diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 672fd065..4a1a45cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 ### Removed
 ### Fixed
 - Fix `Transport.perform_request`'s arguments `timeout` and `ignore` variable usage ([810](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/810))
+- Fix `Index.save` not passing through aliases to the underlying index ([823](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-py/pull/823))
 ### Security
 
 ### Dependencies
diff --git a/opensearchpy/helpers/index.py b/opensearchpy/helpers/index.py
index 93b86008..389b3e93 100644
--- a/opensearchpy/helpers/index.py
+++ b/opensearchpy/helpers/index.py
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ def save(self, using: Optional[OpenSearch] = None) -> Any:
         body = self.to_dict()
         settings = body.pop("settings", {})
         analysis = settings.pop("analysis", None)
-        current_settings = self.get_settings(using=using)[self._name]["settings"][
+        current_settings = self.get_settings(using=using).popitem()[1]["settings"][
             "index"
         ]
         if analysis:
diff --git a/test_opensearchpy/test_server/test_helpers/test_index.py b/test_opensearchpy/test_server/test_helpers/test_index.py
index 5b8250b4..f3359769 100644
--- a/test_opensearchpy/test_server/test_helpers/test_index.py
+++ b/test_opensearchpy/test_server/test_helpers/test_index.py
@@ -122,3 +122,21 @@ def test_multiple_indices_with_same_doc_type_work(write_client: Any) -> None:
         assert settings[j]["settings"]["index"]["analysis"] == {
             "analyzer": {"my_analyzer": {"type": "custom", "tokenizer": "keyword"}}
         }
+
+
+def test_index_can_be_saved_through_alias_with_settings(write_client: Any) -> None:
+    raw_index = Index("test-blog", using=write_client)
+    raw_index.settings(number_of_shards=3, number_of_replicas=0)
+    raw_index.aliases(**{"blog-alias": {}})
+    raw_index.save()
+
+    i = Index("blog-alias", using=write_client)
+    i.settings(number_of_replicas=1)
+    i.save()
+
+    assert (
+        "1"
+        == raw_index.get_settings()["test-blog"]["settings"]["index"][
+            "number_of_replicas"
+        ]
+    )