diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/model/Project.java b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/model/Project.java
index c2b6dafbb9..2513e50d17 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/model/Project.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/model/Project.java
@@ -103,11 +103,19 @@
         }),
         @FetchGroup(name = "METRICS_UPDATE", members = {
                 @Persistent(name = "id"),
+                @Persistent(name = "parent"),
+                @Persistent(name = "collectionLogic"),
+                @Persistent(name = "collectionTag"),
                 @Persistent(name = "lastInheritedRiskScore"),
                 @Persistent(name = "uuid")
         }),
         @FetchGroup(name = "PARENT", members = {
                 @Persistent(name = "parent")
+        }),
+        @FetchGroup(name = "PORTFOLIO_METRICS_UPDATE", members = {
+                @Persistent(name = "id"),
+                @Persistent(name = "lastInheritedRiskScore"),
+                @Persistent(name = "uuid")
         })
 })
 @JsonInclude(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
@@ -122,7 +130,8 @@ public enum FetchGroup {
         ALL,
         METADATA,
         METRICS_UPDATE,
-        PARENT
+        PARENT,
+        PORTFOLIO_METRICS_UPDATE
     }
 
     @PrimaryKey
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/metrics/PortfolioMetricsUpdateTask.java b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/metrics/PortfolioMetricsUpdateTask.java
index da40183579..edb2ac5491 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/metrics/PortfolioMetricsUpdateTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/metrics/PortfolioMetricsUpdateTask.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ private List<Project> fetchNextActiveProjectsBatch(final PersistenceManager pm,
 
         // NB: Set fetch group on PM level to avoid fields of the default fetch group from being loaded.
         try (var ignoredPersistenceCustomization = new ScopedCustomization(pm)
-                .withFetchGroup(Project.FetchGroup.METRICS_UPDATE.name())) {
+                .withFetchGroup(Project.FetchGroup.PORTFOLIO_METRICS_UPDATE.name())) {
             return List.copyOf(query.executeList());
         } finally {
             query.closeAll();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/metrics/ProjectMetricsUpdateTask.java b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/metrics/ProjectMetricsUpdateTask.java
index 93c32182c3..a8dae87168 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/metrics/ProjectMetricsUpdateTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dependencytrack/tasks/metrics/ProjectMetricsUpdateTask.java
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ public void inform(final Event e) {
         }
     }
 
-    private void updateMetrics(final UUID uuid) throws Exception {
+    private void updateMetrics(final UUID uuid) {
         final var counters = new Counters();
 
         try (final QueryManager qm = new QueryManager()) {
             final PersistenceManager pm = qm.getPersistenceManager();
 
-            final Project project = qm.getObjectByUuid(Project.class, uuid, List.of(Project.FetchGroup.METRICS_UPDATE.name()));
+            final Project project = fetchProject(pm, uuid);
             if (project == null) {
                 throw new NoSuchElementException("Project " + uuid + " does not exist");
             }
@@ -263,6 +263,20 @@ private void updateLatestVersionChildrenCollectionMetrics(final Project project,
         }
     }
 
+    private Project fetchProject(final PersistenceManager pm, final UUID uuid) {
+        final Query<Project> query = pm.newQuery(Project.class);
+        query.setFilter("uuid == :uuid");
+        query.setParameters(uuid);
+
+        // NB: Set fetch group on PM level to avoid fields of the default fetch group from being loaded.
+        try (var ignoredPersistenceCustomization = new ScopedCustomization(pm)
+                .withFetchGroup(Project.FetchGroup.METRICS_UPDATE.name())) {
+            return query.executeUnique();
+        } finally {
+            query.closeAll();
+        }
+    }
+
     private List<Component> fetchNextComponentsPage(final PersistenceManager pm, final Project project, final Long lastId) {
         final Query<Component> query = pm.newQuery(Component.class);
         if (lastId == null) {