diff --git a/src/ChildWorkflowStub.php b/src/ChildWorkflowStub.php
index a0cba64..8b40c17 100644
--- a/src/ChildWorkflowStub.php
+++ b/src/ChildWorkflowStub.php
@@ -60,7 +60,10 @@ public static function make($workflow, ...$arguments): PromiseInterface
                 ->contains(static fn ($argument): bool => $argument instanceof WorkflowOptions);
 
             if (! $hasOptions) {
-                $options = new WorkflowOptions(WorkflowStub::connection(), WorkflowStub::queue());
+                $options = new WorkflowOptions(
+                    $context->storedWorkflow->effectiveConnection(),
+                    $context->storedWorkflow->effectiveQueue()
+                );
 
                 if ($options->connection !== null || $options->queue !== null) {
                     $arguments[] = $options;
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ChildWorkflowStubTest.php b/tests/Unit/ChildWorkflowStubTest.php
index 3aaf74d..2cf4cf4 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/ChildWorkflowStubTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/ChildWorkflowStubTest.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Workflow\Models\StoredWorkflow;
 use Workflow\Serializers\Serializer;
 use Workflow\States\WorkflowPendingStatus;
+use Workflow\WorkflowOptions;
 use Workflow\WorkflowStub;
 
 final class ChildWorkflowStubTest extends TestCase
@@ -160,6 +161,89 @@ public function startAsChild(...$arguments): void
         $this->assertSame(1, WorkflowStub::getContext()->index);
     }
 
+    public function testUsesParentContextForInheritedWorkflowOptions(): void
+    {
+        $childContextStoredWorkflow = Mockery::mock();
+        $childContextStoredWorkflow->shouldNotReceive('effectiveConnection');
+        $childContextStoredWorkflow->shouldNotReceive('effectiveQueue');
+
+        $parentStoredWorkflow = Mockery::mock();
+        $parentStoredWorkflow->shouldReceive('findLogByIndex')
+            ->once()
+            ->with(0)
+            ->andReturn(null);
+        $parentStoredWorkflow->shouldReceive('effectiveConnection')
+            ->once()
+            ->andReturn('sync');
+        $parentStoredWorkflow->shouldReceive('effectiveQueue')
+            ->once()
+            ->andReturn('parent-queue');
+
+        $childWorkflow = Mockery::mock();
+        $childWorkflow->shouldReceive('running')
+            ->once()
+            ->andReturn(false);
+        $childWorkflow->shouldReceive('completed')
+            ->once()
+            ->andReturn(false);
+        $childWorkflow->shouldReceive('startAsChild')
+            ->once()
+            ->withArgs(
+                static function (...$arguments) use ($parentStoredWorkflow): bool {
+                    if (count($arguments) !== 4) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    [$parentWorkflow, $index, $_now, $options] = $arguments;
+
+                    return $parentWorkflow === $parentStoredWorkflow
+                        && $index === 0
+                        && $options instanceof WorkflowOptions
+                        && $options->connection === 'sync'
+                        && $options->queue === 'parent-queue';
+                }
+            );
+
+        $storedChildWorkflow = Mockery::mock();
+        $storedChildWorkflow->shouldReceive('toWorkflow')
+            ->once()
+            ->andReturnUsing(static function () use ($childWorkflow, $childContextStoredWorkflow) {
+                WorkflowStub::setContext([
+                    'storedWorkflow' => $childContextStoredWorkflow,
+                    'index' => 0,
+                    'now' => now(),
+                    'replaying' => false,
+                ]);
+
+                return $childWorkflow;
+            });
+
+        $children = Mockery::mock();
+        $children->shouldReceive('wherePivot')
+            ->once()
+            ->with('parent_index', 0)
+            ->andReturnSelf();
+        $children->shouldReceive('first')
+            ->once()
+            ->andReturn($storedChildWorkflow);
+
+        $parentStoredWorkflow->shouldReceive('children')
+            ->once()
+            ->andReturn($children);
+
+        WorkflowStub::setContext([
+            'storedWorkflow' => $parentStoredWorkflow,
+            'index' => 0,
+            'now' => now(),
+            'replaying' => false,
+        ]);
+
+        ChildWorkflowStub::make(TestChildWorkflow::class);
+
+        $this->assertSame(1, WorkflowStub::getContext()->index);
+        $this->assertSame($parentStoredWorkflow, WorkflowStub::getContext()->storedWorkflow);
+    }
+
     public function testAll(): void
     {
         $workflow = WorkflowStub::load(WorkflowStub::make(TestParentWorkflow::class)->id());