diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadata.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadata.java
index 26e9696188683..fe9527c144a13 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadata.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadata.java
@@ -1844,11 +1844,15 @@ public static IndexMetadata fromXContent(XContentParser parser) throws IOExcepti
             // Reference:
             // https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/4dde0f2a3b445b2fc61dab29c5a2178967f4a3e3/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadata.java#L1620-L1628
             Version legacyVersion = LegacyESVersion.fromId(6050099);
-            if (Assertions.ENABLED && Version.indexCreated(builder.settings).onOrAfter(legacyVersion)) {
+            Version indexCreatedVersion = Version.indexCreated(builder.settings);
+            if (Assertions.ENABLED && indexCreatedVersion.onOrAfter(legacyVersion)) {
                 assert mappingVersion : "mapping version should be present for indices";
                 assert settingsVersion : "settings version should be present for indices";
             }
-            if (Assertions.ENABLED) {
+            // Reference:
+            // https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/blob/2e4b27b243d8bd2c515f66cf86c6d1d6a601307f/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/IndexMetadata.java#L1824
+            legacyVersion = LegacyESVersion.fromId(7020099);
+            if (Assertions.ENABLED && indexCreatedVersion.onOrAfter(legacyVersion)) {
                 assert aliasesVersion : "aliases version should be present for indices";
             }
             return builder.build();
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/IndexMetaDataGenerations.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/IndexMetaDataGenerations.java
index e8f96bb313dd1..25cb0eaf43455 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/IndexMetaDataGenerations.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/IndexMetaDataGenerations.java
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ public String getIndexMetaBlobId(String metaIdentifier) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the blob id by {@link SnapshotId} and {@link IndexId}.
+     * Get the blob id by {@link SnapshotId} and {@link IndexId}. If none is found, we fall back to the value
+     * of {@link SnapshotId#getUUID()} to allow for extended backwards compatibility use-cases with
+     * {@link org.opensearch.LegacyESVersion} versions which used the snapshot UUID as the index metadata blob id.
      *
      * @param snapshotId Snapshot Id
      * @param indexId    Index Id
@@ -100,7 +102,11 @@ public String getIndexMetaBlobId(String metaIdentifier) {
      */
     public String indexMetaBlobId(SnapshotId snapshotId, IndexId indexId) {
         final String identifier = lookup.getOrDefault(snapshotId, Collections.emptyMap()).get(indexId);
-        return identifiers.get(identifier);
+        if (identifier == null) {
+            return snapshotId.getUUID();
+        } else {
+            return identifiers.get(identifier);
+        }
     }
 
     /**