diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/JobSchedulerPlugin.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/JobSchedulerPlugin.java
index 3ded3b88..fc99dad6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/JobSchedulerPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/JobSchedulerPlugin.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.ParseField;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.NamedWriteableRegistry;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Setting;
+import org.opensearch.common.settings.SettingUpgrader;
+import org.opensearch.common.settings.GenericSettingUpgrader;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.OpenSearchExecutors;
 import org.opensearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry;
@@ -67,7 +69,6 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
-
 public class JobSchedulerPlugin extends Plugin implements ExtensiblePlugin {
 
     public static final String OPEN_DISTRO_JOB_SCHEDULER_THREAD_POOL_NAME = "open_distro_job_scheduler";
@@ -111,9 +112,35 @@ public List<Setting<?>> getSettings() {
         settingList.add(JobSchedulerSettings.SWEEP_BACKOFF_RETRY_COUNT);
         settingList.add(JobSchedulerSettings.SWEEP_PERIOD);
         settingList.add(JobSchedulerSettings.JITTER_LIMIT);
+        // legacy OpenDistro settings
+        settingList.add(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_PAGE_SIZE);
+        settingList.add(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_REQUEST_TIMEOUT);
+        settingList.add(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_BACKOFF_MILLIS);
+        settingList.add(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_BACKOFF_RETRY_COUNT);
+        settingList.add(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_PERIOD);
+        settingList.add(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_JITTER_LIMIT);
         return settingList;
     }
 
+
+    
+    public List<SettingUpgrader<?>> getSettingUpgraders() {
+        List<SettingUpgrader<?>> settingUpgraders = new ArrayList<>();
+        settingUpgraders.add(new GenericSettingUpgrader<>(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_PAGE_SIZE, 
+            JobSchedulerSettings.SWEEP_PAGE_SIZE));
+        settingUpgraders.add(new GenericSettingUpgrader<>(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_REQUEST_TIMEOUT, 
+            JobSchedulerSettings.REQUEST_TIMEOUT));
+        settingUpgraders.add(new GenericSettingUpgrader<>(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_BACKOFF_MILLIS, 
+            JobSchedulerSettings.SWEEP_BACKOFF_MILLIS));
+        settingUpgraders.add(new GenericSettingUpgrader<>(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_BACKOFF_RETRY_COUNT, 
+            JobSchedulerSettings.SWEEP_BACKOFF_RETRY_COUNT));
+        settingUpgraders.add(new GenericSettingUpgrader<>(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_PERIOD, 
+            JobSchedulerSettings.SWEEP_PERIOD));
+        settingUpgraders.add(new GenericSettingUpgrader<>(JobSchedulerSettings.LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_JITTER_LIMIT, 
+            JobSchedulerSettings.JITTER_LIMIT));
+        return settingUpgraders;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public List<ExecutorBuilder<?>> getExecutorBuilders(Settings settings) {
         final int processorCount = OpenSearchExecutors.allocatedProcessors(settings);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/JobSchedulerSettings.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/JobSchedulerSettings.java
index b6d11034..0e584a2e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/JobSchedulerSettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/JobSchedulerSettings.java
@@ -31,34 +31,52 @@
 
 public class JobSchedulerSettings {
     public static final Setting<TimeValue> REQUEST_TIMEOUT = Setting.positiveTimeSetting(
-            "opendistro.jobscheduler.request_timeout",
+            "opensearch.jobscheduler.request_timeout",
             TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(10),
             Setting.Property.NodeScope, Setting.Property.Dynamic);
 
     public static final Setting<TimeValue> SWEEP_BACKOFF_MILLIS = Setting.positiveTimeSetting(
-            "opendistro.jobscheduler.sweeper.backoff_millis",
+            "opensearch.jobscheduler.sweeper.backoff_millis",
             TimeValue.timeValueMillis(50),
             Setting.Property.NodeScope, Setting.Property.Dynamic);
 
     public static final Setting<Integer> SWEEP_BACKOFF_RETRY_COUNT = Setting.intSetting(
-            "opendistro.jobscheduler.retry_count",
-            3,
+            "opensearch.jobscheduler.retry_count",
+            3, 
             Setting.Property.NodeScope, Setting.Property.Dynamic);
 
     public static final Setting<TimeValue> SWEEP_PERIOD = Setting.positiveTimeSetting(
-            "opendistro.jobscheduler.sweeper.period",
+            "opensearch.jobscheduler.sweeper.period",
             TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(5),
             Setting.Property.NodeScope, Setting.Property.Dynamic);
 
