diff --git a/crates/index-scheduler/src/queue/tasks.rs b/crates/index-scheduler/src/queue/tasks.rs
index 74192232e..83c698ebe 100644
--- a/crates/index-scheduler/src/queue/tasks.rs
+++ b/crates/index-scheduler/src/queue/tasks.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,22 @@ impl TaskQueue {
         Ok(self.all_tasks.get(rtxn, &task_id)?)
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn update_task(&self, wtxn: &mut RwTxn, task: &Task) -> Result<()> {
+    /// Update the inverted task indexes and write the new value of the task.
+    ///
+    /// The passed `task` object typically comes from a previous transaction, so two kinds of modification might have occurred:
+    /// 1. Modification to the `task` object after loading it from the DB (the purpose of this method is to persist these changes)
+    /// 2. Modification to the task committed by another transaction in the DB (an annoying consequence of having lost the original
+    ///    transaction from which the `task` instance was deserialized)
+    ///
+    /// When calling this function, this `task` is modified to take into account any existing `network`
+    /// that can have been added since the task was loaded into memory.
+    ///
+    /// Any other modification to the task that was committed from the DB since the parameter was pulled from the DB will be overwritten.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// - CorruptedTaskQueue: The task doesn't exist in the database
+    pub(crate) fn update_task(&self, wtxn: &mut RwTxn, task: &mut Task) -> Result<()> {
         let old_task = self.get_task(wtxn, task.uid)?.ok_or(Error::CorruptedTaskQueue)?;
         let reprocessing = old_task.status != Status::Enqueued;
 
@@ -157,6 +172,12 @@ impl TaskQueue {
             }
         }
 
+        task.network = match (old_task.network, task.network.take()) {
+            (None, None) => None,
+            (None, Some(network)) | (Some(network), None) => Some(network),
+            (Some(_), Some(network)) => Some(network),
+        };
+
         self.all_tasks.put(wtxn, &task.uid, task)?;
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/mod.rs b/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/mod.rs
index b2bb90c0b..c57bbf70d 100644
--- a/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/mod.rs
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
 
                     self.queue
                         .tasks
-                        .update_task(&mut wtxn, &task)
+                        .update_task(&mut wtxn, &mut task)
                         .map_err(|e| Error::UnrecoverableError(Box::new(e)))?;
                 }
                 if let Some(canceled_by) = canceled_by {
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
 
                     self.queue
                         .tasks
-                        .update_task(&mut wtxn, &task)
+                        .update_task(&mut wtxn, &mut task)
                         .map_err(|e| Error::UnrecoverableError(Box::new(e)))?;
                 }
             }