diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5684d76..6f7106c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -368,6 +368,20 @@ queue.get((err, msg) => {
 })
 ```
 
+### .reEnqueue() ###
+
+Atomically resets a message's tries and ack so it's immediately available again,
+without inserting a new document:
+
+```js
+const msg = await queue.get();
+const id = await queue.reEnqueue(msg.ack);
+// this message is immediately available again, and its tries counter restarts (next get() will return tries=1)
+```
+
+Unlike `.ping(ack, { resetTries: true, resetAck: true })`, this also resets the
+message's visibility immediately, rather than keeping the current window.
+
 ### .total() ###
 
 Returns the total number of messages that has ever been in the queue, including
diff --git a/mongodb-queue.ts b/mongodb-queue.ts
index 8cbd6f0..5903253 100644
--- a/mongodb-queue.ts
+++ b/mongodb-queue.ts
@@ -185,19 +185,11 @@ export class MongoDBQueue<T = any> {
 
   public async ping(ack: string, opts: PingOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
     const visibility = opts.visibility || this.visibility;
-    const query: Filter<Partial<Message<T>>> = {
-      ack: ack,
-      visible: {$gt: now()},
-    };
     const update: UpdateFilter<Message<T>> = {
       $set: {
         visible: nowPlusSecs(visibility),
       },
     };
-    const options = {
-      returnDocument: 'after',
-      includeResultMetadata: true,
-    } satisfies FindOneAndUpdateOptions;
 
     if (opts.resetTries) {
       update.$set = {
@@ -210,18 +202,10 @@ export class MongoDBQueue<T = any> {
       update.$unset = {ack: 1};
     }
 
-    const msg = await this.col.findOneAndUpdate(query, update, options);
-    if (!msg.value) {
-      throw new Error('Queue.ping(): Unidentified ack  : ' + ack);
-    }
-    return '' + msg.value._id;
+    return this.updateByAck(ack, update);
   }
 
   public async ack(ack: string): Promise<string> {
-    const query: Filter<Partial<Message<T>>> = {
-      ack: ack,
-      visible: {$gt: now()},
-    };
     const update: UpdateFilter<Message<T>> = {
       $set: {
         deleted: new Date(),
@@ -230,15 +214,20 @@ export class MongoDBQueue<T = any> {
         visible: 1,
       },
     };
-    const options = {
-      returnDocument: 'after',
-      includeResultMetadata: true,
-    } satisfies FindOneAndUpdateOptions;
-    const msg = await this.col.findOneAndUpdate(query, update, options);
-    if (!msg.value) {
-      throw new Error('Queue.ack(): Unidentified ack : ' + ack);
-    }
-    return '' + msg.value._id;
+    return this.updateByAck(ack, update);
+  }
+
+  public async reEnqueue(ack: string): Promise<string> {
+    const update: UpdateFilter<Message<T>> = {
+      $set: {
+        visible: now(),
+      },
+      $unset: {
+        ack: 1,
+        tries: 1,
+      },
+    };
+    return this.updateByAck(ack, update);
   }
 
   public async clean(): Promise<void> {
@@ -274,4 +263,21 @@ export class MongoDBQueue<T = any> {
       deleted: {$exists: true},
     });
   }
+
+  private async updateByAck(ack: string, update: UpdateFilter<Message<T>>): Promise<string> {
+    const query: Filter<Partial<Message<T>>> = {
+      ack: ack,
+      visible: {$gt: now()},
+    };
+    const options = {
+      returnDocument: 'after',
+      includeResultMetadata: true,
+    } satisfies FindOneAndUpdateOptions;
+
+    const msg = await this.col.findOneAndUpdate(query, update, options);
+    if (!msg.value) {
+      throw new Error('Queue: Unidentified ack : ' + ack);
+    }
+    return '' + msg.value._id;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 927b234..53becc8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@reedsy/mongodb-queue",
-  "version": "8.2.1",
+  "version": "8.3.0",
   "description": "Message queues which uses MongoDB.",
   "main": "mongodb-queue.js",
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/test/re-enqueue.js b/test/re-enqueue.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75712e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/re-enqueue.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+const test = require('tape');
+
+const setup = require('./setup.js');
+const {MongoDBQueue} = require('../');
+
+setup().then(({client, db}) => {
+  test('re-enqueue: message becomes immediately available again, with tries and ack reset', async function(t) {
+    const queue = new MongoDBQueue(db, 're-enqueue', {visibility: 30});
+
+    const id = await queue.add('Hello, World!');
+    const msg = await queue.get();
+
+    const reEnqueuedId = await queue.reEnqueue(msg.ack);
+    t.equal(reEnqueuedId, id, 'Re-enqueue keeps the same document id');
+
+    const requeued = await queue.get();
+    t.ok(requeued, 'Message is immediately available again');
+    t.equal(requeued.id, id, 'Same document id after re-enqueue');
+    t.equal(requeued.tries, 1, 'Tries restarted from zero');
+    t.notEqual(requeued.ack, msg.ack, 'The old ack no longer applies');
+    // ack so it doesn't linger reserved and leak into the next test on this collection
+    await queue.ack(requeued.ack);
+
+    t.end();
+  });
+
+  test("re-enqueue: can't re-enqueue with a stale or unknown ack", async function(t) {
+    const queue = new MongoDBQueue(db, 're-enqueue', {visibility: 30});
+
+    await queue.add('Hello, World!');
+    const msg = await queue.get();
+    await queue.ack(msg.ack);
+
+    const error = await queue.reEnqueue(msg.ack).catch((err) => err);
+    t.ok(error, 'Got an error when re-enqueuing an already-acked message');
+
+    const unknownError = await queue.reEnqueue('unknown-ack').catch((err) => err);
+    t.ok(unknownError, 'Got an error when re-enqueuing an unknown ack');
+
+    t.end();
+  });
+
+  test('client.close()', function(t) {
+    t.pass('client.close()');
+    client.close();
+    t.end();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/setup.js b/test/setup.js
index 59dae7e..8300d5c 100644
--- a/test/setup.js
+++ b/test/setup.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const collections = [
   'dead-queue',
   'queue-2',
   'dead-queue-2',
+  're-enqueue',
 ];
 
 module.exports = async function() {