diff --git a/apps/web/src/pages/api/jobs/[[...handler]].ts b/apps/web/src/pages/api/jobs/[[...handler]].ts
index 7b4d1087f..13d082d66 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/pages/api/jobs/[[...handler]].ts
+++ b/apps/web/src/pages/api/jobs/[[...handler]].ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { jobsClient } from '@documenso/lib/jobs/client';
-import '@documenso/lib/jobs/definitions';
 
 export const config = {
   maxDuration: 300,
diff --git a/packages/lib/jobs/client/_internal/job.ts b/packages/lib/jobs/client/_internal/job.ts
index c2bee58c5..7e0a202bf 100644
--- a/packages/lib/jobs/client/_internal/job.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/jobs/client/_internal/job.ts
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@ import type { Json } from './json';
 export const ZTriggerJobOptionsSchema = z.object({
   id: z.string().optional(),
   name: z.string(),
-  payload: z.any().refine((x) => x !== undefined, { message: 'payload is required' }),
+  payload: z.unknown().refine((x) => x !== undefined, { message: 'payload is required' }),
   timestamp: z.number().optional(),
 });
 
 // The Omit is a temporary workaround for a "bug" in the zod library
 // @see: https://github.com/colinhacks/zod/issues/2966
 export type TriggerJobOptions = Omit<z.infer<typeof ZTriggerJobOptionsSchema>, 'payload'> & {
-  // Don't tell the feds
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-  payload: any;
+  payload: unknown;
 };
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
diff --git a/packages/lib/jobs/client/local.ts b/packages/lib/jobs/client/local.ts
index e48e69f5d..6a7f99c60 100644
--- a/packages/lib/jobs/client/local.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/jobs/client/local.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ import { BackgroundJobStatus, Prisma } from '@documenso/prisma/client';
 import { NEXT_PUBLIC_WEBAPP_URL } from '../../constants/app';
 import { sign } from '../../server-only/crypto/sign';
 import { verify } from '../../server-only/crypto/verify';
-import type { JobDefinition, JobRunIO, TriggerJobOptions } from './_internal/job';
+import {
+  type JobDefinition,
+  type JobRunIO,
+  type TriggerJobOptions,
+  ZTriggerJobOptionsSchema,
+} from './_internal/job';
 import type { Json } from './_internal/json';
 import { BaseJobProvider } from './base';
 
@@ -59,7 +64,8 @@ export class LocalJobProvider extends BaseJobProvider {
             jobId: job.id,
             name: job.name,
             version: job.version,
-            payload: options.payload,
+            // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions
+            payload: options.payload as Prisma.InputJsonValue,
           },
         });
 
@@ -80,7 +86,16 @@ export class LocalJobProvider extends BaseJobProvider {
         const isRetry = req.headers['x-job-retry'] !== undefined;
 
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions
-        const options = (await json(req)) as TriggerJobOptions;
+        const options = await json(req)
+          .then(async (data) => ZTriggerJobOptionsSchema.parseAsync(data))
+          // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-assertions
+          .then((data) => data as TriggerJobOptions)
+          .catch(() => null);
+
+        if (!options) {
+          res.status(400).send('Bad request');
+          return;
+        }
 
         const definition = this._jobDefinitions[options.name];