diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/domains/Tenant.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/domains/Tenant.java
index f4a005bbff..e0ad66274d 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/domains/Tenant.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/domains/Tenant.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.checkerframework.common.aliasing.qual.Unique;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Transient;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document;
 
+import java.io.Serial;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 @Getter
@@ -20,6 +21,11 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 @FieldNameConstants
 public class Tenant extends BaseDomain implements Serializable {
 
+    // When changing tenant object, update the serialization version number to ensure that in a multi pod
+    // deployment, new pods only read the new tenant object and not the old one from redis cache.
+    @Serial
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1459916000401322518L;
+
     @Unique String slug;
 
     String displayName;
diff --git a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ce/TenantServiceCEImpl.java b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ce/TenantServiceCEImpl.java
index d37b761f1a..4c4baaa2b2 100644
--- a/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ce/TenantServiceCEImpl.java
+++ b/app/server/appsmith-server/src/main/java/com/appsmith/server/services/ce/TenantServiceCEImpl.java
@@ -194,12 +194,14 @@ public class TenantServiceCEImpl extends BaseService<TenantRepository, Tenant, S
                     log.info("Evicting the default tenant from cache and fetching from the database!");
                     return cacheableRepositoryHelper
                             .evictCachedTenant(tenantId)
-                            .then(repository.findBySlug(FieldName.DEFAULT).map(tenant -> {
-                                if (tenant.getTenantConfiguration() == null) {
-                                    tenant.setTenantConfiguration(new TenantConfiguration());
-                                }
-                                return tenant;
-                            }))
+                            .then(cacheableRepositoryHelper
+                                    .fetchDefaultTenant(tenantId)
+                                    .map(tenant -> {
+                                        if (tenant.getTenantConfiguration() == null) {
+                                            tenant.setTenantConfiguration(new TenantConfiguration());
+                                        }
+                                        return tenant;
+                                    }))
                             .name(FETCH_TENANT_CACHE_POST_DESERIALIZATION_ERROR_SPAN)
                             .tap(Micrometer.observation(observationRegistry))
                             .flatMap(tenant -> repository