diff --git a/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Queue/MongoQueue.php b/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Queue/MongoQueue.php
index 369ef6b72..fd313977e 100644
--- a/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Queue/MongoQueue.php
+++ b/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Queue/MongoQueue.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Queue\DatabaseQueue;
+use Illuminate\Queue\Jobs\DatabaseJob;
 use Jenssegers\Mongodb\Connection;
 use MongoDB\Operation\FindOneAndUpdate;
 
@@ -131,4 +132,41 @@ public function deleteReserved($queue, $id)
     {
         $this->database->collection($this->table)->where('_id', $id)->delete();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $queue
+     * @param DatabaseJob $job
+     * @param int $delay
+     *
+     * @return object|null
+     */
+    public function release($queue, $job, $delay)
+    {
+        $result = $this->database->getCollection($this->table)->findOneAndUpdate(
+            [
+                '_id' => $job->getJobId(),
+            ],
+            [
+                '$set' => [
+                    'queue' => $queue,
+                    'reserved' => 0,
+                    'reserved_at' => null,
+                    'available_at' => Carbon::now()->addRealSeconds($delay)->getTimestamp(),
+                ],
+            ],
+            [
+                'returnDocument' => FindOneAndUpdate::RETURN_DOCUMENT_AFTER
+            ]
+        );
+
+        return $result->_id ?? null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    public function deleteAndRelease($queue, $job, $delay)
+    {
+        $this->release($queue, $job, $delay);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/QueueTest.php b/tests/QueueTest.php
index 5b07c9492..953dce3af 100644
--- a/tests/QueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/QueueTest.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use Jenssegers\Mongodb\Queue\Failed\MongoFailedJobProvider;
+use Jenssegers\Mongodb\Queue\MongoQueue;
 
 class QueueTest extends TestCase
 {
@@ -103,4 +104,46 @@ public function testIncrementAttempts(): void
         $this->assertCount(1, $others_jobs);
         $this->assertEquals(0, $others_jobs[0]['attempts']);
     }
+
+    public function testQueueJobRelease(): void
+    {
+        $queue = 'test_queue';
+        $released_to_queue = 'test_queue';
+        $delay = 1234;
+
+        $id = Queue::push('test', [], $queue);
+        $job = Queue::pop($queue);
+
+        $released_job_id = Queue::release($released_to_queue, $job, $delay);
+        $this->assertEquals($id, $released_job_id);
+
+        $result = Queue::getDatabase()
+            ->table(Config::get('queue.connections.database.table'))
+            ->where('_id', $released_job_id)
+            ->first();
+
+        $this->assertEquals($released_to_queue, $result['queue']);
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $result['attempts']);
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $result['reserved']);
+        $this->assertNull($result['reserved_at']);
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            Carbon::now()->addRealSeconds($delay)->getTimestamp(),
+            $result['available_at']
+        );
+        $this->assertEquals(Carbon::now()->getTimestamp(), $result['created_at']);
+        $this->assertEquals($job->getRawBody(), $result['payload']);
+    }
+
+    public function testQueueJobDeleteAndRelease(): void
+    {
+        $mock = Mockery::mock(MongoQueue::class)->makePartial();
+
+        $queue = 'queue_name';
+        $job = '';
+        $delay = 1234;
+
+        //Skip parent method (uses transactions) - call release() method
+        $mock->shouldReceive('release')->once()->with($queue, $job, $delay);
+        $mock->deleteAndRelease($queue, $job, $delay);
+    }
 }