diff --git a/managed/src/main/java/com/yugabyte/yw/commissioner/tasks/UpdateLoadBalancerConfig.java b/managed/src/main/java/com/yugabyte/yw/commissioner/tasks/UpdateLoadBalancerConfig.java
index cf4ce633fc0..677aae330a0 100644
--- a/managed/src/main/java/com/yugabyte/yw/commissioner/tasks/UpdateLoadBalancerConfig.java
+++ b/managed/src/main/java/com/yugabyte/yw/commissioner/tasks/UpdateLoadBalancerConfig.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.yugabyte.yw.commissioner.tasks;
 
 import com.yugabyte.yw.commissioner.BaseTaskDependencies;
+import com.yugabyte.yw.commissioner.UserTaskDetails.SubTaskGroupType;
 import com.yugabyte.yw.common.PlacementInfoUtil;
 import com.yugabyte.yw.forms.UniverseDefinitionTaskParams;
 import com.yugabyte.yw.models.AvailabilityZone;
@@ -38,9 +39,9 @@ public void run() {
     log.info("Started {} task for univ uuid={}", getName(), taskParams().getUniverseUUID());
     Universe universe = getUniverse();
     try {
-      // Update the universe DB with the changes to be performed and set the 'updateInProgress' flag
-      // to prevent other updates from happening.
-      universe = lockAndFreezeUniverseForUpdate(taskParams().expectedUniverseVersion, null);
+      // Lock the universe but don't freeze it because this task doesn't perform critical updates to
+      // universe metadata.
+      universe = lockUniverse(-1 /* expectedUniverseVersion */);
 
       // Get expected LB config
       Map<LoadBalancerPlacement, LoadBalancerConfig> newLbMap =
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ public void run() {
           };
       saveUniverseDetails(updater);
 
+      createMarkUniverseUpdateSuccessTasks()
+          .setSubTaskGroupType(SubTaskGroupType.ConfigureUniverse);
+
       getRunnableTask().runSubTasks();
     } catch (Exception e) {
       log.error("Task Errored out with: " + e);