diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/__tests__/worker.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/__tests__/worker.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4aece1b360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/__tests__/worker.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { mockInstance } from '@n8n/backend-test-utils';
+import { Container } from '@n8n/di';
+
+import { Worker } from '../worker';
+
+import { PubSubRegistry } from '@/scaling/pubsub/pubsub.registry';
+import { Subscriber } from '@/scaling/pubsub/subscriber.service';
+import { WorkerStatusService } from '@/scaling/worker-status.service.ee';
+import { RedisClientService } from '@/services/redis-client.service';
+
+mockInstance(RedisClientService);
+mockInstance(PubSubRegistry);
+mockInstance(Subscriber);
+mockInstance(WorkerStatusService);
+
+test('should instantiate WorkerStatusService during orchestration setup', async () => {
+	const containerGetSpy = jest.spyOn(Container, 'get');
+
+	await new Worker().initOrchestration();
+
+	expect(containerGetSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(WorkerStatusService);
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts
index 674ef87217..861647fcb7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/worker.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import type { ScalingService } from '@/scaling/scaling.service';
 import type { WorkerServerEndpointsConfig } from '@/scaling/worker-server';
 
 import { BaseCommand } from './base-command';
+import { WorkerStatusService } from '@/scaling/worker-status.service.ee';
 
 const flagsSchema = z.object({
 	concurrency: z.number().int().default(10).describe('How many jobs can run in parallel.'),
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ export class Worker extends BaseCommand<z.infer<typeof flagsSchema>> {
 
 		Container.get(PubSubRegistry).init();
 		await Container.get(Subscriber).subscribe('n8n.commands');
+		Container.get(WorkerStatusService);
 	}
 
 	async setConcurrency() {