diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 9d4da68..ec3652b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@ Unreleased
 
 *
 
+[0.3.3] - 2023-10-13
+************************************************
+
+Added
+=====
+* Use utility from openedx_events to reset application state before processing
+  event
+
 [0.3.2] - 2023-09-01
 ************************************************
 
diff --git a/edx_event_bus_redis/__init__.py b/edx_event_bus_redis/__init__.py
index dc14858..7d8f35a 100644
--- a/edx_event_bus_redis/__init__.py
+++ b/edx_event_bus_redis/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 from edx_event_bus_redis.internal.consumer import RedisEventConsumer
 from edx_event_bus_redis.internal.producer import create_producer
 
-__version__ = '0.3.2'
+__version__ = '0.3.3'
 
 default_app_config = 'edx_event_bus_redis.apps.EdxEventBusRedisConfig'  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
diff --git a/edx_event_bus_redis/internal/consumer.py b/edx_event_bus_redis/internal/consumer.py
index b968695..d55abb7 100644
--- a/edx_event_bus_redis/internal/consumer.py
+++ b/edx_event_bus_redis/internal/consumer.py
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@
 from typing import Optional
 
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.db import connection
 from edx_django_utils.monitoring import record_exception, set_custom_attribute
 from edx_toggles.toggles import SettingToggle
 from openedx_events.event_bus import EventBusConsumer
 from openedx_events.event_bus.avro.deserializer import deserialize_bytes_to_event_data
-from openedx_events.tooling import OpenEdxPublicSignal
+from openedx_events.tooling import OpenEdxPublicSignal, prepare_for_new_work_cycle
 from redis.exceptions import ConnectionError as RedisConnectionError
 from redis.exceptions import ResponseError
 from walrus import Database
@@ -70,21 +69,6 @@ class EventConsumptionException(Exception):
     """
 
 
-def _reconnect_to_db_if_needed():
-    """
-    Reconnects the db connection if needed.
-
-    This is important because Django only does connection validity/age checks as part of
-    its request/response cycle, which isn't in effect for the consume-loop. If we don't
-    force these checks, a broken connection will remain broken indefinitely. For most
-    consumers, this will cause event processing to fail.
-    """
-    has_connection = bool(connection.connection)
-    requires_reconnect = has_connection and not connection.is_usable()
-    if requires_reconnect:
-        connection.connect()
-
-
 class RedisEventConsumer(EventBusConsumer):
     """
     Construct consumer for the given topic and group. The consumer can then
@@ -240,8 +224,9 @@ def _consume_indefinitely(self):
                         if isinstance(redis_raw_msg, list):
                             redis_raw_msg = redis_raw_msg[0]
                         msg = RedisMessage.parse(redis_raw_msg, self.full_topic)
-                        # Before processing, make sure our db connection is still active
-                        _reconnect_to_db_if_needed()
+                        # Before processing, try to make sure our application state is cleaned
+                        # up as would happen at the start of a Django request/response cycle.
+                        prepare_for_new_work_cycle()
                         self.emit_signals_from_message(msg)
                         consecutive_errors = 0
 
diff --git a/edx_event_bus_redis/internal/tests/test_consumer.py b/edx_event_bus_redis/internal/tests/test_consumer.py
index f2055d7..4ad72ca 100644
--- a/edx_event_bus_redis/internal/tests/test_consumer.py
+++ b/edx_event_bus_redis/internal/tests/test_consumer.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def test_consecutive_error_limit(self):
         assert mock_emit.call_args_list == [call(self.normal_message)] * exception_count
         assert exc_info.value.args == ("Too many consecutive errors, exiting (4 in a row)",)
 
-    @patch('edx_event_bus_redis.internal.consumer.connection')
+    @patch('openedx_events.tooling.connection')
     @ddt.data(
         (False, False, False),  # no connection, don't reconnect
         (True, False, True),  # connection unusable, reconnect expected
diff --git a/requirements/base.in b/requirements/base.in
index 021528e..fea8dc7 100644
--- a/requirements/base.in
+++ b/requirements/base.in
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 -c constraints.txt
 
 Django             # Web application framework
-# openedx-events 8.0.0 removes an argument from consumer initialization
-openedx-events>=8.0.0                   # Events API
+# openedx-events 9.5.0 adds utitily to reset app state
+openedx-events>=9.5.0 # Events API
 edx_django_utils
 edx_toggles