diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index 43dfedccd497d..2b14367f3ddc7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -5162,6 +5162,15 @@ public void syncSegmentsFromRemoteSegmentStore(boolean overrideLocal, final Runn
         }
     }
 
+    public void syncSegmentsFromGivenRemoteSegmentStore(
+        boolean overrideLocal,
+        RemoteSegmentStoreDirectory sourceRemoteDirectory,
+        long primaryTerm,
+        long commitGeneration
+    ) throws IOException {
+        // Keeping this method to avoid breaking change detection
+    }
+
     /**
      * Downloads segments from given remote segment store for a specific commit.
      * @param overrideLocal flag to override local segment files with those in remote store