diff --git a/docker/mariadb/init.sql b/docker/mariadb/init.sql
index 084fdc93a3717a..c4132575cf442c 100644
--- a/docker/mariadb/init.sql
+++ b/docker/mariadb/init.sql
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ create table metadata_aspect_v2 (
   constraint pk_metadata_aspect_v2 primary key (urn,aspect,version)
 );
 
+create index timeIndex ON metadata_aspect_v2 (createdon);
+
 insert into metadata_aspect_v2 (urn, aspect, version, metadata, createdon, createdby) values(
   'urn:li:corpuser:datahub',
   'corpUserInfo',
diff --git a/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql b/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql
index 6bd7133a359a89..78098af4648bce 100644
--- a/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql
+++ b/docker/mysql-setup/init.sql
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ create table if not exists metadata_aspect_v2 (
   createdon                     datetime(6) not null,
   createdby                     varchar(255) not null,
   createdfor                    varchar(255),
-  constraint pk_metadata_aspect_v2 primary key (urn,aspect,version)
+  constraint pk_metadata_aspect_v2 primary key (urn,aspect,version),
+  INDEX timeIndex (createdon)
 );
 
 -- create default records for datahub user if not exists
diff --git a/docker/mysql/init.sql b/docker/mysql/init.sql
index fa9d856f499e4e..97ae3ea1467445 100644
--- a/docker/mysql/init.sql
+++ b/docker/mysql/init.sql
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ CREATE TABLE metadata_aspect_v2 (
   createdon                     datetime(6) NOT NULL,
   createdby                     VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
   createdfor                    VARCHAR(255),
-  CONSTRAINT pk_metadata_aspect_v2 PRIMARY KEY (urn,aspect,version)
+  constraint pk_metadata_aspect_v2 primary key (urn,aspect,version),
+  INDEX timeIndex (createdon)
 ) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_bin;
 
 INSERT INTO metadata_aspect_v2 (urn, aspect, version, metadata, createdon, createdby) VALUES(
diff --git a/docker/postgres-setup/init.sql b/docker/postgres-setup/init.sql
index e7c515e7385acc..12fff7aec7fe6f 100644
--- a/docker/postgres-setup/init.sql
+++ b/docker/postgres-setup/init.sql
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS metadata_aspect_v2 (
   CONSTRAINT pk_metadata_aspect_v2 PRIMARY KEY (urn, aspect, version)
 );
 
+create index timeIndex ON metadata_aspect_v2 (createdon);
+
 -- create default records for datahub user if not exists
 CREATE TEMP TABLE temp_metadata_aspect_v2 AS TABLE metadata_aspect_v2;
 INSERT INTO temp_metadata_aspect_v2 (urn, aspect, version, metadata, createdon, createdby) VALUES(
diff --git a/docker/postgres/init.sql b/docker/postgres/init.sql
index 72298ed4b6726d..4da8adaf8a6da0 100644
--- a/docker/postgres/init.sql
+++ b/docker/postgres/init.sql
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ create table metadata_aspect_v2 (
   constraint pk_metadata_aspect_v2 primary key (urn,aspect,version)
 );
 
+create index timeIndex ON metadata_aspect_v2 (createdon);
+
 insert into metadata_aspect_v2 (urn, aspect, version, metadata, createdon, createdby) values(
   'urn:li:corpuser:datahub',
   'corpUserInfo',