diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
index 92f2f7735b..8971d6e8de 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue/SendingQueue.php
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ use MailPoetVendor\Carbon\Carbon;
 class SendingQueue {
   public $mailerTask;
   public $newsletterTask;
+
+  const TASK_TYPE = 'sending';
   const TASK_BATCH_SIZE = 5;
   const EMAIL_WITH_INVALID_SEGMENT_OPTION = 'mailpoet_email_with_invalid_segment';
 
diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Entities/ScheduledTaskEntity.php b/mailpoet/lib/Entities/ScheduledTaskEntity.php
index 0d20b6e604..3e7f3273f8 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Entities/ScheduledTaskEntity.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Entities/ScheduledTaskEntity.php
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class ScheduledTaskEntity {
   const STATUS_PAUSED = 'paused';
   const STATUS_INVALID = 'invalid';
   const VIRTUAL_STATUS_RUNNING = 'running'; // For historical reasons this is stored as null in DB
-  const TYPE_SENDING = 'sending';
   const PRIORITY_HIGH = 1;
   const PRIORITY_MEDIUM = 5;
   const PRIORITY_LOW = 10;
diff --git a/mailpoet/lib/Newsletter/Sending/ScheduledTasksRepository.php b/mailpoet/lib/Newsletter/Sending/ScheduledTasksRepository.php
index 1b00875c2a..d29857f3be 100644
--- a/mailpoet/lib/Newsletter/Sending/ScheduledTasksRepository.php
+++ b/mailpoet/lib/Newsletter/Sending/ScheduledTasksRepository.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace MailPoet\Newsletter\Sending;
 
+use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\SendingQueue;
 use MailPoet\Doctrine\Repository;
 use MailPoet\Entities\NewsletterEntity;
 use MailPoet\Entities\ScheduledTaskEntity;
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ class ScheduledTasksRepository extends Repository {
       ->orderBy('st.priority', 'ASC')
       ->addOrderBy('st.updatedAt', 'ASC')
       ->setMaxResults($limit)
-      ->setParameter('type', ScheduledTaskEntity::TYPE_SENDING)
+      ->setParameter('type', SendingQueue::TASK_TYPE)
       ->getQuery()
       ->getResult();
   }
diff --git a/mailpoet/tests/integration/Newsletter/Sending/ScheduledTasksRepositoryTest.php b/mailpoet/tests/integration/Newsletter/Sending/ScheduledTasksRepositoryTest.php
index e5778511c4..2a879c2692 100644
--- a/mailpoet/tests/integration/Newsletter/Sending/ScheduledTasksRepositoryTest.php
+++ b/mailpoet/tests/integration/Newsletter/Sending/ScheduledTasksRepositoryTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace MailPoet\Newsletter\Sending;
 
+use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue\SendingQueue as SendingQueueWorker;
 use MailPoet\Entities\ScheduledTaskEntity;
 use MailPoet\Test\DataFactories\ScheduledTask as ScheduledTaskFactory;
 use MailPoet\Test\DataFactories\SendingQueue;
@@ -70,19 +71,19 @@ class ScheduledTasksRepositoryTest extends \MailPoetTest {
 
   public function testItCanGetRunningSendingTasks(): void {
     // running task
-    $task = $this->scheduledTaskFactory->create(ScheduledTaskEntity::TYPE_SENDING, null, Carbon::now()->subDay());
+    $task = $this->scheduledTaskFactory->create(SendingQueueWorker::TASK_TYPE, null, Carbon::now()->subDay());
     $this->sendingQueueFactory->create($task);
     $expectedResult[] = $task;
     // deleted task
-    $task = $this->scheduledTaskFactory->create(ScheduledTaskEntity::TYPE_SENDING, null, Carbon::now()->subDay(), Carbon::now());
+    $task = $this->scheduledTaskFactory->create(SendingQueueWorker::TASK_TYPE, null, Carbon::now()->subDay(), Carbon::now());
     $this->sendingQueueFactory->create($task);
     // without sending queue
-    $this->scheduledTaskFactory->create(ScheduledTaskEntity::TYPE_SENDING, null, Carbon::now()->subDay());
+    $this->scheduledTaskFactory->create(SendingQueueWorker::TASK_TYPE, null, Carbon::now()->subDay());
     // scheduled in future
-    $task = $this->scheduledTaskFactory->create(ScheduledTaskEntity::TYPE_SENDING, ScheduledTaskEntity::STATUS_COMPLETED, Carbon::now()->addDay());
+    $task = $this->scheduledTaskFactory->create(SendingQueueWorker::TASK_TYPE, ScheduledTaskEntity::STATUS_COMPLETED, Carbon::now()->addDay());
     $this->sendingQueueFactory->create($task);
     // wrong status
-    $task = $this->scheduledTaskFactory->create(ScheduledTaskEntity::TYPE_SENDING, ScheduledTaskEntity::STATUS_SCHEDULED, Carbon::now()->subDay());
+    $task = $this->scheduledTaskFactory->create(SendingQueueWorker::TASK_TYPE, ScheduledTaskEntity::STATUS_SCHEDULED, Carbon::now()->subDay());
     $this->sendingQueueFactory->create($task);
 
     $tasks = $this->repository->findRunningSendingTasks();