diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java
index c21a1bf64f734..b7334fbfab394 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepository.java
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.index.remote.RemoteStoreEnums.PathHashAlgorithm.FNV_1A_COMPOSITE_1;
 import static org.opensearch.index.snapshots.blobstore.BlobStoreIndexShardSnapshot.FileInfo.canonicalName;
 import static org.opensearch.repositories.blobstore.ChecksumBlobStoreFormat.SNAPSHOT_ONLY_FORMAT_PARAMS;
+import static org.opensearch.snapshots.SnapshotShardPaths.getIndexId;
 
 /**
  * BlobStore - based implementation of Snapshot Repository
@@ -2367,7 +2368,10 @@ private void remoteTranslogCleanupAsync(
      * @return List of matching shard paths
      */
     private List<String> findMatchingShardPaths(String indexId, Map<String, BlobMetadata> snapshotShardPaths) {
-        return snapshotShardPaths.keySet().stream().filter(s -> s.startsWith(indexId)).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        return snapshotShardPaths.keySet()
+            .stream()
+            .filter(s -> (s.startsWith(indexId) || s.startsWith(SnapshotShardPaths.FILE_PREFIX + indexId)))
+            .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2645,11 +2649,11 @@ public void finalizeSnapshot(
      */
     private void cleanupRedundantSnapshotShardPaths(Set<String> updatedShardPathsIndexIds) {
         Set<String> updatedIndexIds = updatedShardPathsIndexIds.stream()
-            .map(s -> s.split("\\" + SnapshotShardPaths.DELIMITER)[0])
+            .map(s -> getIndexId(s.split("\\" + SnapshotShardPaths.DELIMITER)[0]))
             .collect(Collectors.toSet());
         Set<String> indexIdShardPaths = getSnapshotShardPaths().keySet();
         List<String> staleShardPaths = indexIdShardPaths.stream().filter(s -> updatedShardPathsIndexIds.contains(s) == false).filter(s -> {
-            String indexId = s.split("\\" + SnapshotShardPaths.DELIMITER)[0];
+            String indexId = getIndexId(s.split("\\" + SnapshotShardPaths.DELIMITER)[0]);
             return updatedIndexIds.contains(indexId);
         }).collect(Collectors.toList());
         try {
@@ -2694,7 +2698,7 @@ String writeIndexShardPaths(IndexId indexId, SnapshotId snapshotId, int shardCou
             List<String> paths = getShardPaths(indexId, shardCount);
             int pathType = indexId.getShardPathType();
             int pathHashAlgorithm = FNV_1A_COMPOSITE_1.getCode();
-            String blobName = String.join(
+            String name = String.join(
                 SnapshotShardPaths.DELIMITER,
                 indexId.getId(),
                 indexId.getName(),
@@ -2710,9 +2714,9 @@ String writeIndexShardPaths(IndexId indexId, SnapshotId snapshotId, int shardCou
                 PathType.fromCode(pathType),
                 PathHashAlgorithm.fromCode(pathHashAlgorithm)
             );
-            SNAPSHOT_SHARD_PATHS_FORMAT.write(shardPaths, snapshotShardPathBlobContainer(), blobName);
+            SNAPSHOT_SHARD_PATHS_FORMAT.write(shardPaths, snapshotShardPathBlobContainer(), name);
             logShardPathsOperationSuccess(indexId, snapshotId);
-            return blobName;
+            return SnapshotShardPaths.FILE_PREFIX + name;
         } catch (IOException e) {
             logShardPathsOperationWarning(indexId, snapshotId, e);
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardPaths.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardPaths.java
index 88af14e2232f9..878c2baba4ce9 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardPaths.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/SnapshotShardPaths.java
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ public class SnapshotShardPaths implements ToXContent {
 
     public static final String DELIMITER = ".";
 
-    public static final String FILE_NAME_FORMAT = "%s";
+    public static final String FILE_PREFIX = "snapshot_path_";
+    public static final String FILE_NAME_FORMAT = FILE_PREFIX + "%s";
 
     private static final String PATHS_FIELD = "paths";
     private static final String INDEX_ID_FIELD = "indexId";
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ public static ShardInfo parseShardPath(String shardPath) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid shard path format: " + shardPath);
         }
         try {
-            IndexId indexId = new IndexId(parts[1], parts[0], Integer.parseInt(parts[3]));
+            IndexId indexId = new IndexId(parts[1], getIndexId(parts[0]), Integer.parseInt(parts[3]));
             int shardCount = Integer.parseInt(parts[2]);
             return new ShardInfo(indexId, shardCount);
         } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
@@ -109,6 +110,13 @@ public static ShardInfo parseShardPath(String shardPath) {
         }
     }
 
+    public static String getIndexId(String indexIdField) {
+        if (indexIdField.startsWith(FILE_PREFIX)) {
+            return indexIdField.substring(FILE_PREFIX.length());
+        }
+        return indexIdField;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Represents parsed information from a shard path.
      * This class encapsulates the index ID and shard count extracted from a shard path string.
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepositoryTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepositoryTests.java
index 6540d2f55a349..5b007994fd64a 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepositoryTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/blobstore/BlobStoreRepositoryTests.java
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ public void testParseShardPath() {
         IndexId indexId = repoData.getIndices().values().iterator().next();
         int shardCount = repoData.shardGenerations().getGens(indexId).size();
 
+        // Version 2.17 has file name starting with indexId
         String shardPath = String.join(
             SnapshotShardPaths.DELIMITER,
             indexId.getId(),
@@ -391,7 +392,19 @@ public void testParseShardPath() {
             "1"
         );
         ShardInfo shardInfo = SnapshotShardPaths.parseShardPath(shardPath);
+        assertEquals(shardInfo.getIndexId(), indexId);
+        assertEquals(shardInfo.getShardCount(), shardCount);
 
+        // Version 2.17 has file name starting with snapshot_path_
+        shardPath = String.join(
+            SnapshotShardPaths.DELIMITER,
+            SnapshotShardPaths.FILE_PREFIX + indexId.getId(),
+            indexId.getName(),
+            String.valueOf(shardCount),
+            String.valueOf(indexId.getShardPathType()),
+            "1"
+        );
+        shardInfo = SnapshotShardPaths.parseShardPath(shardPath);
         assertEquals(shardInfo.getIndexId(), indexId);
         assertEquals(shardInfo.getShardCount(), shardCount);
     }