diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_file_moves.py b/src/documents/tests/test_file_moves.py
index ce6829dbfa..3106063af7 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_file_moves.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_file_moves.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 import pytest
 from asgiref.sync import async_to_sync
 from asgiref.sync import sync_to_async
+from celery.contrib.django.task import DjangoTask
 from django.db import transaction
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.http import HttpResponse
@@ -777,10 +778,12 @@ class TestCeleryTaskScope:
             - A registered task is inspected
         THEN:
             - It runs through FileMoveScopedTask
+            - It keeps Celery's DjangoTask API, such as delay_on_commit
         """
         from paperless.celery import FileMoveScopedTask
 
         assert isinstance(bulk_update_documents, FileMoveScopedTask)
+        assert isinstance(bulk_update_documents, DjangoTask)
 
     def test_failing_task_still_moves_committed_change(
         self,
diff --git a/src/paperless/celery.py b/src/paperless/celery.py
index dab9217a07..cc2dd81799 100644
--- a/src/paperless/celery.py
+++ b/src/paperless/celery.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 
 from celery import Celery
-from celery import Task
+from celery.contrib.django.task import DjangoTask
 from celery.signals import worker_process_init
 from kombu.serialization import register
 
@@ -28,12 +28,15 @@ register(
 )
 
 
-class FileMoveScopedTask(Task):
+class FileMoveScopedTask(DjangoTask):
     """
     Run every task inside a document file move scope, so each document a task
     changes is moved once when the task ends, after its writes have committed.
     The scope also flushes when the task raises, for writes that committed
     before the failure.
+
+    Subclasses DjangoTask because a custom task_cls replaces the Django fixup's
+    default, and delay_on_commit lives there.
     """
 
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):