diff --git a/PWGCF/FemtoUniverse/Tasks/femtoUniversePairTaskTrackCascadeExtended.cxx b/PWGCF/FemtoUniverse/Tasks/femtoUniversePairTaskTrackCascadeExtended.cxx
index ffb5c8f56ea..51b76e20474 100644
--- a/PWGCF/FemtoUniverse/Tasks/femtoUniversePairTaskTrackCascadeExtended.cxx
+++ b/PWGCF/FemtoUniverse/Tasks/femtoUniversePairTaskTrackCascadeExtended.cxx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "PWGCF/FemtoUniverse/Core/femtoUtils.h"
 #include "PWGCF/FemtoUniverse/DataModel/FemtoDerived.h"
 
+#include "CCDB/BasicCCDBManager.h"
 #include "Framework/ASoAHelpers.h"
 #include "Framework/AnalysisTask.h"
 #include "Framework/HistogramRegistry.h"
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ struct femtoUniversePairTaskTrackCascadeExtended {
 
   // Efficiency
   Configurable<std::string> confLocalEfficiency{"confLocalEfficiency", "", "Local path to efficiency .root file"};
+  Configurable<std::string> confCCDBEfficiency{"confCCDBEfficiency", "", "CCDB path to efficiency object"};
 
   Filter collisionFilter = (nabs(aod::collision::posZ) < confZVertexCut);
   using FilteredFDCollisions = soa::Filtered<o2::aod::FdCollisions>;
@@ -159,8 +161,10 @@ struct femtoUniversePairTaskTrackCascadeExtended {
   std::set<int> cascDuplicates;
 
   std::unique_ptr<TFile> plocalEffFile;
-  std::unique_ptr<TH1> plocalEffp1;
-  std::unique_ptr<TH1> plocalEffp2;
+  std::unique_ptr<TH1> pEffHistp1;
+  std::unique_ptr<TH1> pEffHistp2;
+
+  Service<o2::ccdb::BasicCCDBManager> ccdb;
 
   // Table to select cascade daughters
   // Charges: = +--, +--, +-+, +-+
@@ -330,14 +334,30 @@ struct femtoUniversePairTaskTrackCascadeExtended {
       if (!plocalEffFile || plocalEffFile.get()->IsZombie())
         LOGF(fatal, "Could not load efficiency histogram from %s", confLocalEfficiency.value.c_str());
       if (doprocessSameEvent || doprocessSameEventBitmask || doprocessMixedEvent || doprocessMixedEventBitmask) {
-        plocalEffp1 = (confChargePart1 > 0) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("PrPlus")) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("PrMinus")); // note: works only for protons for now
-        plocalEffp2 = (confCascType1 == 0 || confCascType1 == 1) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("Cascade")) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("AntiCascade"));
+        pEffHistp1 = (confChargePart1 > 0) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("PrPlus")) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("PrMinus")); // note: works only for protons for now
+        pEffHistp2 = (confCascType1 == 0 || confCascType1 == 1) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("Cascade")) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("AntiCascade"));
         LOGF(info, "Loaded efficiency histograms for track-Cascade.");
       } else if (doprocessSameEventCasc || doprocessSameEventCascBitmask || doprocessMixedEventCasc || doprocessMixedEventCascBitmask) {
-        plocalEffp1 = (confCascType1 == 0 || confCascType1 == 1) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("Cascade")) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("AntiCascade"));
-        plocalEffp2 = (confCascType2 == 0 || confCascType2 == 1) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("Cascade")) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("AntiCascade"));
+        pEffHistp1 = (confCascType1 == 0 || confCascType1 == 1) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("Cascade")) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("AntiCascade"));
+        pEffHistp2 = (confCascType2 == 0 || confCascType2 == 1) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("Cascade")) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(plocalEffFile.get()->Get<TH1>("AntiCascade"));
         LOGF(info, "Loaded efficiency histograms for Cascade-Cascade.");
       }
+    } else if (!confCCDBEfficiency.value.empty()) {
+      ccdb->setURL("http://alice-ccdb.cern.ch");
+      ccdb->setCaching(true);
+      ccdb->setLocalObjectValidityChecking();
+
+      auto now = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count();
+      ccdb->setCreatedNotAfter(now);
+      if (doprocessSameEvent || doprocessSameEventBitmask || doprocessMixedEvent || doprocessMixedEventBitmask) {
+        pEffHistp1 = (confChargePart1 > 0) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(ccdb->getForTimeStamp<TH1>(confCCDBEfficiency.value + "/PrPlus", now)) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(ccdb->getForTimeStamp<TH1>(confCCDBEfficiency.value + "/PrMinus", now)); // note: works only for protons for now
+        pEffHistp2 = (confCascType1 == 0 || confCascType1 == 1) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(ccdb->getForTimeStamp<TH1>(confCCDBEfficiency.value + "/Cascade", now)) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(ccdb->getForTimeStamp<TH1>(confCCDBEfficiency.value + "/AntiCascade", now));
+        LOGF(info, "Loaded efficiency histograms for track-Cascade from CCDB");
+      } else if (doprocessSameEventCasc || doprocessSameEventCascBitmask || doprocessMixedEventCasc || doprocessMixedEventCascBitmask) {
+        pEffHistp1 = (confCascType1 == 0 || confCascType1 == 1) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(ccdb->getForTimeStamp<TH1>(confCCDBEfficiency.value + "/Cascade", now)) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(ccdb->getForTimeStamp<TH1>(confCCDBEfficiency.value + "/AntiCascade", now));
+        pEffHistp2 = (confCascType2 == 0 || confCascType2 == 1) ? std::unique_ptr<TH1>(ccdb->getForTimeStamp<TH1>(confCCDBEfficiency.value + "/Cascade", now)) : std::unique_ptr<TH1>(ccdb->getForTimeStamp<TH1>(confCCDBEfficiency.value + "/AntiCascade", now));
+        LOGF(info, "Loaded efficiency histograms for Cascade-Cascade from CCDB.");
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -505,8 +525,8 @@ struct femtoUniversePairTaskTrackCascadeExtended {
         }
       }
       float weight = 1.0f;
-      if (plocalEffp1)
-        weight = plocalEffp1.get()->GetBinContent(plocalEffp1->FindBin(p1.pt(), p1.eta())) * plocalEffp2.get()->GetBinContent(plocalEffp2->FindBin(p2.pt(), p2.eta()));
+      if (pEffHistp1)
+        weight = pEffHistp1.get()->GetBinContent(pEffHistp1->FindBin(p1.pt(), p1.eta())) * pEffHistp2.get()->GetBinContent(pEffHistp2->FindBin(p2.pt(), p2.eta()));
       sameEventCont.setPair<false>(p1, p2, multCol, confUse3D, weight);
     }
   }
@@ -645,8 +665,8 @@ struct femtoUniversePairTaskTrackCascadeExtended {
       }
 
