diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 9e8bd09e..7ce434f3 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     </license>
   </licenses>
   <properties>
-    <revision>0.3+worklytics.14</revision>
+    <revision>0.3+worklytics.14.2</revision>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <jackson.version>[2.18.6, 2.19.0)</jackson.version> <!-- 2.18.6+ (stable) -->
     <dagger.version>2.55</dagger.version> <!-- 2.55+ adds support for injecting jakarta.inject.Provider -->
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/tools/EnvironmentUtils.java b/java/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/tools/EnvironmentUtils.java
index 95c2ef64..4014c341 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/tools/EnvironmentUtils.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/com/google/appengine/tools/EnvironmentUtils.java
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public static boolean isNotCloudEnvironment() {
   }
 
   public static boolean isNotCloudEnvironment(String projectId) {
-    return getDatastoreEmulatorHost() != null &&
+    // datastore emulator check should suffice
+    return getDatastoreEmulatorHost() != null ||
            projectId == null ||
            LOCAL_GAE_PROJECT_ID.equals(projectId) ||
            DEFAULT_OVERRIDE_LOCAL_GAE_PROJECT_ID.equals(projectId) ||