diff --git a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java
index dc40f7d65d81d..f2f7dce887fa1 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/HoodieTableConfig.java
@@ -351,7 +351,9 @@ private static TypedProperties fetchConfigs(FileSystem fs, String metaPath) thro
           props.clear();
           props.load(is);
           found = true;
-          ValidationUtils.checkArgument(validateChecksum(props));
+          if (props.containsKey(TABLE_CHECKSUM.key())) {
+            ValidationUtils.checkArgument(HoodieTableConfig.validateChecksum(props));
+          }
           return props;
         } catch (IOException e) {
           LOG.warn(String.format("Could not read properties from %s: %s", path, e));
diff --git a/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/TestHoodieTableConfig.java b/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/TestHoodieTableConfig.java
index fc9ca493e7774..00d44e352f0c9 100644
--- a/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/TestHoodieTableConfig.java
+++ b/hudi-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hudi/common/table/TestHoodieTableConfig.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 
+import static org.apache.hudi.common.table.HoodieTableConfig.TABLE_CHECKSUM;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
@@ -160,14 +161,15 @@ public void testReadRetry() throws IOException {
 
     // Should return backup config if hoodie.properties is corrupted
     Properties props = new Properties();
+    props.put(TABLE_CHECKSUM.key(), "0");
     try (OutputStream out = fs.create(cfgPath)) {
-      props.store(out, "No checksum in file so is invalid");
+      props.store(out, "Wrong checksum in file so is invalid");
     }
     new HoodieTableConfig(fs, metaPath.toString(), null, null);
 
     // Should throw exception if both hoodie.properties and backup are corrupted
     try (OutputStream out = fs.create(backupCfgPath)) {
-      props.store(out, "No checksum in file so is invalid");
+      props.store(out, "Wrong checksum in file so is invalid");
     }
     assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> new HoodieTableConfig(fs, metaPath.toString(), null, null));
   }
diff --git a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/procedure/TestUpgradeOrDowngradeProcedure.scala b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/procedure/TestUpgradeOrDowngradeProcedure.scala
index 1bd29cabc400d..20fcd82033786 100644
--- a/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/procedure/TestUpgradeOrDowngradeProcedure.scala
+++ b/hudi-spark-datasource/hudi-spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hudi/procedure/TestUpgradeOrDowngradeProcedure.scala
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.hudi.procedure
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path
 import org.apache.hudi.common.config.HoodieConfig
 import org.apache.hudi.common.table.{HoodieTableConfig, HoodieTableMetaClient, HoodieTableVersion}
+import org.apache.hudi.common.util.{BinaryUtil, ConfigUtils, StringUtils}
 import org.apache.spark.api.java.JavaSparkContext
 
 import java.io.IOException
+import java.time.Instant
 
 class TestUpgradeOrDowngradeProcedure extends HoodieSparkProcedureTestBase {
 
@@ -104,8 +106,38 @@ class TestUpgradeOrDowngradeProcedure extends HoodieSparkProcedureTestBase {
 
       // downgrade table to THREE
       checkAnswer(s"""call downgrade_table(table => '$tableName', to_version => 'THREE')""")(Seq(true))
-      // upgrade table to FOUR
-      checkAnswer(s"""call upgrade_table(table => '$tableName', to_version => 'FOUR')""")(Seq(true))
+      var metaClient = HoodieTableMetaClient.builder
+        .setConf(new JavaSparkContext(spark.sparkContext).hadoopConfiguration())
+        .setBasePath(tablePath)
+        .build
+      // verify hoodie.table.version of the table is THREE
+      assertResult(HoodieTableVersion.THREE.versionCode) {
+        metaClient.getTableConfig.getTableVersion.versionCode()
+      }
+      val metaPathDir = new Path(metaClient.getBasePath, HoodieTableMetaClient.METAFOLDER_NAME)
+      // delete checksum from hoodie.properties
+      val props = ConfigUtils.fetchConfigs(metaClient.getFs, metaPathDir.toString, HoodieTableConfig.HOODIE_PROPERTIES_FILE, HoodieTableConfig.HOODIE_PROPERTIES_FILE_BACKUP, 1, 1000)
+      props.remove(HoodieTableConfig.TABLE_CHECKSUM.key)
+      try {
+        val outputStream = metaClient.getFs.create(new Path(metaPathDir, HoodieTableConfig.HOODIE_PROPERTIES_FILE))
+        props.store(outputStream, "Updated at " + Instant.now)
+        outputStream.close()
+      } catch {
+        case e: Exception => fail(e)
+      }
+      // verify hoodie.table.checksum is deleted from hoodie.properties
+      metaClient = HoodieTableMetaClient.reload(metaClient)
+      assertResult(false) {metaClient.getTableConfig.contains(HoodieTableConfig.TABLE_CHECKSUM)}
+      // upgrade table to SIX
+      checkAnswer(s"""call upgrade_table(table => '$tableName', to_version => 'SIX')""")(Seq(true))
+      metaClient = HoodieTableMetaClient.reload(metaClient)
+      assertResult(HoodieTableVersion.SIX.versionCode) {
+        metaClient.getTableConfig.getTableVersion.versionCode()
+      }
+      val expectedCheckSum = BinaryUtil.generateChecksum(StringUtils.getUTF8Bytes(tableName))
+      assertResult(expectedCheckSum) {
+        metaClient.getTableConfig.getLong(HoodieTableConfig.TABLE_CHECKSUM)
+      }
     }
   }