diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/lib.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/lib.rs
index 675aa20245e..9ed3377869c 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ impl ClientArgs {
         if let Some(commit_timeout) = self.commit_timeout {
             builder = builder.commit_timeout(commit_timeout);
         }
+        if self.ingest_v2 {
+            builder = builder.enable_ingest_v2();
+        }
         builder.build()
     }