diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceIT.java
index 48824d5b29b06..b5589d964e8ea 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateServiceIT.java
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Base64;
-import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS;
@@ -92,20 +90,6 @@ public void testFullClusterRestoreStaleDelete() throws Exception {
 
         assertEquals(10, repository.blobStore().blobContainer(baseMetadataPath.add("manifest")).listBlobsByPrefix("manifest").size());
 
-        Optional<ClusterMetadataManifest> clusterMetadataManifest = remoteClusterStateService.getLatestClusterMetadataManifest(
-            clusterService().state().getClusterName().value(),
-            getClusterState().metadata().clusterUUID()
-        );
-        if (clusterMetadataManifest.isEmpty()) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException(
-                String.format(
-                    Locale.ROOT,
-                    "Latest cluster metadata manifest is not present for the provided clusterUUID: %s",
-                    getClusterState().metadata().clusterUUID()
-                )
-            );
-        }
-
         Map<String, IndexMetadata> indexMetadataMap = remoteClusterStateService.getLatestClusterState(
             cluster().getClusterName(),
             getClusterState().metadata().clusterUUID()
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/recovery/RemoteStoreRestoreService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/recovery/RemoteStoreRestoreService.java
index 05fdea5650ddb..4d17ac44e8061 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/recovery/RemoteStoreRestoreService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/recovery/RemoteStoreRestoreService.java
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ private RemoteRestoreResult executeRestore(
 
         if (remoteState != null) {
             restoreGlobalMetadata(mdBuilder, remoteState.getMetadata());
+            // Restore ClusterState version
+            logger.info("Restoring ClusterState with Remote State version [{}]", remoteState.version());
             builder.version(remoteState.version());
         }