diff --git a/Changes.md b/Changes.md
index faee5bd2..c8cf07a3 100644
--- a/Changes.md
+++ b/Changes.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2.17.7
+-----------
+
+- Auto-prune jobs older than one hour from the Workers page [#1508]
+
 2.17.6
 -----------
 
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/web.rb b/lib/sidekiq/web.rb
index 2288b4e3..d764633e 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/web.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/web.rb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ module Sidekiq
     end
 
     get "/workers" do
-      erb :index
+      erb :workers
     end
 
     get "/queues" do
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/web_helpers.rb b/lib/sidekiq/web_helpers.rb
index ba881e16..3acecf2b 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/web_helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/web_helpers.rb
@@ -47,13 +47,28 @@ module Sidekiq
       end
     end
 
+    MAX_JOB_DURATION = 60*60
+
     def workers
       @workers ||= begin
         to_rem = []
         workers = Sidekiq.redis do |conn|
           conn.smembers('workers').map do |w|
             msg = conn.get("worker:#{w}")
-            msg ? [w, Sidekiq.load_json(msg)] : (to_rem << w; nil)
+            if !msg
+              to_rem << w
+              nil
+            else
+              m = Sidekiq.load_json(msg)
+              run_at = Time.at(m['run_at'])
+              # prune jobs older than one hour
+              if run_at < (Time.now - MAX_JOB_DURATION)
+                to_rem << w
+                nil
+              else
+                [w, m, run_at]
+              end
+            end
           end.compact.sort { |x| x[1] ? -1 : 1 }
         end
 
diff --git a/web/views/_workers.erb b/web/views/_workers.erb
index 79afb8c8..d5896690 100644
--- a/web/views/_workers.erb
+++ b/web/views/_workers.erb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <th><%= t('Arguments') %></th>
     <th><%= t('Started') %></th>
   </thead>
-  <% workers.each_with_index do |(worker, msg), index| %>
+  <% workers.each_with_index do |(worker, msg, run_at), index| %>
     <tr>
       <td><%= worker %></td>
       <td>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
       <td>
         <div class="args"><%= display_args(msg['payload']['args']) %></div>
       </td>
-      <td><%= relative_time(msg['run_at'].is_a?(Numeric) ? Time.at(msg['run_at']) : Time.parse(msg['run_at'])) %></td>
+      <td><%= relative_time(run_at) %></td>
     </tr>
   <% end %>
 </table>
diff --git a/web/views/index.erb b/web/views/workers.erb
similarity index 100%
rename from web/views/index.erb
rename to web/views/workers.erb