diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5cfb9864cb50..22b18d6f19f4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ Ref: https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/
 
 ### API Breaking Changes
 
+* (x/staking) [#17481](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17481) Use collections for `UnbondingQueue`:
+    * remove from `Keeper`: `UBDQueueIterator`
+    * remove from `types`: `GetUnbondingDelegationTimeKey`
 * (x/staking) [#17123](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17123) Use collections for `Validators`
 * (x/staking) [#17270](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/pull/17270) Use collections for `UnbondingDelegation`:
     * remove from `types`: `GetUBDsKey`
diff --git a/x/staking/keeper/delegation.go b/x/staking/keeper/delegation.go
index d5824cedcf89..801a370808fb 100644
--- a/x/staking/keeper/delegation.go
+++ b/x/staking/keeper/delegation.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"cosmossdk.io/collections"
-	corestore "cosmossdk.io/core/store"
 	errorsmod "cosmossdk.io/errors"
 	"cosmossdk.io/math"
 	storetypes "cosmossdk.io/store/types"
@@ -347,27 +346,21 @@ func (k Keeper) SetUnbondingDelegationEntry(
 // is a slice of DVPairs corresponding to unbonding delegations that expire at a
 // certain time.
 func (k Keeper) GetUBDQueueTimeSlice(ctx context.Context, timestamp time.Time) (dvPairs []types.DVPair, err error) {
-	store := k.storeService.OpenKVStore(ctx)
-
-	bz, err := store.Get(types.GetUnbondingDelegationTimeKey(timestamp))
-	if bz == nil || err != nil {
-		return []types.DVPair{}, err
+	pairs, err := k.UnbondingQueue.Get(ctx, timestamp)
+	if err != nil {
+		if !errors.Is(err, collections.ErrNotFound) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return []types.DVPair{}, nil
 	}
 
-	pairs := types.DVPairs{}
-	err = k.cdc.Unmarshal(bz, &pairs)
-
 	return pairs.Pairs, err
 }
 
 // SetUBDQueueTimeSlice sets a specific unbonding queue timeslice.
 func (k Keeper) SetUBDQueueTimeSlice(ctx context.Context, timestamp time.Time, keys []types.DVPair) error {
-	store := k.storeService.OpenKVStore(ctx)
-	bz, err := k.cdc.Marshal(&types.DVPairs{Pairs: keys})
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return store.Set(types.GetUnbondingDelegationTimeKey(timestamp), bz)
+	dvPairs := types.DVPairs{Pairs: keys}
+	return k.UnbondingQueue.Set(ctx, timestamp, dvPairs)
 }
 
 // InsertUBDQueue inserts an unbonding delegation to the appropriate timeslice
@@ -379,9 +372,8 @@ func (k Keeper) InsertUBDQueue(ctx context.Context, ubd types.UnbondingDelegatio
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	if len(timeSlice) == 0 {
-		if err = k.SetUBDQueueTimeSlice(ctx, completionTime, []types.DVPair{dvPair}); err != nil {
+		if err := k.SetUBDQueueTimeSlice(ctx, completionTime, []types.DVPair{dvPair}); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		return nil
@@ -391,38 +383,30 @@ func (k Keeper) InsertUBDQueue(ctx context.Context, ubd types.UnbondingDelegatio
 	return k.SetUBDQueueTimeSlice(ctx, completionTime, timeSlice)
 }
 
-// UBDQueueIterator returns all the unbonding queue timeslices from time 0 until endTime.
-func (k Keeper) UBDQueueIterator(ctx context.Context, endTime time.Time) (corestore.Iterator, error) {
-	store := k.storeService.OpenKVStore(ctx)
-	return store.Iterator(types.UnbondingQueueKey,
-		storetypes.InclusiveEndBytes(types.GetUnbondingDelegationTimeKey(endTime)))
-}
-
 // DequeueAllMatureUBDQueue returns a concatenated list of all the timeslices inclusively previous to
 // currTime, and deletes the timeslices from the queue.
 func (k Keeper) DequeueAllMatureUBDQueue(ctx context.Context, currTime time.Time) (matureUnbonds []types.DVPair, err error) {
-	store := k.storeService.OpenKVStore(ctx)
-
-	// gets an iterator for all timeslices from time 0 until the current Blockheader time
-	unbondingTimesliceIterator, err := k.UBDQueueIterator(ctx, currTime)
+	// get an iterator for all timeslices from time 0 until the current Blockheader time
+	iter, err := k.UnbondingQueue.Iterate(ctx, (&collections.Range[time.Time]{}).EndInclusive(currTime))
 	if err != nil {
 		return matureUnbonds, err
 	}
-	defer unbondingTimesliceIterator.Close()
+	defer iter.Close()
 
