,
   UpdateVersionArgs,
 } from 'payload'
@@ -55,6 +54,7 @@ import { commitTransaction } from './transactions/commitTransaction.js'
 import { rollbackTransaction } from './transactions/rollbackTransaction.js'
 import { updateGlobal } from './updateGlobal.js'
 import { updateGlobalVersion } from './updateGlobalVersion.js'
+import { updateJobs } from './updateJobs.js'
 import { updateMany } from './updateMany.js'
 import { updateOne } from './updateOne.js'
 import { updateVersion } from './updateVersion.js'
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ export function mongooseAdapter({
       mongoMemoryServer,
       sessions: {},
       transactionOptions: transactionOptions === false ? undefined : transactionOptions,
+      updateJobs,
       updateMany,
       url,
       versions: {},
diff --git a/packages/db-mongodb/src/updateJobs.ts b/packages/db-mongodb/src/updateJobs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51dd7c027
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/db-mongodb/src/updateJobs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+import type { MongooseUpdateQueryOptions } from 'mongoose'
+import type { BaseJob, UpdateJobs, Where } from 'payload'
+
+import type { MongooseAdapter } from './index.js'
+
+import { buildQuery } from './queries/buildQuery.js'
+import { getCollection } from './utilities/getEntity.js'
+import { getSession } from './utilities/getSession.js'
+import { handleError } from './utilities/handleError.js'
+import { transform } from './utilities/transform.js'
+
+export const updateJobs: UpdateJobs = async function updateMany(
+  this: MongooseAdapter,
+  { id, data, limit, req, returning, where: whereArg },
+) {
+  const where = id ? { id: { equals: id } } : (whereArg as Where)
+
+  const { collectionConfig, Model } = getCollection({
+    adapter: this,
+    collectionSlug: 'payload-jobs',
+  })
+
+  const options: MongooseUpdateQueryOptions = {
+    lean: true,
+    new: true,
+    session: await getSession(this, req),
+  }
+
+  let query = await buildQuery({
+    adapter: this,
+    collectionSlug: collectionConfig.slug,
+    fields: collectionConfig.flattenedFields,
+    where,
+  })
+
+  transform({ adapter: this, data, fields: collectionConfig.fields, operation: 'write' })
+
+  let result: BaseJob[] = []
+
+  try {
+    if (id) {
+      if (returning === false) {
+        await Model.updateOne(query, data, options)
+        return null
+      } else {
+        const doc = await Model.findOneAndUpdate(query, data, options)
+        result = doc ? [doc] : []
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (typeof limit === 'number' && limit > 0) {
+        const documentsToUpdate = await Model.find(
+          query,
+          {},
+          { ...options, limit, projection: { _id: 1 } },
+        )
+        if (documentsToUpdate.length === 0) {
+          return null
+        }
+
+        query = { _id: { $in: documentsToUpdate.map((doc) => doc._id) } }
+      }
+
+      await Model.updateMany(query, data, options)
+
+      if (returning === false) {
+        return null
+      }
+
+      result = await Model.find(query, {}, options)
+    }
+  } catch (error) {
+    handleError({ collection: collectionConfig.slug, error, req })
+  }
+
+  transform({
+    adapter: this,
+    data: result,
+    fields: collectionConfig.fields,
+    operation: 'read',
+  })
+
+  return result
+}
diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/src/index.ts b/packages/db-postgres/src/index.ts
index 26ec09a11..4df602621 100644
--- a/packages/db-postgres/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/src/index.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   rollbackTransaction,
   updateGlobal,
   updateGlobalVersion,
+  updateJobs,
   updateMany,
   updateOne,
   updateVersion,
@@ -172,6 +173,7 @@ export function postgresAdapter(args: Args): DatabaseAdapterObj<PostgresAdapter>
       find,
       findGlobal,
       findGlobalVersions,
+      updateJobs,
       // @ts-expect-error - vestiges of when tsconfig was not strict. Feel free to improve
       findOne,
       findVersions,
diff --git a/packages/db-sqlite/src/index.ts b/packages/db-sqlite/src/index.ts
index f4ab2d633..86b15302d 100644
--- a/packages/db-sqlite/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/db-sqlite/src/index.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   rollbackTransaction,
   updateGlobal,
   updateGlobalVersion,
+  updateJobs,
   updateMany,
   updateOne,
   updateVersion,
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ export function sqliteAdapter(args: Args): DatabaseAdapterObj<SQLiteAdapter> {
       tables: {},
       // @ts-expect-error - vestiges of when tsconfig was not strict. Feel free to improve
       transactionOptions: args.transactionOptions || undefined,
+      updateJobs,
       updateMany,
       versionsSuffix: args.versionsSuffix || '_v',
 
