diff --git a/engine/src/workers/queue/adapters/rabbitmq/adapter.rs b/engine/src/workers/queue/adapters/rabbitmq/adapter.rs
index e11a082a5..b838be1ae 100644
--- a/engine/src/workers/queue/adapters/rabbitmq/adapter.rs
+++ b/engine/src/workers/queue/adapters/rabbitmq/adapter.rs
@@ -215,6 +215,10 @@ fn delivery_stable_id(delivery: &Delivery) -> String {
     format!("dlq-{:016x}", hasher.finish())
 }
 
+fn subscription_topic(key: &str) -> Option<&str> {
+    key.rsplit_once(':').map(|(topic, _)| topic)
+}
+
 impl Clone for RabbitMQAdapter {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -1194,7 +1198,7 @@ impl QueueAdapter for RabbitMQAdapter {
         let consumer_count = {
             let subs = self.subscriptions.read().await;
             subs.keys()
-                .filter(|key| key.split(':').next().map(|t| t == topic).unwrap_or(false))
+                .filter(|key| subscription_topic(key).map(|t| t == topic).unwrap_or(false))
                 .count() as u64
         };
 
@@ -1210,8 +1214,7 @@ impl QueueAdapter for RabbitMQAdapter {
         let subs = self.subscriptions.read().await;
         let mut topics: HashMap<String, u64> = HashMap::new();
         for key in subs.keys() {
-            // subscription key format is "topic:id"
-            if let Some(topic) = key.split(':').next() {
+            if let Some(topic) = subscription_topic(key) {
                 *topics.entry(topic.to_string()).or_insert(0u64) += 1;
             }
         }
@@ -1227,3 +1230,16 @@ impl QueueAdapter for RabbitMQAdapter {
 }
 
 crate::register_adapter!(<QueueAdapterRegistration> name: "rabbitmq", make_adapter);
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::subscription_topic;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn subscription_topic_preserves_topics_with_colons() {
+        assert_eq!(
+            subscription_topic("orders:v1:123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"),
+            Some("orders:v1")
+        );
+    }
+}