diff --git a/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewUnitTests/APIRevisionsManagerTests.cs b/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewUnitTests/APIRevisionsManagerTests.cs
index 93852508340..df8bfd7fd66 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewUnitTests/APIRevisionsManagerTests.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewUnitTests/APIRevisionsManagerTests.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 using APIViewWeb.Managers.Interfaces;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using APIViewWeb.Hubs;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using APIViewWeb.Managers;
@@ -32,13 +33,15 @@ public APIRevisionsManagerTests()
             IBlobOriginalsRepository blobOriginalRepository = new Mock<IBlobOriginalsRepository>().Object;
             INotificationManager notificationManager = new Mock<INotificationManager>().Object;
             TelemetryClient telemetryClient = new Mock<TelemetryClient>().Object;
+            IConfiguration configuration = new ConfigurationBuilder().Build();
             
             _apiRevisionsManager = new APIRevisionsManager(
                 authorizationService: authorizationService, reviewsRepository: cosmosReviewRepository,
                 apiRevisionsRepository: cosmosAPIRevisionsRepository, signalRHubContext: signalRHub,
                 languageServices: languageServices, devopsArtifactRepository: devopsArtifactRepository,
                 codeFileManager: codeFileManager, codeFileRepository: blobCodeFileRepository,
-                originalsRepository: blobOriginalRepository, notificationManager: notificationManager, telemetryClient: telemetryClient);    
+                originalsRepository: blobOriginalRepository, notificationManager: notificationManager, telemetryClient: telemetryClient,
+                configuration: configuration);    
         }
 
         // GetLatestAPIRevisionsAsync
diff --git a/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewWeb/Managers/APIRevisionsManager.cs b/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewWeb/Managers/APIRevisionsManager.cs
index e6df012b7ab..015ab40745d 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewWeb/Managers/APIRevisionsManager.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/APIView/APIViewWeb/Managers/APIRevisionsManager.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ public class APIRevisionsManager : IAPIRevisionsManager
         private readonly IBlobOriginalsRepository _originalsRepository;
         private readonly INotificationManager _notificationManager;
         private readonly TelemetryClient _telemetryClient;
+        private readonly HashSet<string> _upgradeDisabledLangs = new HashSet<string>();
 
         public APIRevisionsManager(
             IAuthorizationService authorizationService,
@@ -48,7 +50,8 @@ public APIRevisionsManager(
             IBlobCodeFileRepository codeFileRepository,
             IBlobOriginalsRepository originalsRepository,
             INotificationManager notificationManager,
-            TelemetryClient telemetryClient)
+            TelemetryClient telemetryClient,
+            IConfiguration configuration)
         {
             _reviewsRepository = reviewsRepository;
             _apiRevisionsRepository = apiRevisionsRepository;
@@ -61,6 +64,11 @@ public APIRevisionsManager(
             _originalsRepository = originalsRepository;
             _notificationManager = notificationManager;
             _telemetryClient = telemetryClient;
+            var backgroundTaskDisabledLangs = configuration["ReviewUpdateDisabledLanguages"];
+            if(!string.IsNullOrEmpty(backgroundTaskDisabledLangs))
+            {
+                _upgradeDisabledLangs.UnionWith(backgroundTaskDisabledLangs.Split(','));
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -1006,6 +1014,10 @@ private async Task<APIRevisionListItemModel> UpgradeAPIRevisionIfRequired(APIRev
                 return revisionModel;
             }
             var codeFileDetails = revisionModel.Files[0];
+            if (_upgradeDisabledLangs.Contains(codeFileDetails.Language))
+            {
+                return revisionModel;
+            }
             var languageService = LanguageServiceHelpers.GetLanguageService(codeFileDetails.Language, _languageServices);
             if (languageService != null && languageService.CanUpdate(codeFileDetails.VersionString))
             {