diff --git a/packages/db-vercel-postgres/src/index.ts b/packages/db-vercel-postgres/src/index.ts
index a96892560..410c7ca9a 100644
--- a/packages/db-vercel-postgres/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/db-vercel-postgres/src/index.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   rollbackTransaction,
   updateGlobal,
   updateGlobalVersion,
+  updateJobs,
   updateMany,
   updateOne,
   updateVersion,
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ export function vercelPostgresAdapter(args: Args = {}): DatabaseAdapterObj<Verce
       tables: {},
       tablesFilter: args.tablesFilter,
       transactionOptions: args.transactionOptions || undefined,
+      updateJobs,
       versionsSuffix: args.versionsSuffix || '_v',
 
       // DatabaseAdapter
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/index.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/index.ts
index 308ccec70..00696e666 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/index.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export { commitTransaction } from './transactions/commitTransaction.js'
 export { rollbackTransaction } from './transactions/rollbackTransaction.js'
 export { updateGlobal } from './updateGlobal.js'
 export { updateGlobalVersion } from './updateGlobalVersion.js'
+export { updateJobs } from './updateJobs.js'
 export { updateMany } from './updateMany.js'
 export { updateOne } from './updateOne.js'
 export { updateVersion } from './updateVersion.js'
diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/updateJobs.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/updateJobs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..050b04bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/updateJobs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import type { UpdateJobs, Where } from 'payload'
+
+import toSnakeCase from 'to-snake-case'
+
+import type { DrizzleAdapter } from './types.js'
+
+import { findMany } from './find/findMany.js'
+import { upsertRow } from './upsertRow/index.js'
+import { getTransaction } from './utilities/getTransaction.js'
+
+export const updateJobs: UpdateJobs = async function updateMany(
+  this: DrizzleAdapter,
+  { id, data, limit: limitArg, req, returning, sort: sortArg, where: whereArg },
+) {
+  const whereToUse: Where = id ? { id: { equals: id } } : whereArg
+  const limit = id ? 1 : limitArg
+
+  const db = await getTransaction(this, req)
+  const collection = this.payload.collections['payload-jobs'].config
+  const tableName = this.tableNameMap.get(toSnakeCase(collection.slug))
+  const sort = sortArg !== undefined && sortArg !== null ? sortArg : collection.defaultSort
+
+  const jobs = await findMany({
+    adapter: this,
+    collectionSlug: 'payload-jobs',
+    fields: collection.flattenedFields,
+    limit: id ? 1 : limit,
+    pagination: false,
+    req,
+    sort,
+    tableName,
+    where: whereToUse,
+  })
+  if (!jobs.docs.length) {
+    return []
+  }
+
+  const results = []
+
+  // TODO: We need to batch this to reduce the amount of db calls. This can get very slow if we are updating a lot of rows.
+  for (const job of jobs.docs) {
+    const updateData = {
+      ...job,
+      ...data,
+    }
+
+    const result = await upsertRow({
+      id: job.id,
+      adapter: this,
+      data: updateData,
+      db,
+      fields: collection.flattenedFields,
+      ignoreResult: returning === false,
+      operation: 'update',
+      req,
+      tableName,
+    })
+    results.push(result)
+  }
+
+  if (returning === false) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return results
+}
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/database/createDatabaseAdapter.ts b/packages/payload/src/database/createDatabaseAdapter.ts
index c2812dff3..dbbdff3b2 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/database/createDatabaseAdapter.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/database/createDatabaseAdapter.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import type {
   RollbackTransaction,
 } from './types.js'
 