-	for ; unbondingTimesliceIterator.Valid(); unbondingTimesliceIterator.Next() {
-		timeslice := types.DVPairs{}
-		value := unbondingTimesliceIterator.Value()
-		if err = k.cdc.Unmarshal(value, &timeslice); err != nil {
+	for ; iter.Valid(); iter.Next() {
+		timeslice, err := iter.Value()
+		if err != nil {
 			return matureUnbonds, err
 		}
 
 		matureUnbonds = append(matureUnbonds, timeslice.Pairs...)
-
-		if err = store.Delete(unbondingTimesliceIterator.Key()); err != nil {
+		key, err := iter.Key()
+		if err != nil {
+			return matureUnbonds, err
+		}
+		if err = k.UnbondingQueue.Remove(ctx, key); err != nil {
 			return matureUnbonds, err
 		}
-
 	}
 
 	return matureUnbonds, nil
diff --git a/x/staking/keeper/keeper.go b/x/staking/keeper/keeper.go
index 792b447e51f4..74543035580e 100644
--- a/x/staking/keeper/keeper.go
+++ b/x/staking/keeper/keeper.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package keeper
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"cosmossdk.io/collections"
 	collcodec "cosmossdk.io/collections/codec"
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ type Keeper struct {
 	Redelegations               collections.Map[collections.Triple[[]byte, []byte, []byte], types.Redelegation]
 	Delegations                 collections.Map[collections.Pair[sdk.AccAddress, sdk.ValAddress], types.Delegation]
 	UnbondingIndex              collections.Map[uint64, []byte]
+	UnbondingQueue              collections.Map[time.Time, types.DVPairs]
 	Validators                  collections.Map[[]byte, types.Validator]
 	UnbondingDelegations        collections.Map[collections.Pair[[]byte, []byte], types.UnbondingDelegation]
 	RedelegationsByValDst       collections.Map[collections.Triple[[]byte, []byte, []byte], []byte]
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ func NewKeeper(
 			codec.CollValue[types.Redelegation](cdc),
 		),
 		UnbondingIndex: collections.NewMap(sb, types.UnbondingIndexKey, "unbonding_index", collections.Uint64Key, collections.BytesValue),
+		UnbondingQueue: collections.NewMap(sb, types.UnbondingQueueKey, "unbonidng_queue", sdk.TimeKey, codec.CollValue[types.DVPairs](cdc)),
 		// key format is: 53 | lengthPrefixedBytes(SrcValAddr) | lengthPrefixedBytes(AccAddr) | lengthPrefixedBytes(DstValAddr)
 		RedelegationsByValSrc: collections.NewMap(
 			sb, types.RedelegationByValSrcIndexKey,
diff --git a/x/staking/keeper/keeper_test.go b/x/staking/keeper/keeper_test.go
index 66f0227a89f4..bba448548031 100644
--- a/x/staking/keeper/keeper_test.go
+++ b/x/staking/keeper/keeper_test.go
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@ func getUBDKey(delAddr sdk.AccAddress, valAddr sdk.ValAddress) []byte {
 	return append(append(unbondingDelegationKey, addresstypes.MustLengthPrefix(delAddr)...), addresstypes.MustLengthPrefix(valAddr)...)
 }
 
+// getUnbondingDelegationTimeKey creates the prefix for all unbonding delegations from a delegator
+func getUnbondingDelegationTimeKey(timestamp time.Time) []byte {
+	bz := sdk.FormatTimeBytes(timestamp)
+	unbondingQueueKey := []byte{0x41}
+	return append(unbondingQueueKey, bz...)
+}
+
 // getValidatorKey creates the key for the validator with address
 // VALUE: staking/Validator
 func getValidatorKey(operatorAddr sdk.ValAddress) []byte {
@@ -299,8 +306,34 @@ func (s *KeeperTestSuite) TestUnbondingDelegationsMigrationToColls() {
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
 }
 
