diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_job/log_injection.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_job/log_injection.rb
index 193f010a148..3b4c1cb9238 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_job/log_injection.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_job/log_injection.rb
@@ -6,17 +6,31 @@ module Contrib
       module ActiveJob
         # Active Job log injection wrapped around job execution
         module LogInjection
-          def self.included(base)
-            base.class_eval do
-              around_perform do |_, block|
-                if Datadog.configuration.tracing.log_injection && logger.respond_to?(:tagged)
-                  logger.tagged(Tracing.log_correlation, &block)
-                else
-                  block.call
+          # Active Job 4 / 5 don't execute `perform_now` at the right point, so we do best effort log correlation tagging
+          module AroundPerformPatch
+            def self.included(base)
+              base.class_eval do
+                around_perform do |_, block|
+                  if Datadog.configuration.tracing.log_injection && logger.respond_to?(:tagged)
+                    logger.tagged(Tracing.log_correlation, &block)
+                  else
+                    block.call
+                  end
                 end
               end
             end
           end
+
+          # Active Job 6+ executes `perform_now` at the right point, so we can provide better log correlation tagging
+          module PerformNowPatch
+            def perform_now
+              if Datadog.configuration.tracing.log_injection && logger.respond_to?(:tagged)
+                logger.tagged(Tracing.log_correlation) { super }
+              else
+                super
+              end
+            end
+          end
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_job/patcher.rb b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_job/patcher.rb
index 15f74e356ff..031d68ff1fe 100644
--- a/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_job/patcher.rb
+++ b/lib/datadog/tracing/contrib/active_job/patcher.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ def patch
 
           def inject_log_correlation
             ::ActiveSupport.on_load(:active_job) do
-              include LogInjection
+              if ::ActiveJob.gem_version < Gem::Version.new('6.0.0')
+                include LogInjection::AroundPerformPatch
+              else
+                include LogInjection::PerformNowPatch
+              end
             end
           end
         end