diff --git a/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture.tsx b/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture.tsx
index f0a71ac37be..21b36aae963 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ interface ImageAnalyticsPayload {
    * Whether the Acuant SDK captured the image automatically, or using the tap to
    * capture functionality
    */
-  acuantCaptureMode?: AcuantCaptureMode;
+  acuantCaptureMode?: AcuantCaptureMode | null;
 
   /**
    * Fingerprint of the image, base64 encoded SHA-256 digest
@@ -376,7 +376,11 @@ function AcuantCapture(
   function getAddAttemptAnalyticsPayload<
     P extends ImageAnalyticsPayload | AcuantImageAnalyticsPayload,
   >(payload: P): P {
-    const enhancedPayload = { ...payload, attempt, acuantCaptureMode };
+    const enhancedPayload = {
+      ...payload,
+      attempt,
+      acuantCaptureMode: payload.source === 'upload' ? null : acuantCaptureMode,
+    };
     incrementAttempt();
     return enhancedPayload;
   }
@@ -387,6 +391,7 @@ function AcuantCapture(
   async function onUpload(nextValue: File | null) {
     let analyticsPayload: ImageAnalyticsPayload | undefined;
     let hasFailed = false;
+
     if (nextValue) {
       const { width, height, fingerprint } = await getImageMetadata(nextValue);
       hasFailed = failedSubmissionImageFingerprints[name]?.includes(fingerprint);
diff --git a/spec/features/idv/analytics_spec.rb b/spec/features/idv/analytics_spec.rb
index 90d49d3d036..744fa2bbc33 100644
--- a/spec/features/idv/analytics_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/idv/analytics_spec.rb
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@
         flow_path: 'standard', step: 'document_capture', redo_document_capture: nil, acuant_sdk_upgrade_ab_test_bucket: :default, getting_started_ab_test_bucket: :welcome_default, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: :bypass_phone_question, phone_with_camera: nil, analytics_id: 'Doc Auth', skip_hybrid_handoff: nil, irs_reproofing: false
       },
       'Frontend: IdV: front image added' => {
-        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: 'AUTO', fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
+        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: nil, fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
       },
       'Frontend: IdV: back image added' => {
-        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: 'AUTO', fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
+        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: nil, fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
       },
       'IdV: doc auth image upload form submitted' => {
         success: true, errors: {}, attempts: 1, remaining_attempts: 3, user_id: user.uuid, flow_path: 'standard', front_image_fingerprint: an_instance_of(String), back_image_fingerprint: an_instance_of(String), getting_started_ab_test_bucket: :welcome_default, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: :bypass_phone_question, phone_with_camera: nil
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@
         flow_path: 'hybrid', step: 'document_capture', acuant_sdk_upgrade_ab_test_bucket: :default, getting_started_ab_test_bucket: :welcome_default, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: :bypass_phone_question, phone_with_camera: nil, analytics_id: 'Doc Auth', irs_reproofing: false
       },
       'Frontend: IdV: front image added' => {
-        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'hybrid', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: 'AUTO', fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil, phone_with_camera: nil
+        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'hybrid', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: nil, fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil, phone_with_camera: nil
       },
       'Frontend: IdV: back image added' => {
-        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'hybrid', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: 'AUTO', fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil, phone_with_camera: nil
+        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'hybrid', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: nil, fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil, phone_with_camera: nil
       },
       'IdV: doc auth image upload form submitted' => {
         success: true, errors: {}, attempts: 1, remaining_attempts: 3, user_id: user.uuid, flow_path: 'hybrid', front_image_fingerprint: an_instance_of(String), back_image_fingerprint: an_instance_of(String), getting_started_ab_test_bucket: :welcome_default, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: :bypass_phone_question, phone_with_camera: nil
@@ -276,10 +276,10 @@
         flow_path: 'standard', step: 'document_capture', redo_document_capture: nil, acuant_sdk_upgrade_ab_test_bucket: :default, getting_started_ab_test_bucket: :welcome_default, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: :bypass_phone_question, phone_with_camera: nil, skip_hybrid_handoff: nil, analytics_id: 'Doc Auth', irs_reproofing: false
       },
       'Frontend: IdV: front image added' => {
-        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: 'AUTO', fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
+        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: nil, fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
       },
       'Frontend: IdV: back image added' => {
-        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: 'AUTO', fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
+        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: nil, fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
       },
       'IdV: doc auth image upload form submitted' => {
         success: true, errors: {}, attempts: 1, remaining_attempts: 3, user_id: user.uuid, flow_path: 'standard', front_image_fingerprint: an_instance_of(String), back_image_fingerprint: an_instance_of(String), getting_started_ab_test_bucket: :welcome_default, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: :bypass_phone_question, phone_with_camera: nil
@@ -363,10 +363,10 @@
         flow_path: 'standard', step: 'document_capture', redo_document_capture: nil, acuant_sdk_upgrade_ab_test_bucket: :default, getting_started_ab_test_bucket: :welcome_default, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: :bypass_phone_question, phone_with_camera: nil, analytics_id: 'Doc Auth', skip_hybrid_handoff: nil, irs_reproofing: false
       },
       'Frontend: IdV: front image added' => {
-        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: 'AUTO', fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
+        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: nil, fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
       },
       'Frontend: IdV: back image added' => {
-        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: 'AUTO', fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
+        width: 284, height: 38, mimeType: 'image/png', source: 'upload', size: 3694, attempt: 1, flow_path: 'standard', acuant_sdk_upgrade_a_b_testing_enabled: 'false', use_alternate_sdk: anything, acuant_version: anything, acuantCaptureMode: nil, fingerprint: anything, failedImageResubmission: boolean, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: 'bypass_phone_question', phone_with_camera: nil, documentType: nil, dpi: nil, glare: nil, glareScoreThreshold: nil, isAssessedAsBlurry: nil, isAssessedAsGlare: nil, isAssessedAsUnsupported: nil, moire: nil, sharpness: nil, sharpnessScoreThreshold: nil, assessment: nil
       },
       'IdV: doc auth image upload form submitted' => {
         success: true, errors: {}, attempts: 1, remaining_attempts: 3, user_id: user.uuid, flow_path: 'standard', front_image_fingerprint: an_instance_of(String), back_image_fingerprint: an_instance_of(String), getting_started_ab_test_bucket: :welcome_default, phone_question_ab_test_bucket: :bypass_phone_question, phone_with_camera: nil
diff --git a/spec/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-spec.jsx b/spec/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-spec.jsx
index d3a46c94e1b..28fd65c4487 100644
--- a/spec/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-spec.jsx
+++ b/spec/javascript/packages/document-capture/components/acuant-capture-spec.jsx
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ describe('document-capture/components/acuant-capture', () => {
         mimeType: 'image/jpeg',
         size: sinon.match.number,
         attempt: sinon.match.number,
-        acuantCaptureMode: 'AUTO',
+        acuantCaptureMode: null,
       }),
     );
   });