-func TestKeeperTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
-	suite.Run(t, new(KeeperTestSuite))
+func (s *KeeperTestSuite) TestUBDQueueMigrationToColls() {
+	s.SetupTest()
+
+	err := testutil.DiffCollectionsMigration(
+		s.ctx,
+		s.key,
+		100,
+		func(i int64) {
+			date := time.Date(2023, 8, 21, 14, 33, 1, 0, &time.Location{})
+			// legacy Set method
+			s.ctx.KVStore(s.key).Set(getUnbondingDelegationTimeKey(date), []byte{})
+		},
+		"7b8965aacc97646d6766a5a53bae397fe149d1c98fed027bea8774a18621ce6a",
+	)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+
+	err = testutil.DiffCollectionsMigration(
+		s.ctx,
+		s.key,
+		100,
+		func(i int64) {
+			date := time.Date(2023, 8, 21, 14, 33, 1, 0, &time.Location{})
+			err := s.stakingKeeper.SetUBDQueueTimeSlice(s.ctx, date, nil)
+			s.Require().NoError(err)
+		},
+		"7b8965aacc97646d6766a5a53bae397fe149d1c98fed027bea8774a18621ce6a",
+	)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
 }
 
 func (s *KeeperTestSuite) TestValidatorsMigrationToColls() {
@@ -362,3 +395,7 @@ func (s *KeeperTestSuite) TestValidatorsMigrationToColls() {
 	)
 	s.Require().NoError(err)
 }
+
+func TestKeeperTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(KeeperTestSuite))
+}
diff --git a/x/staking/migrations/v2/store_test.go b/x/staking/migrations/v2/store_test.go
index c7a933c43036..8baeb3193695 100644
--- a/x/staking/migrations/v2/store_test.go
+++ b/x/staking/migrations/v2/store_test.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func TestStoreMigration(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			"UnbondingQueueKey",
 			v1.GetUnbondingDelegationTimeKey(now),
-			types.GetUnbondingDelegationTimeKey(now),
+			getUnbondingDelegationTimeKey(now),
 		},
 		{
 			"RedelegationQueueKey",
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ func TestStoreMigration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func getUnbondingDelegationTimeKey(timestamp time.Time) []byte {
+	bz := sdk.FormatTimeBytes(timestamp)
+	return append(types.UnbondingQueueKey, bz...)
+}
+
 func getValidatorKey(operatorAddr sdk.ValAddress) []byte {
 	return append(types.ValidatorsKey, sdkaddress.MustLengthPrefix(operatorAddr)...)
 }
diff --git a/x/staking/types/keys.go b/x/staking/types/keys.go
index 3e4c08427bd3..19c9627decd5 100644
--- a/x/staking/types/keys.go
+++ b/x/staking/types/keys.go
@@ -50,9 +50,9 @@ var (
 	UnbondingIndexKey = collections.NewPrefix(56) // prefix for an index for looking up unbonding operations by their IDs
 	UnbondingTypeKey  = collections.NewPrefix(57) // prefix for an index containing the type of unbonding operations
 
-	UnbondingQueueKey    = []byte{0x41} // prefix for the timestamps in unbonding queue
-	RedelegationQueueKey = []byte{0x42} // prefix for the timestamps in redelegations queue
-	ValidatorQueueKey    = []byte{0x43} // prefix for the timestamps in validator queue
+	UnbondingQueueKey    = collections.NewPrefix(65) // prefix for the timestamps in unbonding queue
+	RedelegationQueueKey = []byte{0x42}              // prefix for the timestamps in redelegations queue
+	ValidatorQueueKey    = []byte{0x43}              // prefix for the timestamps in validator queue
 
 	HistoricalInfoKey   = collections.NewPrefix(80) // prefix for the historical info
 	ValidatorUpdatesKey = collections.NewPrefix(97) // prefix for the end block validator updates key
@@ -221,12 +221,6 @@ func GetUBDsByValIndexKey(valAddr sdk.ValAddress) []byte {
 	return append(UnbondingDelegationByValIndexKey, address.MustLengthPrefix(valAddr)...)
 }
 
-// GetUnbondingDelegationTimeKey creates the prefix for all unbonding delegations from a delegator
-func GetUnbondingDelegationTimeKey(timestamp time.Time) []byte {
-	bz := sdk.FormatTimeBytes(timestamp)
-	return append(UnbondingQueueKey, bz...)
-}
-
 // GetREDKey returns a key prefix for indexing a redelegation from a delegator
 // and source validator to a destination validator.
 func GetREDKey(delAddr sdk.AccAddress, valSrcAddr, valDstAddr sdk.ValAddress) []byte {