diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotIT.java
index 26b30af4c2c50..25f7ff08535ad 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/snapshots/DeleteSnapshotIT.java
@@ -45,6 +45,37 @@ public class DeleteSnapshotIT extends AbstractSnapshotIntegTestCase {
 
     private static final String REMOTE_REPO_NAME = "remote-store-repo-name";
 
+    public void testShardBlobDeletionForHashedPrefixPathType() throws Exception {
+        String indexName1 = ".testindex1";
+        String repoName = "test-restore-snapshot-repo";
+        String snapshotName1 = "test-restore-snapshot1";
+        Path absolutePath = randomRepoPath().toAbsolutePath();
+        logger.info("Path [{}]", absolutePath);
+
+        Client client = client();
+        // Write a document
+        String docId = Integer.toString(randomInt());
+        index(indexName1, "_doc", docId, "value", "expected");
+        createRepository(repoName, "fs", absolutePath);
+
+        logger.info("--> snapshot");
+        CreateSnapshotResponse createSnapshotResponse = client.admin()
+            .cluster()
+            .prepareCreateSnapshot(repoName, snapshotName1)
+            .setWaitForCompletion(true)
+            .setIndices(indexName1)
+            .get();
+        assertTrue(createSnapshotResponse.getSnapshotInfo().successfulShards() > 0);
+        assertEquals(createSnapshotResponse.getSnapshotInfo().totalShards(), createSnapshotResponse.getSnapshotInfo().successfulShards());
+        assertEquals(SnapshotState.SUCCESS, createSnapshotResponse.getSnapshotInfo().state());
+
+        assertAcked(startDeleteSnapshot(repoName, snapshotName1).get());
+        assertBusy(() -> assertEquals(0, RemoteStoreBaseIntegTestCase.getFileCount(absolutePath.resolve(BlobStoreRepository.INDICES_DIR))));
+        assertBusy(() -> assertEquals(0, RemoteStoreBaseIntegTestCase.getFileCount(absolutePath.resolve(SnapshotShardPaths.DIR))));
+        // At the end there are 2 files that exists - index-N and index.latest
+        assertBusy(() -> assertEquals(2, RemoteStoreBaseIntegTestCase.getFileCount(absolutePath)));
+    }
+
     public void testDeleteSnapshot() throws Exception {
         disableRepoConsistencyCheck("Remote store repository is being used in the test");
         final Path remoteStoreRepoPath = randomRepoPath();
diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java
index e27ff311c06f6..bcfd24cbe618e 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/OpenSearchIntegTestCase.java
@@ -2658,7 +2658,7 @@ public static PutRepositoryRequestBuilder putRepositoryRequestBuilder(
             builder.setTimeout(timeout);
         }
         if (finalSettings == false) {
-            settings.put(BlobStoreRepository.SHARD_PATH_TYPE.getKey(), randomFrom(PathType.values()));
+            settings.put(BlobStoreRepository.SHARD_PATH_TYPE.getKey(), PathType.HASHED_PREFIX.name());
         }
         builder.setSettings(settings);
         return builder;