diff --git a/app/jobs/search_index_job.rb b/app/jobs/search_index_job.rb
index a1d7053e4..b301d4685 100644
--- a/app/jobs/search_index_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/search_index_job.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class SearchIndexJob < ApplicationJob
     @object = object
     @o_id   = o_id
 
-    record = @object.constantize.lookup(id: @o_id)
+    record = @object.constantize.find_by(id: @o_id)
     return if !exists?(record)
 
     update_search_index(record)
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class SearchIndexJob < ApplicationJob
   def exists?(record)
     return true if record
 
-    Rails.logger.info "Can't index #{@object}.lookup(id: #{@o_id}), no such record found"
+    Rails.logger.info "Can't index #{@object}.find_by(id: #{@o_id}), no such record found"
     false
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/jobs/search_index_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/search_index_job_spec.rb
index 32655b6da..703d5094d 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/search_index_job_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/search_index_job_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ RSpec.describe SearchIndexJob, type: :job do
 
   it 'calls search_index_update_backend on matching record' do
     user = create(:user)
-    allow(::User).to receive(:lookup).with(id: user.id).and_return(user)
+    allow(::User).to receive(:find_by).with(id: user.id).and_return(user)
     allow(user).to receive(:search_index_update_backend)
 
     described_class.perform_now('User', user.id)
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ RSpec.describe SearchIndexJob, type: :job do
 
   it "doesn't perform for non existing records" do
     id = 9999
-    allow(::User).to receive(:lookup).with(id: id).and_return(nil)
+    allow(::User).to receive(:find_by).with(id: id).and_return(nil)
     allow(SearchIndexBackend).to receive(:add)
 
     described_class.perform_now('User', id)
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ RSpec.describe SearchIndexJob, type: :job do
   end
 
   it 'retries on exception' do
-    allow(::User).to receive(:lookup).and_raise(RuntimeError)
+    allow(::User).to receive(:find_by).and_raise(RuntimeError)
 
     described_class.perform_now('User', 1)
     expect(described_class).to have_been_enqueued