diff --git a/backend/src/ee/models/auditLog/enums.ts b/backend/src/ee/models/auditLog/enums.ts
index dda49c1cd..5024c8bf5 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/models/auditLog/enums.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/models/auditLog/enums.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 export enum ActorType {
     USER = "user",
-    SERVICE = "service"
+    SERVICE = "service",
+    SERVICE_V3 = "service-v3"
 }
 
 export enum UserAgentType {
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/models/auditLog/types.ts b/backend/src/ee/models/auditLog/types.ts
index 71507212e..44ab909a6 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/models/auditLog/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/models/auditLog/types.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,15 @@ export interface ServiceActor {
     metadata: ServiceActorMetadata;
 }
 
+export interface ServiceActorV3 {
+    type: ActorType.SERVICE_V3;
+    metadata: ServiceActorMetadata;
+}
+
 export type Actor = 
     | UserActor
-    | ServiceActor;
+    | ServiceActor
+    | ServiceActorV3;
 
 interface GetSecretsEvent {
     type: EventType.GET_SECRETS;
diff --git a/backend/src/helpers/auth.ts b/backend/src/helpers/auth.ts
index 58f8c0e15..0345b5c18 100644
--- a/backend/src/helpers/auth.ts
+++ b/backend/src/helpers/auth.ts
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export const getAuthSTDPayload = async ({
 	
 	return {
 		actor: {
-			type: ActorType.SERVICE, // should this be servicev3 bc the shape of it is different?
+			type: ActorType.SERVICE_V3, // should this be servicev3 bc the shape of it is different?
 			metadata: {
 				serviceId: serviceTokenData._id.toString(),
 				name: serviceTokenData.name