diff --git a/internal/querycoordv2/task/executor.go b/internal/querycoordv2/task/executor.go
index ba071f7314..12d836efd1 100644
--- a/internal/querycoordv2/task/executor.go
+++ b/internal/querycoordv2/task/executor.go
@@ -284,33 +284,39 @@ func (ex *Executor) releaseSegment(task *SegmentTask, step int) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(task.Context(), actionTimeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	var targetSegment *meta.Segment
-	segments := ex.dist.SegmentDistManager.GetByNode(action.Node())
-	for _, segment := range segments {
-		if segment.ID == task.SegmentID() {
-			targetSegment = segment
-			break
-		}
-	}
-	if targetSegment == nil {
-		log.Info("segment to release not found in distribution")
-		return
-	}
-
-	req := packReleaseSegmentRequest(task, action, targetSegment.GetInsertChannel())
-
-	// Get shard leader for the given replica and segment
 	dstNode := action.Node()
-	if ex.meta.CollectionManager.Exist(task.CollectionID()) {
-		leader, ok := getShardLeader(ex.meta.ReplicaManager, ex.dist, task.CollectionID(), action.Node(), targetSegment.GetInsertChannel())
-		if !ok {
-			log.Warn("no shard leader for the segment to execute loading", zap.String("shard", targetSegment.GetInsertChannel()))
+	req := packReleaseSegmentRequest(task, action)
+	if action.Scope() != querypb.DataScope_Streaming {
+		var targetSegment *meta.Segment
+		segments := ex.dist.SegmentDistManager.GetByNode(action.Node())
+		for _, segment := range segments {
+			if segment.GetID() == task.SegmentID() {
+				targetSegment = segment
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if targetSegment == nil {
+			log.Info("segment to release not found in distribution")
 			return
 		}
-		dstNode = leader
-		log = log.With(zap.Int64("shardLeader", leader))
+		req.Shard = targetSegment.GetInsertChannel()
+
+		if ex.meta.CollectionManager.Exist(task.CollectionID()) {
+			leader, ok := getShardLeader(ex.meta.ReplicaManager, ex.dist, task.CollectionID(), action.Node(), req.GetShard())
+			if !ok {
+				log.Warn("no shard leader for the segment to execute loading", zap.String("shard", req.GetShard()))
+				return
+			}
+			dstNode = leader
+			log = log.With(zap.Int64("shardLeader", leader))
+			req.NeedTransfer = true
+		}
+	} else {
+		// Any modification to the segment distribution have to set NeedTransfer true,
+		// to protect the version, which serves search/query
 		req.NeedTransfer = true
 	}
+
 	log.Info("release segment...")
 	status, err := ex.cluster.ReleaseSegments(ctx, dstNode, req)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/querycoordv2/task/task_test.go b/internal/querycoordv2/task/task_test.go
index 9eff259267..658f8f9336 100644
--- a/internal/querycoordv2/task/task_test.go
+++ b/internal/querycoordv2/task/task_test.go
@@ -513,6 +513,50 @@ func (suite *TaskSuite) TestReleaseSegmentTask() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (suite *TaskSuite) TestReleaseGrowingSegmentTask() {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	timeout := 10 * time.Second
+	targetNode := int64(3)
+
+	// Expect
+	suite.cluster.EXPECT().ReleaseSegments(mock.Anything, targetNode, mock.Anything).Return(utils.WrapStatus(commonpb.ErrorCode_Success, ""), nil)
+
+	tasks := []Task{}
+	for _, segment := range suite.releaseSegments {
+		task := NewSegmentTask(
+			ctx,
+			timeout,
+			0,
+			suite.collection,
+			suite.replica,
+			NewSegmentActionWithScope(targetNode, ActionTypeReduce, segment, querypb.DataScope_Streaming),
+		)
+		tasks = append(tasks, task)
+		err := suite.scheduler.Add(task)
+		suite.NoError(err)
+	}
+
+	segmentsNum := len(suite.releaseSegments)
+	suite.AssertTaskNum(0, segmentsNum, 0, segmentsNum)
+
+	// Process tasks
+	suite.dispatchAndWait(targetNode)
+	suite.AssertTaskNum(segmentsNum, 0, 0, segmentsNum)
+
+	// Other nodes' HB can't trigger the procedure of tasks
+	suite.dispatchAndWait(targetNode + 1)
+	suite.AssertTaskNum(segmentsNum, 0, 0, segmentsNum)
+
+	// Process tasks done
+	suite.dispatchAndWait(targetNode)
+	suite.AssertTaskNum(0, 0, 0, 0)
+
+	for _, task := range tasks {
+		suite.Equal(TaskStatusSucceeded, task.Status())
+		suite.NoError(task.Err())
+	}
+}
+
 func (suite *TaskSuite) TestMoveSegmentTask() {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	timeout := 10 * time.Second
diff --git a/internal/querycoordv2/task/utils.go b/internal/querycoordv2/task/utils.go
index 70360a8f84..6fd479dfad 100644
--- a/internal/querycoordv2/task/utils.go
+++ b/internal/querycoordv2/task/utils.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func packLoadSegmentRequest(
 	}
 }
 
-func packReleaseSegmentRequest(task *SegmentTask, action *SegmentAction, shard string) *querypb.ReleaseSegmentsRequest {
+func packReleaseSegmentRequest(task *SegmentTask, action *SegmentAction) *querypb.ReleaseSegmentsRequest {
 	return &querypb.ReleaseSegmentsRequest{
 		Base: &commonpb.MsgBase{
 			MsgType: commonpb.MsgType_ReleaseSegments,
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ func packReleaseSegmentRequest(task *SegmentTask, action *SegmentAction, shard s
 		NodeID:       action.Node(),
 		CollectionID: task.CollectionID(),
 		SegmentIDs:   []int64{task.SegmentID()},
-		Shard:        shard,
 		Scope:        action.Scope(),
 		NeedTransfer: false,
 	}