diff --git a/components/automate-deployment/pkg/backup/spec.go b/components/automate-deployment/pkg/backup/spec.go
index e647527aaf74..249c9643a030 100644
--- a/components/automate-deployment/pkg/backup/spec.go
+++ b/components/automate-deployment/pkg/backup/spec.go
@@ -418,7 +418,13 @@ func DefaultSpecs(serviceNames []string) []Spec {
 		},
 		{
 			Name:          "automate-cs-ocid",
-			WriteMetadata: false,
+			WriteMetadata: true,
+			SyncDbsV2: []DatabaseDumpOperationV2{
+				{
+					Name: "automate-cs-ocid",
+					User: "automate-cs-ocid",
+				},
+			},
 		},
 		{
 			Name:          "automate-cs-oc-erchef",