diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2e3a515fb8008..ed92b0c189216 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Fix race condition in node-join and node-left ([#15521](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/15521))
 - Streaming bulk request hangs ([#16158](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16158))
 - Fix warnings from SLF4J on startup when repository-s3 is installed ([#16194](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16194))
+- Fix coordination metadata diff in remote cluster state publication ([#16215](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16215))
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/ClusterStateDiffManifest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/ClusterStateDiffManifest.java
index a97b3e1bc6c4b..0309080c971e0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/ClusterStateDiffManifest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/ClusterStateDiffManifest.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public ClusterStateDiffManifest(
     ) {
         fromStateUUID = previousState.stateUUID();
         toStateUUID = state.stateUUID();
-        coordinationMetadataUpdated = !Metadata.isCoordinationMetadataEqual(state.metadata(), previousState.metadata());
+        coordinationMetadataUpdated = true;
         settingsMetadataUpdated = !Metadata.isSettingsMetadataEqual(state.metadata(), previousState.metadata());
         transientSettingsMetadataUpdated = !Metadata.isTransientSettingsMetadataEqual(state.metadata(), previousState.metadata());
         templatesMetadataUpdated = !Metadata.isTemplatesMetadataEqual(state.metadata(), previousState.metadata());
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/model/ClusterStateDiffManifestTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/model/ClusterStateDiffManifestTests.java
index e716822939a58..27d5f0167b14d 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/model/ClusterStateDiffManifestTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/model/ClusterStateDiffManifestTests.java
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ private ClusterStateDiffManifest updateAndVerifyState(
         assertEquals(customsToRemove, manifest.getCustomMetadataDeleted());
         assertEquals(new ArrayList<>(clusterStateCustomsToAdd.keySet()), manifest.getClusterStateCustomUpdated());
         assertEquals(clusterStateCustomsToRemove, manifest.getClusterStateCustomDeleted());
-        assertEquals(updateCoordinationState, manifest.isCoordinationMetadataUpdated());
+        assertTrue(manifest.isCoordinationMetadataUpdated());
         assertEquals(updatePersistentSettings, manifest.isSettingsMetadataUpdated());
         assertEquals(updateTemplates, manifest.isTemplatesMetadataUpdated());
         assertEquals(updateTransientSettings, manifest.isTransientSettingsMetadataUpdated());