diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/state/term/GetTermVersionAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/state/term/GetTermVersionAction.java
index 3344fd549b23f..cd3617f939673 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/state/term/GetTermVersionAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/state/term/GetTermVersionAction.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 public class GetTermVersionAction extends ActionType<GetTermVersionResponse> {
 
     public static final GetTermVersionAction INSTANCE = new GetTermVersionAction();
-    public static final String NAME = "cluster:monitor/term";
+    public static final String NAME = "internal:monitor/term";
 
     private GetTermVersionAction() {
         super(NAME, GetTermVersionResponse::new);
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerTermCheckTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerTermCheckTests.java
index 8c7b7a0940c82..40d19dbab84b7 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerTermCheckTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerTermCheckTests.java
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ public void testTermCheckMatchWithClusterManager() throws ExecutionException, In
         assertThat(transport.capturedRequests().length, equalTo(1));
         CapturingTransport.CapturedRequest capturedRequest = transport.capturedRequests()[0];
         assertTrue(capturedRequest.node.isClusterManagerNode());
-        assertThat(capturedRequest.action, equalTo("cluster:monitor/term"));
+        assertThat(capturedRequest.action, equalTo("internal:monitor/term"));
         GetTermVersionResponse response = new GetTermVersionResponse(
             new ClusterStateTermVersion(
                 clusterService.state().getClusterName(),
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public void testTermCheckNoMatchWithClusterManager() throws ExecutionException,
         assertThat(transport.capturedRequests().length, equalTo(1));
         CapturingTransport.CapturedRequest termCheckRequest = transport.capturedRequests()[0];
         assertTrue(termCheckRequest.node.isClusterManagerNode());
-        assertThat(termCheckRequest.action, equalTo("cluster:monitor/term"));
+        assertThat(termCheckRequest.action, equalTo("internal:monitor/term"));
         GetTermVersionResponse noMatchResponse = new GetTermVersionResponse(
             new ClusterStateTermVersion(
                 clusterService.state().getClusterName(),