diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/MongoSequenceIncrementer.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/MongoSequenceIncrementer.java
index db78dc343a..7adf60c4e0 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/MongoSequenceIncrementer.java
+++ b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/repository/dao/MongoSequenceIncrementer.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public long nextLongValue() throws DataAccessException {
 		return mongoTemplate.execute("BATCH_SEQUENCES",
 				collection -> collection
 					.findOneAndUpdate(new Document("_id", sequenceName), new Document("$inc", new Document("count", 1)),
-							new FindOneAndUpdateOptions().returnDocument(ReturnDocument.AFTER))
+							new FindOneAndUpdateOptions().returnDocument(ReturnDocument.AFTER).upsert(true))
 					.getLong("count"));
 	}