diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListener.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListener.java
index e087bbb265727..5c3dc3433a1bd 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListener.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListener.java
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ private synchronized void syncSegments(boolean isRetry) {
         long refreshTimeMs = segmentTracker.getLocalRefreshTimeMs(), refreshClockTimeMs = segmentTracker.getLocalRefreshClockTimeMs();
         long refreshSeqNo = segmentTracker.getLocalRefreshSeqNo();
         long bytesBeforeUpload = segmentTracker.getUploadBytesSucceeded(), startTimeInNS = System.nanoTime();
+        final AtomicBoolean shouldRetry = new AtomicBoolean(true);
 
         try {
-
             if (this.primaryTerm != indexShard.getOperationPrimaryTerm()) {
                 this.primaryTerm = indexShard.getOperationPrimaryTerm();
                 this.remoteDirectory.init();
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ private synchronized void syncSegments(boolean isRetry) {
                         ActionListener<Void> segmentUploadsCompletedListener = new LatchedActionListener<>(new ActionListener<>() {
                             @Override
                             public void onResponse(Void unused) {
-                                boolean shouldRetry = true;
                                 try {
                                     // Start metadata file upload
                                     uploadMetadata(localSegmentsPostRefresh, segmentInfos);
@@ -265,27 +264,18 @@ public void onResponse(Void unused) {
                                     );
                                     // At this point since we have uploaded new segments, segment infos and segment metadata file,
                                     // along with marking minSeqNoToKeep, upload has succeeded completely.
-                                    shouldRetry = false;
+                                    shouldRetry.set(false);
                                 } catch (Exception e) {
                                     // We don't want to fail refresh if upload of new segments fails. The missed segments will be re-tried
                                     // in the next refresh. This should not affect durability of the indexed data after remote trans-log
                                     // integration.
                                     logger.warn("Exception in post new segment upload actions", e);
-                                } finally {
-                                    doComplete(shouldRetry);
                                 }
                             }
 
                             @Override
                             public void onFailure(Exception e) {
                                 logger.warn("Exception while uploading new segments to the remote segment store", e);
-                                doComplete(true);
-                            }
-
-                            private void doComplete(boolean shouldRetry) {
-                                // Update the segment tracker with the final upload status as seen at the end
-                                updateFinalUploadStatusInSegmentTracker(shouldRetry == false, bytesBeforeUpload, startTimeInNS);
-                                afterSegmentsSync(isRetry, shouldRetry);
                             }
                         }, latch);
 
@@ -304,6 +294,8 @@ private void doComplete(boolean shouldRetry) {
         } catch (Throwable t) {
             logger.error("Exception in RemoteStoreRefreshListener.afterRefresh()", t);
         }
+        updateFinalStatusInSegmentTracker(shouldRetry.get() == false, bytesBeforeUpload, startTimeInNS);
+        afterSegmentsSync(isRetry, shouldRetry.get());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -516,7 +508,7 @@ private void updateLocalSizeMapAndTracker(Collection<String> segmentFiles) {
         segmentTracker.setLatestLocalFileNameLengthMap(latestFileNameSizeOnLocalMap);
     }
 
-    private void updateFinalUploadStatusInSegmentTracker(boolean uploadStatus, long bytesBeforeUpload, long startTimeInNS) {
+    private void updateFinalStatusInSegmentTracker(boolean uploadStatus, long bytesBeforeUpload, long startTimeInNS) {
         if (uploadStatus) {
             long bytesUploaded = segmentTracker.getUploadBytesSucceeded() - bytesBeforeUpload;
             long timeTakenInMS = (System.nanoTime() - startTimeInNS) / 1_000_000L;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java
index 395ecba442e86..d3e8d961337cc 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java
@@ -581,30 +581,32 @@ public void uploadMetadata(
                 RemoteSegmentMetadata.CURRENT_VERSION
             );
             try {
-                IndexOutput indexOutput = storeDirectory.createOutput(metadataFilename, IOContext.DEFAULT);
-                Map<String, String> uploadedSegments = new HashMap<>();
-                for (String file : segmentFiles) {
-                    if (segmentsUploadedToRemoteStore.containsKey(file)) {
-                        uploadedSegments.put(file, segmentsUploadedToRemoteStore.get(file).toString());
-                    } else {
-                        throw new NoSuchFileException(file);
+                try (IndexOutput indexOutput = storeDirectory.createOutput(metadataFilename, IOContext.DEFAULT)) {
+                    Map<String, String> uploadedSegments = new HashMap<>();
+                    for (String file : segmentFiles) {
+                        if (segmentsUploadedToRemoteStore.containsKey(file)) {
+                            uploadedSegments.put(file, segmentsUploadedToRemoteStore.get(file).toString());
+                        } else {
+                            throw new NoSuchFileException(file);
+                        }
                     }
-                }
 
-                ByteBuffersDataOutput byteBuffersIndexOutput = new ByteBuffersDataOutput();
-                segmentInfosSnapshot.write(new ByteBuffersIndexOutput(byteBuffersIndexOutput, "Snapshot of SegmentInfos", "SegmentInfos"));
-                byte[] segmentInfoSnapshotByteArray = byteBuffersIndexOutput.toArrayCopy();
-
-                metadataStreamWrapper.writeStream(
-                    indexOutput,
-                    new RemoteSegmentMetadata(
-                        RemoteSegmentMetadata.fromMapOfStrings(uploadedSegments),
-                        segmentInfoSnapshotByteArray,
-                        primaryTerm,
-                        segmentInfosSnapshot.getGeneration()
-                    )
-                );
-                indexOutput.close();
+                    ByteBuffersDataOutput byteBuffersIndexOutput = new ByteBuffersDataOutput();
+                    segmentInfosSnapshot.write(
+                        new ByteBuffersIndexOutput(byteBuffersIndexOutput, "Snapshot of SegmentInfos", "SegmentInfos")
+                    );
+                    byte[] segmentInfoSnapshotByteArray = byteBuffersIndexOutput.toArrayCopy();
+
+                    metadataStreamWrapper.writeStream(
+                        indexOutput,
+                        new RemoteSegmentMetadata(
+                            RemoteSegmentMetadata.fromMapOfStrings(uploadedSegments),
+                            segmentInfoSnapshotByteArray,
+                            primaryTerm,
+                            segmentInfosSnapshot.getGeneration()
+                        )
+                    );
+                }
                 storeDirectory.sync(Collections.singleton(metadataFilename));
                 remoteMetadataDirectory.copyFrom(storeDirectory, metadataFilename, metadataFilename, IOContext.DEFAULT);
             } finally {
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListenerTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListenerTests.java
index ed1438cbc3b08..21a9393408529 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListenerTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/RemoteStoreRefreshListenerTests.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.FilterDirectory;
 import org.apache.lucene.tests.store.BaseDirectoryWrapper;
-import org.apache.lucene.tests.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.opensearch.action.ActionListener;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
@@ -48,7 +47,6 @@
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import static org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata.SETTING_REPLICATION_TYPE;
 
-@LuceneTestCase.AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/8549")
 public class RemoteStoreRefreshListenerTests extends IndexShardTestCase {
     private IndexShard indexShard;
     private ClusterService clusterService;