       float weight = 1.0f;
-      if (plocalEffp1)
-        weight = plocalEffp1.get()->GetBinContent(plocalEffp1->FindBin(p1.pt(), p1.eta())) * plocalEffp2.get()->GetBinContent(plocalEffp2->FindBin(p2.pt(), p2.eta()));
+      if (pEffHistp1)
+        weight = pEffHistp1.get()->GetBinContent(pEffHistp1->FindBin(p1.pt(), p1.eta())) * pEffHistp2.get()->GetBinContent(pEffHistp2->FindBin(p2.pt(), p2.eta()));
       sameEventCont.setPair<false>(p1, p2, multCol, confUse3D, weight);
     };
     cascDuplicates.clear();
@@ -745,8 +765,8 @@ struct femtoUniversePairTaskTrackCascadeExtended {
         }
 
         float weight = 1.0f;
-        if (plocalEffp1)
-          weight = plocalEffp1.get()->GetBinContent(plocalEffp1->FindBin(p1.pt(), p1.eta())) * plocalEffp2.get()->GetBinContent(plocalEffp2->FindBin(p2.pt(), p2.eta()));
+        if (pEffHistp1)
+          weight = pEffHistp1.get()->GetBinContent(pEffHistp1->FindBin(p1.pt(), p1.eta())) * pEffHistp2.get()->GetBinContent(pEffHistp2->FindBin(p2.pt(), p2.eta()));
         mixedEventCont.setPair<false>(p1, p2, multCol, confUse3D, weight);
       }
     };
@@ -854,8 +874,8 @@ struct femtoUniversePairTaskTrackCascadeExtended {
         }
 
         float weight = 1.0f;
-        if (plocalEffp1)
-          weight = plocalEffp1.get()->GetBinContent(plocalEffp1->FindBin(p1.pt(), p1.eta())) * plocalEffp2.get()->GetBinContent(plocalEffp2->FindBin(p2.pt(), p2.eta()));
+        if (pEffHistp1)
+          weight = pEffHistp1.get()->GetBinContent(pEffHistp1->FindBin(p1.pt(), p1.eta())) * pEffHistp2.get()->GetBinContent(pEffHistp2->FindBin(p2.pt(), p2.eta()));
         mixedEventCont.setPair<false>(p1, p2, multCol, confUse3D, weight);
       }
     }