+import { defaultUpdateJobs } from './defaultUpdateJobs.js'
 import { createMigration } from './migrations/createMigration.js'
 import { migrate } from './migrations/migrate.js'
 import { migrateDown } from './migrations/migrateDown.js'
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ export function createDatabaseAdapter<T extends BaseDatabaseAdapter>(
     | 'migrateReset'
     | 'migrateStatus'
     | 'migrationDir'
+    | 'updateJobs'
   >,
 ): T {
   return {
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ export function createDatabaseAdapter<T extends BaseDatabaseAdapter>(
     migrateReset,
     migrateStatus,
     rollbackTransaction,
+    updateJobs: defaultUpdateJobs,
 
     ...args,
     // Ensure migrationDir is set
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/database/defaultUpdateJobs.ts b/packages/payload/src/database/defaultUpdateJobs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc66f6a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/payload/src/database/defaultUpdateJobs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import type { BaseJob, DatabaseAdapter } from '../index.js'
+import type { UpdateJobs } from './types.js'
+
+import { jobsCollectionSlug } from '../queues/config/index.js'
+import { sanitizeUpdateData } from '../queues/utilities/sanitizeUpdateData.js'
+
+export const defaultUpdateJobs: UpdateJobs = async function updateMany(
+  this: DatabaseAdapter,
+  { id, data, limit, req, returning, where },
+) {
+  const updatedJobs: BaseJob[] | null = []
+
+  const jobsToUpdate: BaseJob[] = (
+    id
+      ? [
+          await this.findOne({
+            collection: jobsCollectionSlug,
+            req,
+            where: { id: { equals: id } },
+          }),
+        ]
+      : (
+          await this.find({
+            collection: jobsCollectionSlug,
+            limit,
+            pagination: false,
+            req,
+            where,
+          })
+        ).docs
+  ).filter(Boolean) as BaseJob[]
+
+  if (!jobsToUpdate) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  for (const job of jobsToUpdate) {
+    const updateData = {
+      ...job,
+      ...data,
+    }
+    const updatedJob = await this.updateOne({
+      id: job.id,
+      collection: jobsCollectionSlug,
+      data: sanitizeUpdateData({ data: updateData }),
+      req,
+      returning,
+    })
+    updatedJobs.push(updatedJob)
+  }
+
+  return updatedJobs
+}
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/database/types.ts b/packages/payload/src/database/types.ts
index d978e9d1f..55c907b94 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/database/types.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/database/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { TypeWithID } from '../collections/config/types.js'
-import type { CollectionSlug, GlobalSlug } from '../index.js'
+import type { BaseJob, CollectionSlug, GlobalSlug } from '../index.js'
 import type {
   Document,
   JoinQuery,
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ export interface BaseDatabaseAdapter {
 
   updateGlobalVersion: UpdateGlobalVersion
 
+  updateJobs: UpdateJobs
+
   updateMany: UpdateMany
 
   updateOne: UpdateOne
@@ -540,6 +542,32 @@ export type UpdateManyArgs = {
 
 export type UpdateMany = (args: UpdateManyArgs) => Promise<Document[] | null>
 
+export type UpdateJobsArgs = {
+  data: Record<string, unknown>
+  req?: Partial<PayloadRequest>
+  /**
+   * If true, returns the updated documents
+   *
+   * @default true
+   */
+  returning?: boolean
+} & (
+  | {
+      id: number | string
+      limit?: never
+      sort?: never
+      where?: never
+    }
+  | {
+      id?: never
+      limit?: number
+      sort?: Sort
+      where: Where
+    }
+)
+
+export type UpdateJobs = (args: UpdateJobsArgs) => Promise<BaseJob[] | null>
+
 export type UpsertArgs = {
   collection: CollectionSlug
   data: Record<string, unknown>
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/index.ts b/packages/payload/src/index.ts
index 61c24caa9..ad401c8cb 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/index.ts
@@ -1160,6 +1160,8 @@ export type {
   UpdateGlobalArgs,
   UpdateGlobalVersion,
   UpdateGlobalVersionArgs,
+  UpdateJobs,
+  UpdateJobsArgs,
   UpdateMany,
   UpdateManyArgs,
   UpdateOne,
diff --git a/packages/payload/src/queues/utilities/updateJob.ts b/packages/payload/src/queues/utilities/updateJob.ts
index 90867620c..113f4d8a3 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/queues/utilities/updateJob.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/queues/utilities/updateJob.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { ManyOptions } from '../../collections/operations/local/update.js'
-import type { PayloadRequest, Where } from '../../types/index.js'
+import type { UpdateJobsArgs } from '../../database/types.js'
+import type { PayloadRequest, Sort, Where } from '../../types/index.js'
 import type { BaseJob } from '../config/types/workflowTypes.js'
 
