diff --git a/backend/metadata_writer/src/metadata_writer.py b/backend/metadata_writer/src/metadata_writer.py
index 62a7a502f9..4f31bc9dad 100644
--- a/backend/metadata_writer/src/metadata_writer.py
+++ b/backend/metadata_writer/src/metadata_writer.py
@@ -114,8 +114,10 @@ def argo_artifact_to_uri(artifact: dict) -> str:
 
 
 def is_tfx_pod(pod) -> bool:
-    # Later versions of TFX pods do not match the pattern in command line, but now they have this label.
-    if pod.metadata.labels.get(KFP_SDK_TYPE_LABEL_KEY) == TFX_SDK_TYPE_VALUE:
+    # The label defaults to 'tfx', but is overridable.
+    # Official tfx templates override the value to 'tfx-template', so
+    # we loosely match the word 'tfx'.
+    if TFX_SDK_TYPE_VALUE in pod.metadata.labels.get(KFP_SDK_TYPE_LABEL_KEY, ''):
         return True
     main_containers = [container for container in pod.spec.containers if container.name == 'main']
     if len(main_containers) != 1:
diff --git a/backend/src/cache/server/mutation.go b/backend/src/cache/server/mutation.go
index 4c1b13272d..9b7e7d3876 100644
--- a/backend/src/cache/server/mutation.go
+++ b/backend/src/cache/server/mutation.go
@@ -282,7 +282,10 @@ func isKFPCacheEnabled(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
 }
 
 func isTFXPod(pod *corev1.Pod) bool {
-	if pod.Labels[SdkTypeLabel] == TfxSdkTypeLabel {
+	// The label defaults to 'tfx', but is overridable.
+	// Official tfx templates override the value to 'tfx-template', so
+	// we loosely match the word 'tfx'.
+	if strings.Contains(pod.Labels[SdkTypeLabel], TfxSdkTypeLabel) {
 		return true
 	}
 	containers := pod.Spec.Containers
diff --git a/backend/src/cache/server/mutation_test.go b/backend/src/cache/server/mutation_test.go
index cfc1cab10e..23c019df15 100644
--- a/backend/src/cache/server/mutation_test.go
+++ b/backend/src/cache/server/mutation_test.go
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ func TestMutatePodIfCachedWithTFXPod2(t *testing.T) {
 	patchOperation, err := MutatePodIfCached(GetFakeRequestFromPod(&tfxPod), fakeClientManager)
 	assert.Nil(t, patchOperation)
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	// test variation 2
+	tfxPod = *fakePod.DeepCopy()
+	tfxPod.Labels["pipelines.kubeflow.org/pipeline-sdk-type"] = "tfx-template"
+	patchOperation, err = MutatePodIfCached(GetFakeRequestFromPod(&tfxPod), fakeClientManager)
+	assert.Nil(t, patchOperation)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestMutatePodIfCachedWithKfpV2Pod(t *testing.T) {