diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java
index e0fa0dbe1e82a..5ab1fc79fa68a 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/indices/replication/SegmentReplicationIT.java
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.segments.IndicesSegmentsRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.segments.ShardSegments;
 import org.opensearch.action.support.WriteRequest;
+import org.opensearch.action.update.UpdateResponse;
+import org.opensearch.client.Requests;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
@@ -56,8 +58,10 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
-import static org.opensearch.test.hamcrest.OpenSearchAssertions.assertAcked;
+import static org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilders.matchQuery;
 import static org.opensearch.test.hamcrest.OpenSearchAssertions.assertHitCount;
+import static org.opensearch.test.hamcrest.OpenSearchAssertions.assertAcked;
+import static org.opensearch.test.hamcrest.OpenSearchAssertions.assertSearchHits;
 
 @OpenSearchIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = OpenSearchIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
 public class SegmentReplicationIT extends OpenSearchIntegTestCase {
@@ -596,6 +600,60 @@ public void testDeleteOperations() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testUpdateOperations() throws Exception {
+        final String primary = internalCluster().startNode();
+        createIndex(INDEX_NAME);
+        ensureYellow(INDEX_NAME);
+        final String replica = internalCluster().startNode();
+
+        final int initialDocCount = scaledRandomIntBetween(0, 200);
+        try (
+            BackgroundIndexer indexer = new BackgroundIndexer(
+                INDEX_NAME,
+                "_doc",
+                client(),
+                -1,
+                RandomizedTest.scaledRandomIntBetween(2, 5),
+                false,
+                random()
+            )
+        ) {
+            indexer.start(initialDocCount);
+            waitForDocs(initialDocCount, indexer);
+            refresh(INDEX_NAME);
+            waitForReplicaUpdate();
+
+            // wait a short amount of time to give replication a chance to complete.
+            assertHitCount(client(primary).prepareSearch(INDEX_NAME).setSize(0).setPreference("_only_local").get(), initialDocCount);
+            assertHitCount(client(replica).prepareSearch(INDEX_NAME).setSize(0).setPreference("_only_local").get(), initialDocCount);
+
+            final int additionalDocCount = scaledRandomIntBetween(0, 200);
+            final int expectedHitCount = initialDocCount + additionalDocCount;
+            indexer.start(additionalDocCount);
+            waitForDocs(expectedHitCount, indexer);
+            waitForReplicaUpdate();
+
+            assertHitCount(client(primary).prepareSearch(INDEX_NAME).setSize(0).setPreference("_only_local").get(), expectedHitCount);
+            assertHitCount(client(replica).prepareSearch(INDEX_NAME).setSize(0).setPreference("_only_local").get(), expectedHitCount);
+
+            Set<String> ids = indexer.getIds();
+            String id = ids.toArray()[0].toString();
+            UpdateResponse updateResponse = client(primary).prepareUpdate(INDEX_NAME, id)
+                .setDoc(Requests.INDEX_CONTENT_TYPE, "foo", "baz")
+                .setRefreshPolicy(WriteRequest.RefreshPolicy.WAIT_UNTIL)
+                .get();
+            assertFalse("request shouldn't have forced a refresh", updateResponse.forcedRefresh());
+            assertEquals(2, updateResponse.getVersion());
+
+            refresh(INDEX_NAME);
+            waitForReplicaUpdate();
+
+            assertSearchHits(client(primary).prepareSearch(INDEX_NAME).setQuery(matchQuery("foo", "baz")).get(), id);
+            assertSearchHits(client(replica).prepareSearch(INDEX_NAME).setQuery(matchQuery("foo", "baz")).get(), id);
+
+        }
+    }
+
     private void assertSegmentStats(int numberOfReplicas) throws IOException {
         final IndicesSegmentResponse indicesSegmentResponse = client().admin().indices().segments(new IndicesSegmentsRequest()).actionGet();
 
@@ -687,7 +745,7 @@ public void testDropPrimaryDuringReplication() throws Exception {
 
     /**
      * Waits until the replica is caught up to the latest primary segments gen.
-     * @throws Exception
+     * @throws Exception if assertion fails
      */
     private void waitForReplicaUpdate() throws Exception {
         // wait until the replica has the latest segment generation.
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java
index 59263878f1f76..83f4e0c7cbed9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/indices/cluster/IndicesClusterStateService.java
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.ParameterizedMessage;
-import org.opensearch.OpenSearchException;
 import org.opensearch.ResourceAlreadyExistsException;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.action.StepListener;
@@ -47,11 +46,11 @@
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
-import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.RoutingNode;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.RoutingTable;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.IndexShardRoutingTable;
-import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.RoutingNode;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.RecoverySource.Type;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.Nullable;
@@ -89,6 +88,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.SegmentReplicationTargetService;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.checkpoint.ReplicationCheckpoint;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.checkpoint.SegmentReplicationCheckpointPublisher;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationFailedException;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationState;
 import org.opensearch.repositories.RepositoriesService;
 import org.opensearch.search.SearchService;
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ private void updateShard(
                 shardStateAction.shardStarted(
                     shardRouting,
                     primaryTerm,
-                    "cluster-manager "
+                    "master "
                         + nodes.getClusterManagerNode()
                         + " marked shard as initializing, but shard state is ["
                         + state
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ public void handleRecoveryDone(ReplicationState state, ShardRouting shardRouting
 
     /**
      * Forces a round of Segment Replication with empty checkpoint, so that replicas could fetch latest segment files from primary.
-     */
+      */
     private void forceSegmentReplication(
         AllocatedIndex<? extends Shard> indexService,
         ShardRouting shardRouting,
@@ -834,7 +834,11 @@ public void onReplicationDone(SegmentReplicationState state) {
                     }
 
                     @Override
-                    public void onReplicationFailure(SegmentReplicationState state, OpenSearchException e, boolean sendShardFailure) {
+                    public void onReplicationFailure(
+                        SegmentReplicationState state,
+                        ReplicationFailedException e,
+                        boolean sendShardFailure
+                    ) {
                         logger.trace(
                             () -> new ParameterizedMessage(
                                 "[shardId {}] [replication id {}] Replication failed, timing data: {}",