 import { jobAfterRead, jobsCollectionSlug } from '../config/index.js'
@@ -17,32 +18,29 @@ type BaseArgs = {
 type ArgsByID = {
   id: number | string
   limit?: never
+  sort?: never
   where?: never
 }
 
+type ArgsWhere = {
+  id?: never
+  limit?: number
+  sort?: Sort
+  where: Where
+}
+
+type RunJobsArgs = (ArgsByID | ArgsWhere) & BaseArgs
+
 /**
  * Convenience method for updateJobs by id
  */
 export async function updateJob(args: ArgsByID & BaseArgs) {
-  const result = await updateJobs({
-    ...args,
-    id: undefined,
-    limit: 1,
-    where: { id: { equals: args.id } },
-  })
+  const result = await updateJobs(args)
   if (result) {
     return result[0]
   }
 }
 
-type ArgsWhere = {
-  id?: never | undefined
-  limit?: number
-  where: Where
-}
-
-type RunJobsArgs = (ArgsByID | ArgsWhere) & BaseArgs
-
 export async function updateJobs({
   id,
   data,
@@ -51,9 +49,12 @@ export async function updateJobs({
   limit: limitArg,
   req,
   returning,
-  where,
+  sort,
+  where: whereArg,
 }: RunJobsArgs): Promise<BaseJob[] | null> {
   const limit = id ? 1 : limitArg
+  const where = id ? { id: { equals: id } } : whereArg
+
   if (depth || req.payload.config?.jobs?.runHooks) {
     const result = await req.payload.update({
       id,
@@ -71,36 +72,24 @@ export async function updateJobs({
     return result.docs as BaseJob[]
   }
 
-  const updatedJobs = []
+  const args: UpdateJobsArgs = id
+    ? {
+        id,
+        data: sanitizeUpdateData({ data }),
+        req: disableTransaction === true ? undefined : req,
+        returning,
+      }
+    : {
+        data: sanitizeUpdateData({ data }),
+        limit,
+        req: disableTransaction === true ? undefined : req,
+        returning,
+        sort,
+        // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-type-assertion
+        where: where as Where,
+      }
 
-  // TODO: this can be optimized in the future - partial updates are supported in mongodb. In postgres,
-  // we can support this by manually constructing the sql query. We should use req.payload.db.updateMany instead
-  // of req.payload.db.updateOne once this is supported
-  const jobsToUpdate = await req.payload.db.find({
-    collection: jobsCollectionSlug,
-    limit,
-    pagination: false,
-    req: disableTransaction === true ? undefined : req,
-    where,
-  })
-  if (!jobsToUpdate?.docs) {
-    return null
-  }
-
-  for (const job of jobsToUpdate.docs) {
-    const updateData = {
-      ...job,
-      ...data,
-    }
-    const updatedJob = await req.payload.db.updateOne({
-      id: job.id,
-      collection: jobsCollectionSlug,
-      data: sanitizeUpdateData({ data: updateData }),
-      req: disableTransaction === true ? undefined : req,
-      returning,
-    })
-    updatedJobs.push(updatedJob)
-  }
+  const updatedJobs: BaseJob[] | null = await req.payload.db.updateJobs(args)
 
   if (returning === false || !updatedJobs?.length) {
     return null