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 e7602203440d2..309ce8359f9e9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory.java
@@ -475,30 +475,32 @@ 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 529c2dfd5d503..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/8638")
 public class RemoteStoreRefreshListenerTests extends IndexShardTestCase {
     private IndexShard indexShard;
     private ClusterService clusterService;
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectoryTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectoryTests.java
index c37893877253e..114576337ab08 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectoryTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/store/RemoteSegmentStoreDirectoryTests.java
@@ -604,6 +604,28 @@ public void testUploadMetadataNonEmpty() throws IOException {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testUploadMetadataMissingSegment() throws IOException {
+        populateMetadata();
+        remoteSegmentStoreDirectory.init();
+
+        Directory storeDirectory = mock(Directory.class);
+        IndexOutput indexOutput = mock(IndexOutput.class);
+
+        String generation = RemoteStoreUtils.invertLong(segmentInfos.getGeneration());
+        String primaryTerm = RemoteStoreUtils.invertLong(12);
+        when(storeDirectory.createOutput(startsWith("metadata__" + primaryTerm + "__" + generation), eq(IOContext.DEFAULT))).thenReturn(
+            indexOutput
+        );
+
+        Collection<String> segmentFiles = List.of("_123.si");
+        assertThrows(
+            NoSuchFileException.class,
+            () -> remoteSegmentStoreDirectory.uploadMetadata(segmentFiles, segmentInfos, storeDirectory, 12L, 34L)
+        );
+        verify(indexOutput).close();
+        verify(storeDirectory).deleteFile(startsWith("metadata__" + primaryTerm + "__" + generation));
+    }
+
     public void testNoMetadataHeaderCorruptIndexException() throws IOException {
         List<String> metadataFiles = List.of(metadataFilename);
         when(