diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreIT.java
index 85208a33cc9f5..f01e4969b1fe7 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreIT.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.remotestore;
 
+import org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.remotestore.restore.RestoreRemoteStoreRequest;
 import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.delete.DeleteIndexRequest;
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.comparesEqualTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.oneOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.opensearch.test.hamcrest.OpenSearchAssertions.assertAcked;
 import static org.opensearch.test.hamcrest.OpenSearchAssertions.assertHitCount;
 
@@ -285,7 +288,6 @@ public void testRemoteTranslogCleanup() throws Exception {
         verifyRemoteStoreCleanup(true);
     }
 
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/8504")
     public void testStaleCommitDeletionWithInvokeFlush() throws Exception {
         internalCluster().startDataOnlyNodes(3);
         createIndex(INDEX_NAME, remoteStoreIndexSettings(1, 10000l));
@@ -301,16 +303,15 @@ public void testStaleCommitDeletionWithInvokeFlush() throws Exception {
         assertBusy(() -> {
             int actualFileCount = getFileCount(indexPath);
             if (numberOfIterations <= RemoteStoreRefreshListener.LAST_N_METADATA_FILES_TO_KEEP) {
-                assertEquals(numberOfIterations, actualFileCount);
+                MatcherAssert.assertThat(actualFileCount, is(oneOf(numberOfIterations, numberOfIterations + 1)));
             } else {
                 // As delete is async its possible that the file gets created before the deletion or after
                 // deletion.
-                assertTrue(actualFileCount >= 10 || actualFileCount <= 11);
+                MatcherAssert.assertThat(actualFileCount, is(oneOf(10, 11)));
             }
         }, 30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
     }
 
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/issues/8504")
     public void testStaleCommitDeletionWithoutInvokeFlush() throws Exception {
         internalCluster().startDataOnlyNodes(3);
         createIndex(INDEX_NAME, remoteStoreIndexSettings(1, 10000l));
@@ -322,6 +323,8 @@ public void testStaleCommitDeletionWithoutInvokeFlush() throws Exception {
             .get()
             .getSetting(INDEX_NAME, IndexMetadata.SETTING_INDEX_UUID);
         Path indexPath = Path.of(String.valueOf(absolutePath), indexUUID, "/0/segments/metadata");
-        assertEquals(numberOfIterations, getFileCount(indexPath));
+        int actualFileCount = getFileCount(indexPath);
+        // We also allow (numberOfIterations + 1) as index creation also triggers refresh.
+        MatcherAssert.assertThat(actualFileCount, is(oneOf(numberOfIterations, numberOfIterations + 1)));
     }
 }