diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index eaf88217..99c739ca 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -309,15 +309,22 @@ description = "Distributed Python job queue with asyncio and redis"
 category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
+develop = false
 
 [package.dependencies]
 croniter = ">=0.3.18"
 redis = ">=4.2.0"
 
 [package.extras]
-dev = ["black (==22.3.0)", "pylint"]
+dev = ["black", "mypy", "pylint", "types-croniter", "types-redis", "types-setuptools"]
 hiredis = ["redis[hiredis] (>=4.2.0)"]
-web = ["aiohttp", "aiohttp-basicauth"]
+web = ["aiohttp", "aiohttp_basicauth"]
+
+[package.source]
+type = "git"
+url = "https://github.com/tobymao/saq.git"
+reference = "HEAD"
+resolved_reference = "877c5dd5a72be4b4c41d9244a6bcd795982e7650"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sentry-sdk"
@@ -496,7 +503,7 @@ python-versions = "*"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "0d3719985709f73528dcd84636c0f9237e8c0466b963c485b336b621a3784529"
+content-hash = "d7664f9f8cbe10f21bb91157feb0036862b3df9e9ed0f97a3400f590760e6c44"
 
 [metadata.files]
 anyio = [
@@ -855,10 +862,7 @@ rfc3986 = [
     {file = "rfc3986-1.5.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a86d6e1f5b1dc238b218b012df0aa79409667bb209e58da56d0b94704e712a97"},
     {file = "rfc3986-1.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:270aaf10d87d0d4e095063c65bf3ddbc6ee3d0b226328ce21e036f946e421835"},
 ]
-saq = [
-    {file = "saq-0.9.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0056ad4d42f639eb5c2d575326ae8ce7ffdec05b8ceeafb83de6e73ccff6fec5"},
-    {file = "saq-0.9.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:73c316c3e7b90e6e4546dec3c4d15926d85b70a71b2fd23df78723ae6a2803e8"},
-]
+saq = []
 sentry-sdk = [
     {file = "sentry-sdk-1.10.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:105faf7bd7b7fa25653404619ee261527266b14103fe1389e0ce077bd23a9691"},
     {file = "sentry_sdk-1.10.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:06c0fa9ccfdc80d7e3b5d2021978d6eb9351fa49db9b5847cf4d1f2a473414ad"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b21d9dd6..34cd3209 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ httpx = "*"
 orjson = "*"
 pydantic = "*"
 redis = "*"
-saq = "*"
+saq = { git = "https://github.com/tobymao/saq.git" }
 sentry-sdk = "*"
 sqlalchemy = "==2.0.0b2"
 starlite = "~=1.32"
diff --git a/src/starlite_saqlalchemy/worker.py b/src/starlite_saqlalchemy/worker.py
index 0ea8ddca..55f0e42b 100644
--- a/src/starlite_saqlalchemy/worker.py
+++ b/src/starlite_saqlalchemy/worker.py
@@ -2,13 +2,16 @@
 import asyncio
 from collections import abc
 from functools import partial
-from typing import Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 import orjson
-import saq  # type:ignore[import]
+import saq
 
 from . import redis
 
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from signal import Signals
+
 __all__ = [
     "Queue",
     "Worker",
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@
 WorkerFunction = abc.Callable[..., abc.Awaitable[Any]]
 
 
-class Queue(saq.Queue):  # type:ignore[misc]
+class Queue(saq.Queue):
     """[SAQ Queue](https://github.com/tobymao/saq/blob/master/saq/queue.py)
 
     Configures `orjson` for JSON serialization/deserialization if not otherwise configured.
@@ -39,11 +42,11 @@ def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
 
-class Worker(saq.Worker):  # type:ignore[misc]
+class Worker(saq.Worker):
     """Modify behavior of saq worker for orchestration by Starlite."""
 
     # same issue: https://github.com/samuelcolvin/arq/issues/182
-    SIGNALS: list[str] = []
+    SIGNALS: list["Signals"] = []
 
     async def on_app_startup(self) -> None:
         """Attach the worker to the running event loop."""
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ async def on_app_startup(self) -> None:
 
 
 def create_worker_instance(
-    functions: abc.Iterable[WorkerFunction | tuple[str, WorkerFunction]]
+    functions: abc.Collection[WorkerFunction | tuple[str, WorkerFunction]]
 ) -> Worker:
     """