diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
index b8f1c28a0ea8e..d94e4708da0a9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ public RemoteClusterStateManifestInfo writeIncrementalMetadata(
             && clusterState.getNodes().delta(previousClusterState.getNodes()).hasChanges();
         final boolean updateClusterBlocks = isPublicationEnabled && !clusterState.blocks().equals(previousClusterState.blocks());
         final boolean updateHashesOfConsistentSettings = isPublicationEnabled
-            || Metadata.isHashesOfConsistentSettingsEqual(previousClusterState.metadata(), clusterState.metadata()) == false;
+            && Metadata.isHashesOfConsistentSettingsEqual(previousClusterState.metadata(), clusterState.metadata()) == false;
 
         uploadedMetadataResults = writeMetadataInParallel(
             clusterState,