diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
index 9bb0e31399066..1d17b4d1acbbb 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsService.java
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ private void cleanOrphanTimestamp(String repoName, RepositoryData repositoryData
         deleteOrphanTimestamps(pinnedEntities, orphanPinnedEntities);
     }
 
-    private boolean isOrphanPinnedEntity(String repoName, Collection<String> snapshotUUIDs, String pinnedEntity) {
+    static boolean isOrphanPinnedEntity(String repoName, Collection<String> snapshotUUIDs, String pinnedEntity) {
         Tuple<String, String> tokens = getRepoSnapshotUUIDTuple(pinnedEntity);
         return Objects.equals(tokens.v1(), repoName) && snapshotUUIDs.contains(tokens.v2()) == false;
     }
@@ -931,7 +931,8 @@ public static String getPinningEntity(String repositoryName, String snapshotUUID
 
     public static Tuple<String, String> getRepoSnapshotUUIDTuple(String pinningEntity) {
         String[] tokens = pinningEntity.split(SNAPSHOT_PINNED_TIMESTAMP_DELIMITER);
-        return new Tuple<>(tokens[0], tokens[1]);
+        String snapUUID = String.join(SNAPSHOT_PINNED_TIMESTAMP_DELIMITER, Arrays.copyOfRange(tokens, 1, tokens.length));
+        return new Tuple<>(tokens[0], snapUUID);
     }
 
     private void cloneSnapshotPinnedTimestamp(
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsServiceTests.java
index e374636f60d22..2aa061366465e 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotsServiceTests.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.TestShardRouting;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.UUIDs;
+import org.opensearch.common.collect.Tuple;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.ClusterSettings;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.OpenSearchExecutors;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportService;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@
 import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
 
 import static org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED;
+import static org.opensearch.snapshots.SnapshotsService.getRepoSnapshotUUIDTuple;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
@@ -804,6 +807,36 @@ public void testRunReadyCloneCompletionListenerFailure() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(expectedUpdate.hashCode(), capturedUpdate.hashCode());
     }
 
+    public void testGetRepoSnapshotUUIDTuple() {
+        String repoName = "repoName";
+        String pinningEntity = "repoName__OstrHGrERqaR__-597zHYQ";
+        Tuple<String, String> t = getRepoSnapshotUUIDTuple(pinningEntity);
+        assertEquals(repoName, t.v1());
+        assertEquals("OstrHGrERqaR__-597zHYQ", t.v2());
+    }
+
+    public void testIsOrphanPinnedEntity() {
+        String repoName = "repoName";
+        ArrayList<String> snapshotUUIDs = new ArrayList<>(
+            Arrays.asList("OouZCQ30TqypFBZGgk1C7g", "RSP6GLJfSO6SsMmUjZNAaA", "OstrHGrERqaR__-597zHYQ, Zjlnf8IHRxqFBijj0m52gw")
+        );
+
+        ArrayList<String> pinnedEntities = new ArrayList<>(
+            Arrays.asList(
+                "repoName__OouZCQ30TqypFBZGgk1C7g",
+                "repoName__RSP6GLJfSO6SsMmUjZNAaA",
+                "repoName__OstrHGrERqaR__-597zHYQ, Zjlnf8IHRxqFBijj0m52gw"
+            )
+        );
+
+        for (String pinnedEntity : pinnedEntities) {
+            assertFalse(SnapshotsService.isOrphanPinnedEntity(repoName, snapshotUUIDs, pinnedEntity));
+        }
+
+        String orphanEntity = "repoName__orphan";
+        assertTrue(SnapshotsService.isOrphanPinnedEntity(repoName, snapshotUUIDs, orphanEntity));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Helper method to create a SnapshotsService instance with a provided ClusterService.
      * This method mocks all necessary dependencies for the SnapshotsService.