diff --git a/services/domain/Big.Application/ExpireRegistrationWorker.cs b/services/domain/Big.Application/ExpireRegistrationWorker.cs
index a1acc28..b351355 100644
--- a/services/domain/Big.Application/ExpireRegistrationWorker.cs
+++ b/services/domain/Big.Application/ExpireRegistrationWorker.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ public sealed class ExpireRegistrationWorker(IRegistrationStore store, IAclClien
         if (registration.Status is not (RegistrationStatus.Ingediend or RegistrationStatus.InBehandeling))
             return;
 
+        // Cancel the ZGW zaak before advancing the aggregate (mirrors the approval path): if the ACL
+        // call fails it throws, the aggregate stays open, and the job is redelivered (§8.6) — rather
+        // than leaving the aggregate VERLOPEN while the zaak stays open. The status guard above stops a
+        // redelivered job from cancelling the zaak twice (a second resultaat would be a 400). A
+        // registration expired before its zaak was opened has nothing to cancel.
+        if (registration.ZaakUrl is not null)
+            await acl.CancelZaakAsync(registration.ZaakUrl, ct);
+
         registration.Expire();
         await store.SaveAsync(registration, ct);
     }