diff --git a/src/api/specs/WorkflowsAPI.yaml b/src/api/specs/WorkflowsAPI.yaml
index 46097b7b..73dd7d22 100644
--- a/src/api/specs/WorkflowsAPI.yaml
+++ b/src/api/specs/WorkflowsAPI.yaml
@@ -2123,8 +2123,6 @@ components:
         pipeline_run_uuid:
           type: string
           format: uuid
-        acquired:
-          type: boolean
         created_at:
           type: string
         acquired_at:
diff --git a/src/api/src/backend/serializers/PipelineLockAcquisitionResponseSerializer.py b/src/api/src/backend/serializers/PipelineLockAcquisitionResponseSerializer.py
index 92e5b1f1..9fda6000 100644
--- a/src/api/src/backend/serializers/PipelineLockAcquisitionResponseSerializer.py
+++ b/src/api/src/backend/serializers/PipelineLockAcquisitionResponseSerializer.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 from backend.serializers import UUIDSerializer
-from backend.conf.constants import DATETIME_FORMAT
 
 
 class PipelineLockAcquisitionResponseSerializer:
     @staticmethod
     def serialize(pipeline_lock, message):
         return {
-            "acquired": pipeline_lock.acquired,
+            "acquired": pipeline_lock.acquired_at != None,
             "message": message,
             "pipeline_lock_uuid": UUIDSerializer.serialize(pipeline_lock.uuid)
         }
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diff --git a/src/api/src/backend/serializers/PipelineLockModelSerializer.py b/src/api/src/backend/serializers/PipelineLockModelSerializer.py
index 3a6020c4..34c62229 100644
--- a/src/api/src/backend/serializers/PipelineLockModelSerializer.py
+++ b/src/api/src/backend/serializers/PipelineLockModelSerializer.py
@@ -7,17 +7,15 @@
 class PipelineLockModelSerializer:
     @staticmethod
     def serialize(model):
-        lock = model_to_dict(model)
-        lock["uuid"] = UUIDSerializer.serialize(lock["uuid"])
-        lock["created_at"] = lock["created_at"].strftime(DATETIME_FORMAT)
+        lock = {}
+        lock["uuid"] = UUIDSerializer.serialize(lock.uuid)
+        lock["created_at"] = lock.created_at.strftime(DATETIME_FORMAT)
+        lock["expires_in"] = lock.expires_in
 
-        if lock["acquired_at"] != None:
-            lock["acquired_at"] = lock["acquired_at"].strftime(DATETIME_FORMAT)
+        if lock.acquired_at != None:
+            lock["acquired_at"] = lock.acquired_at.strftime(DATETIME_FORMAT)
 
         lock["pipeline_id"] = model.pipeline.id
-        del lock["pipeline"]
-
         lock["pipeline_run_uuid"] = UUIDSerializer.serialize(model.pipeline_run.uuid)
-        del lock["pipeline_run"]
 
         return lock
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diff --git a/src/api/src/backend/views/PipelineLocks.py b/src/api/src/backend/views/PipelineLocks.py
index 98c65d23..8a5285ac 100644
--- a/src/api/src/backend/views/PipelineLocks.py
+++ b/src/api/src/backend/views/PipelineLocks.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ def post(self, request, group_id, pipeline_id):
 
             # Check to see if the pipeline run associated with the current 
             # pipeline lock attempt is the next in the queue. If so, update the
-            # pipeline lock's 'acquired' property to 'true'
+            # pipeline lock's 'acquired_at' property
             if pipeline_lock.pipeline_run.uuid == competing_runs[0]:
                 acquired_at = timezone.now()
                 pipeline_lock.object.update(acquired_at=acquired_at)
@@ -186,6 +186,8 @@ def get(self, request, group_id, pipeline_id, pipeline_lock_uuid=None, *_,  **__
                 id=pipeline_id
             ).prefetch_related(
                 "pipelinelocks"
+                "pipeline__pipeline"
+                "pipelinelocks__pipeline_run"
             ).first()
 
             # Return if BadRequest if no pipeline found