diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
index 513561dfdeaf5..0cd2025b98783 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gateway/remote/RemoteClusterStateService.java
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ public static RemoteClusterStateValidationMode parseString(String mode) {
     private final String METADATA_UPDATE_LOG_STRING = "wrote metadata for [{}] indices and skipped [{}] unchanged "
         + "indices, coordination metadata updated : [{}], settings metadata updated : [{}], templates metadata "
         + "updated : [{}], custom metadata updated : [{}], indices routing updated : [{}]";
-    private AtomicBoolean isPublicationEnabled;
+    private volatile AtomicBoolean isPublicationEnabled;
     private final String remotePathPrefix;
 
     private final RemoteClusterStateCache remoteClusterStateCache;