diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/NistApiMirrorTask.java b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/NistApiMirrorTask.java
index 38377bd922..2feddbd9f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/NistApiMirrorTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/NistApiMirrorTask.java
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ private static boolean updateLastModified(final ZonedDateTime lastModifiedDateTi
         }
 
         LOGGER.debug("Latest captured modification date: %s".formatted(lastModifiedDateTime));
-        try (final var qm = new QueryManager().withL2CacheDisabled()) {
+        try (final var qm = new QueryManager()) {
             qm.runInTransaction(() -> {
                 final ConfigProperty property = qm.getConfigProperty(
                         VULNERABILITY_SOURCE_NVD_API_LAST_MODIFIED_EPOCH_SECONDS.getGroupName(),
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/NistApiMirrorTaskTest.java b/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/NistApiMirrorTaskTest.java
index b7e4cb13ea..a10169f6d0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/NistApiMirrorTaskTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/NistApiMirrorTaskTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  */
 package org.dependencytrack.tasks;
 
+import alpine.model.ConfigProperty;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.junit.WireMockRule;
 import org.dependencytrack.PersistenceCapableTest;
 import org.dependencytrack.event.NistApiMirrorEvent;
@@ -233,6 +234,16 @@ public void testInformWithNewVulnerability() throws Exception {
                     assertThat(qm.hasAffectedVersionAttribution(vuln, vs, Source.NVD)).isTrue();
                 }
         );
+
+        // Property is in L1 cache because it was created in the test's setUp method.
+        // Evict L1 cache to reach L2 cache / datastore instead.
+        qm.getPersistenceManager().evictAll();
+        final ConfigProperty lastModifiedProperty = qm.getConfigProperty(
+                VULNERABILITY_SOURCE_NVD_API_LAST_MODIFIED_EPOCH_SECONDS.getGroupName(),
+                VULNERABILITY_SOURCE_NVD_API_LAST_MODIFIED_EPOCH_SECONDS.getPropertyName()
+        );
+        assertThat(lastModifiedProperty).isNotNull();
+        assertThat(lastModifiedProperty.getPropertyValue()).isEqualTo("1691504544");
     }
 
     @Test