diff --git a/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Queue/MongoQueue.php b/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Queue/MongoQueue.php
index 44249456a..369ef6b72 100644
--- a/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Queue/MongoQueue.php
+++ b/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Queue/MongoQueue.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ protected function getNextAvailableJobAndReserve($queue)
         $job = $this->database->getCollection($this->table)->findOneAndUpdate(
             [
                 'queue' => $this->getQueue($queue),
-                'reserved' => 0,
+                'reserved' => ['$ne' => 1],
                 'available_at' => ['$lte' => Carbon::now()->getTimestamp()],
             ],
             [
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ protected function getNextAvailableJobAndReserve($queue)
                     'reserved' => 1,
                     'reserved_at' => Carbon::now()->getTimestamp(),
                 ],
+                '$inc' => [
+                    'attempts' => 1,
+                ],
             ],
             [
                 'returnDocument' => FindOneAndUpdate::RETURN_DOCUMENT_AFTER,
@@ -94,24 +97,15 @@ protected function getNextAvailableJobAndReserve($queue)
     protected function releaseJobsThatHaveBeenReservedTooLong($queue)
     {
         $expiration = Carbon::now()->subSeconds($this->retryAfter)->getTimestamp();
-        $now = time();
 
         $reserved = $this->database->collection($this->table)
             ->where('queue', $this->getQueue($queue))
-            ->where(function ($query) use ($expiration, $now) {
-                // Check for available jobs
-                $query->where(function ($query) use ($now) {
-                    $query->whereNull('reserved_at');
-                    $query->where('available_at', '<=', $now);
-                });
-
-                // Check for jobs that are reserved but have expired
-                $query->orWhere('reserved_at', '<=', $expiration);
-            })->get();
+            ->whereNotNull('reserved_at')
+            ->where('reserved_at', '<=', $expiration)
+            ->get();
 
         foreach ($reserved as $job) {
-            $attempts = $job['attempts'] + 1;
-            $this->releaseJob($job['_id'], $attempts);
+            $this->releaseJob($job['_id'], $job['attempts']);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/QueueTest.php b/tests/QueueTest.php
index 21306bfb1..66075f980 100644
--- a/tests/QueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/QueueTest.php
@@ -63,4 +63,23 @@ public function testFindFailJobNull(): void
 
         $this->assertNull($provider->find(1));
     }
+
+    public function testIncrementAttempts(): void
+    {
+        $job_id = Queue::push('test1', ['action' => 'QueueJobExpired'], 'test');
+        $this->assertNotNull($job_id);
+        $job_id = Queue::push('test2', ['action' => 'QueueJobExpired'], 'test');
+        $this->assertNotNull($job_id);
+
+        $job = Queue::pop('test');
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $job->attempts());
+        $job->delete();
+
+        $others_jobs = Queue::getDatabase()
+            ->table(Config::get('queue.connections.database.table'))
+            ->get();
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $others_jobs);
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $others_jobs[0]['attempts']);
+    }
 }