diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 6b27958..bc95993 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9),
                python3-setuptools,
                python3-sqlalchemy (>= 1.0),
                python3-swh.core,
-               python3-swh.scheduler (>= 0.0.30~),
+               python3-swh.scheduler (>= 0.0.31~),
                python3-swh.storage,
                python3-swh.storage.schemata,
                python3-testing.postgresql,
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ Homepage: https://forge.softwareheritage.org/source/swh-lister/
 
 Package: python3-swh.lister
 Architecture: all
-Depends: python3-swh.scheduler (>= 0.0.30~),
+Depends: python3-swh.scheduler (>= 0.0.31~),
          ${misc:Depends},
          ${python3:Depends}
 Breaks: python3-swh.lister.github
diff --git a/requirements-swh.txt b/requirements-swh.txt
index e4f6ba1..e1ba1af 100644
--- a/requirements-swh.txt
+++ b/requirements-swh.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 swh.core
 swh.storage[schemata] >= 0.0.76
-swh.scheduler >= 0.0.30
+swh.scheduler >= 0.0.31
diff --git a/swh/lister/core/lister_base.py b/swh/lister/core/lister_base.py
index 46ad64d..60074dd 100644
--- a/swh/lister/core/lister_base.py
+++ b/swh/lister/core/lister_base.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from sqlalchemy import create_engine, func
 from sqlalchemy.orm import sessionmaker
 
 from swh.core import config
-from swh.scheduler import get_scheduler
+from swh.scheduler import get_scheduler, utils
 from swh.storage import get_storage
 
 from .abstractattribute import AbstractAttribute
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class SWHListerBase(abc.ABC, config.SWHConfig):
             'url': origin_url,
         }
 
-    def task_dict(self, origin_type, origin_url):
+    def task_dict(self, origin_type, origin_url, **kwargs):
         """Return special dict format for the tasks list
 
         Args:
@@ -401,16 +401,9 @@ class SWHListerBase(abc.ABC, config.SWHConfig):
         Returns:
             the same information in a different form
         """
-        return {
-            'type': 'origin-update-%s' % origin_type,
-            'arguments': {
-                'args': [
-                    origin_url,
-                ],
-                'kwargs': {},
-            },
-            'next_run': utcnow(),
-        }
+        _type = 'origin-update-%s' % origin_type
+        _policy = 'recurring'
+        return utils.create_task_dict(_type, _policy, origin_url)
 
     def string_pattern_check(self, a, b, c=None):
         """When comparing indexable types in is_within_bounds, complex strings
@@ -473,7 +466,7 @@ class SWHListerBase(abc.ABC, config.SWHConfig):
                 )
             if not ir.task_id:
                 ir.task_id = self.scheduler.create_tasks(
-                    [self.task_dict(m['origin_type'], m['origin_url'])]
+                    [self.task_dict(**m)]
                 )[0]['id']
 
     def ingest_data(self, identifier, checks=False):