diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e63da16c..e2e01406 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Resuming an already unpaused queue is now fully an no-op, and won't touch the row's `updated_at` like it (unintentionally) did before. [PR #870](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/870).
 - Suppress an error log line from the producer that may occur on normal shutdown when operating in poll-only mode. [PR #896](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/896).
 - Added missing help documentation for CLI command `river migrate-list`. [PR #903](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/903).
+- Correct handling an explicit schema in the reindexer maintenance service. [PR #916](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/pull/916).
 
 ## [0.22.0] - 2025-05-10
 
diff --git a/internal/maintenance/reindexer.go b/internal/maintenance/reindexer.go
index 1de4b0cf..9f868f8b 100644
--- a/internal/maintenance/reindexer.go
+++ b/internal/maintenance/reindexer.go
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func (s *Reindexer) reindexOne(ctx context.Context, indexName string) error {
 
 	var maybeSchema string
 	if s.Config.Schema != "" {
-		maybeSchema = "." + s.Config.Schema
+		maybeSchema = s.Config.Schema + "."
 	}
 
 	_, err := s.exec.Exec(ctx, "REINDEX INDEX CONCURRENTLY "+maybeSchema+indexName)
diff --git a/internal/maintenance/reindexer_test.go b/internal/maintenance/reindexer_test.go
index f71f6cb5..2519c351 100644
--- a/internal/maintenance/reindexer_test.go
+++ b/internal/maintenance/reindexer_test.go
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ func TestReindexer(t *testing.T) {
 		startstoptest.Stress(ctx, t, svc)
 	})
 
+	t.Run("ReindexesOne", func(t *testing.T) {
+		t.Parallel()
+
+		svc, _ := setup(t)
+
+		for _, indexName := range svc.Config.IndexNames {
+			require.NoError(t, svc.reindexOne(ctx, indexName))
+		}
+	})
+
 	t.Run("ReindexesEachIndex", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()