diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/v3/engineVersion.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/v3/engineVersion.server.ts
index c1a32052ff..0d0c6ecfdb 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/v3/engineVersion.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/v3/engineVersion.server.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { RunEngineVersion, type RuntimeEnvironmentType } from "@trigger.dev/database";
+import { $replica } from "~/db.server";
 import {
-  findCurrentWorkerDeploymentWithoutTasks,
   findCurrentWorkerFromEnvironment,
+  getCurrentWorkerDeploymentEngineVersion,
 } from "./models/workerDeployment.server";
-import { $replica } from "~/db.server";
 
 type Environment = {
   id: string;
@@ -65,10 +65,12 @@ export async function determineEngineVersion({
   }
 
   // Deployed: use the latest deployed BackgroundWorker
-  const currentDeployment = await findCurrentWorkerDeploymentWithoutTasks(environment.id);
-  if (currentDeployment?.type === "V1") {
-    return "V1";
+  const currentDeploymentEngineVersion = await getCurrentWorkerDeploymentEngineVersion(
+    environment.id
+  );
+  if (currentDeploymentEngineVersion) {
+    return currentDeploymentEngineVersion;
   }
 
-  return "V2";
+  return environment.project.engine;
 }
diff --git a/apps/webapp/app/v3/models/workerDeployment.server.ts b/apps/webapp/app/v3/models/workerDeployment.server.ts
index ef44f0e748..74e3fd7b34 100644
--- a/apps/webapp/app/v3/models/workerDeployment.server.ts
+++ b/apps/webapp/app/v3/models/workerDeployment.server.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Prettify } from "@trigger.dev/core";
-import { BackgroundWorker, WorkerDeployment } from "@trigger.dev/database";
+import { BackgroundWorker, RunEngineVersion, WorkerDeployment } from "@trigger.dev/database";
 import {
   CURRENT_DEPLOYMENT_LABEL,
   CURRENT_UNMANAGED_DEPLOYMENT_LABEL,
@@ -91,23 +91,29 @@ export async function findCurrentWorkerDeployment(
   return promotion?.deployment;
 }
 
-export async function findCurrentWorkerDeploymentWithoutTasks(
+export async function getCurrentWorkerDeploymentEngineVersion(
   environmentId: string,
   label = CURRENT_DEPLOYMENT_LABEL
-): Promise<WorkerDeployment | undefined> {
-  const promotion = await prisma.workerDeploymentPromotion.findUnique({
+): Promise<RunEngineVersion | undefined> {
+  const promotion = await prisma.workerDeploymentPromotion.findFirst({
     where: {
-      environmentId_label: {
-        environmentId,
-        label,
-      },
+      environmentId,
+      label,
     },
-    include: {
-      deployment: true,
+    select: {
+      deployment: {
+        select: {
+          type: true,
+        },
+      },
     },
   });
 
-  return promotion?.deployment;
+  if (typeof promotion?.deployment.type === "string") {
+    return promotion.deployment.type === "V1" ? "V1" : "V2";
+  }
+
+  return undefined;
 }
 
 export async function findCurrentUnmanagedWorkerDeployment(
diff --git a/packages/core/src/v3/apiClient/index.ts b/packages/core/src/v3/apiClient/index.ts
index fdeb1e48e6..0bb1c97784 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/v3/apiClient/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/v3/apiClient/index.ts
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ export class ApiClient {
       "Content-Type": "application/json",
       Authorization: `Bearer ${this.accessToken}`,
       "trigger-version": VERSION,
-      "x-trigger-engine-version": taskContext.worker?.engine ?? "V2",
+      "x-trigger-engine-version": "V2",
       ...Object.entries(additionalHeaders ?? {}).reduce(
         (acc, [key, value]) => {
           if (value !== undefined) {