diff --git a/backend/.sqlx/query-97048ce0bcabb9baecb80cde5ab3c989e1575fbd20ef22766d2887a86dce15e1.json b/backend/.sqlx/query-97048ce0bcabb9baecb80cde5ab3c989e1575fbd20ef22766d2887a86dce15e1.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c8ab870c76ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.sqlx/query-97048ce0bcabb9baecb80cde5ab3c989e1575fbd20ef22766d2887a86dce15e1.json
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "db_name": "PostgreSQL",
+  "query": "SELECT flow.versions[array_upper(flow.versions, 1)] AS \"version!: i64\"\n                FROM flow WHERE path = $1 AND workspace_id = $2",
+  "describe": {
+    "columns": [
+      {
+        "ordinal": 0,
+        "name": "version!: i64",
+        "type_info": "Int8"
+      }
+    ],
+    "parameters": {
+      "Left": [
+        "Text",
+        "Text"
+      ]
+    },
+    "nullable": [
+      null
+    ]
+  },
+  "hash": "97048ce0bcabb9baecb80cde5ab3c989e1575fbd20ef22766d2887a86dce15e1"
+}
diff --git a/backend/windmill-queue/src/jobs.rs b/backend/windmill-queue/src/jobs.rs
index 1592eebe20428..88d53e50db5fa 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-queue/src/jobs.rs
+++ b/backend/windmill-queue/src/jobs.rs
@@ -3190,35 +3190,34 @@ pub async fn push<'c, 'd>(
             )
         }
         JobPayload::Flow { path, dedicated_worker, apply_preprocessor } => {
+            let mut ntx = tx.into_tx().await?;
             // Fetch the latest version of the flow.
-            // Note that this query is performed within an isolated transaction to secure the
-            // API surface.
-            let version = fetch_scalar_isolated!(
-                sqlx::query_scalar!(
-                    "SELECT flow.versions[array_upper(flow.versions, 1)] AS \"version!: i64\"
-                    FROM flow WHERE path = $1 AND workspace_id = $2",
-                    &path,
-                    &workspace_id
-                ),
-                tx
-            )?
+            let version = sqlx::query_scalar!(
+                "SELECT flow.versions[array_upper(flow.versions, 1)] AS \"version!: i64\"
+                FROM flow WHERE path = $1 AND workspace_id = $2",
+                &path,
+                &workspace_id
+            )
+            .fetch_optional(&mut *ntx)
+            .await?
             .ok_or_else(|| Error::InternalErr(format!("not found flow at path {:?}", path)))?;
 
             // Do not use the lite version unless all workers are updated.
-            // This does not need to be performed within the isolated Tx as checks had been
-            // performed before when the version was fetched.
             let data = if *DISABLE_FLOW_SCRIPT
                 || (!*MIN_VERSION_IS_AT_LEAST_1_432.read().await && !*CLOUD_HOSTED)
             {
-                cache::flow::fetch_version(_db, version).await
+                cache::flow::fetch_version(&mut *ntx, version).await
             } else {
                 // Fallback to the original version if the lite version is not found.
                 // This also prevent a race condition where the flow is run just after deploy and
                 // the lite version is still being created.
-                cache::flow::fetch_version_lite(_db, version)
-                    .or_else(|_| cache::flow::fetch_version(_db, version))
-                    .await
+                match cache::flow::fetch_version_lite(&mut *ntx, version).await {
+                    Ok(data) => Ok(data),
+                    Err(_) => cache::flow::fetch_version(&mut *ntx, version).await,
+                }
             }?;
+            tx = PushIsolationLevel::Transaction(ntx);
+
             let value = data.value()?.clone();
             let priority = value.priority;
             let cache_ttl = value.cache_ttl.map(|x| x as i32);