diff --git a/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/datafeeds/securemint_aggregator.go b/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/datafeeds/securemint_aggregator.go
index 6f8e04c9e2..1221c68e78 100644
--- a/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/datafeeds/securemint_aggregator.go
+++ b/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/datafeeds/securemint_aggregator.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	ErrNoMatchingChainSelector = errors.New("no matching chain selector found")
-	ErrSequenceNumberTooLow    = errors.New("sequence number too low")
 )
 
 // secureMintReport represents the inner report structure, mimics the Report type in the SM plugin repo
@@ -114,12 +113,7 @@ func (a *SecureMintAggregator) Aggregate(lggr logger.Logger, previousOutcome *ty
 // extractAndValidateReports extracts OCRTriggerEvent from observations and validates them
 func (a *SecureMintAggregator) extractAndValidateReports(lggr logger.Logger, observations map[ocrcommon.OracleID][]values.Value, previousOutcome *types.AggregationOutcome) ([]*secureMintReport, error) {
 	var validReports []*secureMintReport
-	var sequenceNumberTooLow bool
 	var foundMatchingChainSelector bool
-	previousSeqNr := uint64(0)
-	if previousOutcome != nil {
-		previousSeqNr = previousOutcome.LastSeenAt
-	}
 
 	for nodeID, nodeObservations := range observations {
 		lggr = logger.With(lggr, "nodeID", nodeID)
@@ -153,13 +147,6 @@ func (a *SecureMintAggregator) extractAndValidateReports(lggr logger.Logger, obs
 			// We found a matching chain selector
 			foundMatchingChainSelector = true
 
-			// Validate sequence number
-			if triggerEvent.SeqNr <= previousSeqNr {
-				lggr.Warnw("sequence number too low", "seqNr", triggerEvent.SeqNr, "previousSeqNr", previousSeqNr)
-				sequenceNumberTooLow = true
-				continue
-			}
-
 			// Deserialize the inner secureMintReport
 			var innerReport secureMintReport
 			if err := json.Unmarshal(reportWithInfo.Report, &innerReport); err != nil {
@@ -177,10 +164,6 @@ func (a *SecureMintAggregator) extractAndValidateReports(lggr logger.Logger, obs
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 
-	if sequenceNumberTooLow {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: all reports had sequence numbers <= %d", ErrSequenceNumberTooLow, previousSeqNr)
-	}
-
 	return validReports, nil
 }
 
@@ -223,12 +206,15 @@ func (a *SecureMintAggregator) createOutcome(lggr logger.Logger, report *secureM
 	// Store the sequence number in metadata for next round
 	metadata := []byte{byte(report.SeqNr)} // Simple metadata for now
 
-	return &types.AggregationOutcome{
+	aggOutcome := &types.AggregationOutcome{
 		EncodableOutcome: reportsProto.GetMapValue(),
 		Metadata:         metadata,
 		LastSeenAt:       report.SeqNr,
 		ShouldReport:     true, // Always report since we found and verified the target report
-	}, nil
+	}
+
+	lggr.Debugw("SecureMint AggregationOutcome created", "aggOutcome", aggOutcome)
+	return aggOutcome, nil
 }
 
 // parseSecureMintConfig parses the user-facing, type-less, SecureMint aggregator config into the internal typed config.
diff --git a/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/datafeeds/securemint_aggregator_test.go b/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/datafeeds/securemint_aggregator_test.go
index 04703ec4e9..0b0b87c286 100644
--- a/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/datafeeds/securemint_aggregator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/capabilities/consensus/ocr3/datafeeds/securemint_aggregator_test.go
@@ -87,28 +87,6 @@ func TestSecureMintAggregator_Aggregate(t *testing.T) {
 			expectError:          false,
 			expectedShouldReport: false,
 		},
-		{
-			name:   "sequence number too low",
-			config: configWithChainSelector(t, "16015286601757825753"),
-			previousOutcome: &types.AggregationOutcome{
-				LastSeenAt: 10, // Previous sequence number
-			},
-			observations: createSecureMintObservations(t, []ocrTriggerEventData{
-				{
-					chainSelector: ethSepoliaChainSelector,
-					seqNr:         9, // Lower than previous
-					report: &secureMintReport{
-						ConfigDigest: ocr2types.ConfigDigest{0: 1, 31: 2},
-						SeqNr:        9,
-						Block:        1000,
-						Mintable:     big.NewInt(99),
-					},
-				},
-			}),
-			f:             1,
-			expectError:   true,
-			errorContains: "sequence number too low",
-		},
 		{
 			name:          "no observations",
 			config:        configWithChainSelector(t, "16015286601757825753"),
@@ -117,28 +95,6 @@ func TestSecureMintAggregator_Aggregate(t *testing.T) {
 			expectError:   true,
 			errorContains: "no observations",
 		},
-		{
-			name:   "sequence number equal to previous (should be ignored)",
-			config: configWithChainSelector(t, "16015286601757825753"),
-			previousOutcome: &types.AggregationOutcome{
-				LastSeenAt: 10, // Previous sequence number
-			},
-			observations: createSecureMintObservations(t, []ocrTriggerEventData{
-				{
-					chainSelector: ethSepoliaChainSelector,
-					seqNr:         10, // Equal to previous
-					report: &secureMintReport{
-						ConfigDigest: ocr2types.ConfigDigest{0: 1, 31: 2},
-						SeqNr:        10,
-						Block:        1000,
-						Mintable:     big.NewInt(99),
-					},
-				},
-			}),
-			f:             1,
-			expectError:   true,
-			errorContains: "sequence number too low",
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {