diff --git a/extensions/lifecycle/conductor/LifecycleConductor.js b/extensions/lifecycle/conductor/LifecycleConductor.js
index 6456d032f..4bd211eb8 100644
--- a/extensions/lifecycle/conductor/LifecycleConductor.js
+++ b/extensions/lifecycle/conductor/LifecycleConductor.js
@@ -226,10 +226,14 @@ class LifecycleConductor {
     }
 
     _indexesGetOrCreate(task, log, cb) {
-        if (this._bucketSource !== 'mongodb' || !task.isLifecycled) {
+        if (!task.isLifecycled) {
             return process.nextTick(cb, null, lifecycleTaskVersions.v1);
         }
 
+        if (this._bucketSource !== 'mongodb') {
+            return process.nextTick(cb, null, lifecycleTaskVersions.v2);
+        }
+
         const backbeatMetadataProxy = this.clientManager.getBackbeatMetadataProxy(
             this._accountIdCache.get(task.canonicalId));
         if (!backbeatMetadataProxy) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/lifecycle/LifecycleConductor.spec.js b/tests/unit/lifecycle/LifecycleConductor.spec.js
index 1b82032f7..5bebfe27b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lifecycle/LifecycleConductor.spec.js
+++ b/tests/unit/lifecycle/LifecycleConductor.spec.js
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ describe('Lifecycle Conductor', () => {
                     indexesForFeature.lifecycle.v2, // getIndex response
                     null, // metadata proxy error
                     true, // flag for status ofin progress job retrieval
+                    'mongodb',
                 ],
                 [
                     [], // updated job state
@@ -290,6 +291,21 @@ describe('Lifecycle Conductor', () => {
                     lifecycleTaskVersions.v2, // expected version
                 ],
             ],
+            [
+                'should return v2 if backend is not MongoDB',
+                [
+                    [],
+                    null,
+                    null,
+                    true,
+                    'bucketd',
+                ],
+                [
+                    [],
+                    null,
+                    lifecycleTaskVersions.v2,
+                ],
+            ],
             [
                 'should return v1: missing indexes + put indexes',
                 [
@@ -297,6 +313,7 @@ describe('Lifecycle Conductor', () => {
                     [],
                     null,
                     true,
+                    'mongodb',
                 ],
                 [
                     [
@@ -315,6 +332,7 @@ describe('Lifecycle Conductor', () => {
                     [],
                     null,
                     true,
+                    'mongodb',
                 ],
                 [
                     [
@@ -334,6 +352,7 @@ describe('Lifecycle Conductor', () => {
                     [],
                     null,
                     true,
+                    'mongodb',
                 ],
                 [
                     [
@@ -351,6 +370,7 @@ describe('Lifecycle Conductor', () => {
                     [],
                     null,
                     false,
+                    'mongodb',
                 ],
                 [
                     [],
@@ -365,6 +385,7 @@ describe('Lifecycle Conductor', () => {
                     [],
                     new Error('test error'),
                     true,
+                    'mongodb',
                 ],
                 [
                     [],
@@ -376,13 +397,14 @@ describe('Lifecycle Conductor', () => {
 
         tests.forEach(([msg, input, expected]) =>
             it(msg, done => {
-                const [inJobs, getIndexes, mockError, getInProgressSucceeded] = input;
+                const [inJobs, getIndexes, mockError, getInProgressSucceeded, bucektSource] = input;
                 const [expectedJobs, putIndexes, expectedVersion] = expected;
 
                 const client = new BackbeatMetadataProxyMock();
                 conductor.clientManager.getBackbeatMetadataProxy = () => client;
                 conductor.activeIndexingJobsRetrieved = getInProgressSucceeded;
                 conductor.activeIndexingJobs = inJobs;
+                conductor._bucketSource = bucektSource;
                 client.indexesObj = getIndexes;
                 client.error = mockError;