diff --git a/skyplane/cli/cli.py b/skyplane/cli/cli.py
index 19b05f896..75e3ea1a6 100644
--- a/skyplane/cli/cli.py
+++ b/skyplane/cli/cli.py
@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@
 import skyplane.cli.experiments
 from skyplane import config_path, exceptions, skyplane_root, cloud_config, tmp_log_dir
 from skyplane.cli.common import print_header, console
-from skyplane.cli.cli_impl.cp_replicate import generate_full_transferobjlist, generate_topology, confirm_transfer, launch_replication_job
+from skyplane.cli.cli_impl.cp_replicate import (
+    enrich_dest_objs,
+    generate_full_transferobjlist,
+    generate_topology,
+    confirm_transfer,
+    launch_replication_job,
+)
 from skyplane.replicate.replication_plan import ReplicationJob
 from skyplane.cli.cli_impl.init import load_aws_config, load_azure_config, load_gcp_config
 from skyplane.cli.common import parse_path, query_instances
@@ -335,6 +341,8 @@ def sync(
 
         raise typer.Exit(1)
 
+    enrich_dest_objs(dst_region, path_dst, bucket_dst, [i[1] for i in full_transfer_pairs])
+
     # filter out any transfer pairs that are already in the destination
     transfer_pairs = []
     for src_obj, dst_obj in full_transfer_pairs:
diff --git a/skyplane/cli/cli_impl/cp_replicate.py b/skyplane/cli/cli_impl/cp_replicate.py
index 8744346f5..38201447b 100644
--- a/skyplane/cli/cli_impl/cp_replicate.py
+++ b/skyplane/cli/cli_impl/cp_replicate.py
@@ -193,6 +193,15 @@ def generate_full_transferobjlist(
         # dest_obj = ObjectStoreObject(dest_region.split(":")[0], dest_bucket, dest_key)
         dest_objs.append(dest_obj)
 
+    return list(zip(source_objs, dest_objs))
+
+
+def enrich_dest_objs(dest_region: str, dest_prefix: str, dest_bucket: str, dest_objs: list):
+    """
+    For skyplane sync, we enrich dest obj metadata with our existing dest obj metadata from the dest bucket following a query.
+    """
+    dest_iface = ObjectStoreInterface.create(dest_region, dest_bucket)
+
     # query destination at dest_key
     logger.fs.debug(f"Querying objects in {dest_bucket}")
     dest_objs_keys = {obj.key for obj in dest_objs}
@@ -210,8 +219,6 @@ def generate_full_transferobjlist(
             dest_obj.size = found_dest_objs[dest_obj.key].size
             dest_obj.last_modified = found_dest_objs[dest_obj.key].last_modified
 
-    return list(zip(source_objs, dest_objs))
-
 
 def confirm_transfer(topo: ReplicationTopology, job: ReplicationJob, ask_to_confirm_transfer=True):
     console.print(