     public static final Setting<Integer> SWEEP_PAGE_SIZE = Setting.intSetting(
-            "opendistro.jobscheduler.sweeper.page_size",
-            100,
+            "opensearch.jobscheduler.sweeper.page_size",
+            100, 
             Setting.Property.NodeScope, Setting.Property.Dynamic);
 
     public static final Setting<Double> JITTER_LIMIT = Setting.doubleSetting(
-            "opendistro.jobscheduler.jitter_limit",
-            0.60, 0, 0.95,
+            "opensearch.jobscheduler.jitter_limit",
+            0.60, 0, 0.95, 
             Setting.Property.NodeScope, Setting.Property.Dynamic);
 
+    // legacy settings from OpenDistro
+    
+    public static final Setting<TimeValue> LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_REQUEST_TIMEOUT = REQUEST_TIMEOUT.withKey(
+            "opendistro.jobscheduler.request_timeout");
 
+    public static final Setting<TimeValue> LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_BACKOFF_MILLIS = SWEEP_BACKOFF_MILLIS.withKey(
+            "opendistro.jobscheduler.sweeper.backoff_millis");
+
+    public static final Setting<Integer> LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_BACKOFF_RETRY_COUNT = SWEEP_BACKOFF_RETRY_COUNT.withKey(
+            "opendistro.jobscheduler.retry_count");
+
+    public static final Setting<TimeValue> LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_PERIOD = SWEEP_PERIOD.withKey(
+            "opendistro.jobscheduler.sweeper.period");
+
+    public static final Setting<Integer> LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_SWEEP_PAGE_SIZE = SWEEP_PAGE_SIZE.withKey(
+            "opendistro.jobscheduler.sweeper.page_size");
+
+    public static final Setting<Double> LEGACY_OPENDISTRO_JITTER_LIMIT = JITTER_LIMIT.withKey(
+            "opendistro.jobscheduler.jitter_limit");
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/sweeper/JobSweeper.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/sweeper/JobSweeper.java
index a103d74c..2e078990 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/sweeper/JobSweeper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/jobscheduler/sweeper/JobSweeper.java
@@ -148,25 +148,36 @@ private void addConfigListeners() {
         clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(JobSchedulerSettings.SWEEP_PERIOD,
                 timeValue -> {
                     sweepPeriod = timeValue;
-                    log.debug("Reinitializing background full sweep with period: " + sweepPeriod.getMinutes());
+                    log.debug("Reinitializing background full sweep with period: " + this.sweepPeriod.getMinutes());
                     initBackgroundSweep();
                 });
         clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(JobSchedulerSettings.SWEEP_PAGE_SIZE,
-                intValue -> sweepPageMaxSize = intValue);
+                intValue -> {
+                    sweepPageMaxSize = intValue;
+                    log.debug("Setting background sweep page size: " + this.sweepPageMaxSize);
+                });
         clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(JobSchedulerSettings.REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
-                timeValue -> this.sweepSearchTimeout = timeValue);
+                timeValue -> {
+                    this.sweepSearchTimeout = timeValue;
+                    log.debug("Setting background sweep search timeout: " + this.sweepSearchTimeout.getMinutes());
+                });
         clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(JobSchedulerSettings.SWEEP_BACKOFF_MILLIS,
                 timeValue -> {
                     this.sweepSearchBackoffMillis = timeValue;
                     this.sweepSearchBackoff = this.updateRetryPolicy();
+                    log.debug("Setting background sweep search backoff: " + this.sweepSearchBackoffMillis.getMillis());
                 });
         clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(JobSchedulerSettings.SWEEP_BACKOFF_RETRY_COUNT,
                 intValue -> {
                     this.sweepSearchBackoffRetryCount = intValue;
                     this.sweepSearchBackoff = this.updateRetryPolicy();
+                    log.debug("Setting background sweep search backoff retry count: " + this.sweepSearchBackoffRetryCount);
                 });
         clusterService.getClusterSettings().addSettingsUpdateConsumer(JobSchedulerSettings.JITTER_LIMIT,
-                doubleValue -> this.jitterLimit = doubleValue);
+                doubleValue -> {
+                    this.jitterLimit = doubleValue;
+                    log.debug("Setting background sweep jitter limit: " + this.jitterLimit);
+                });
     }
 
     private BackoffPolicy updateRetryPolicy() {