diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f025d2304966..cf285d79c3578 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - [S3 Repository] Add setting to control connection count for sync client ([#12028](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12028))
 - Views, simplify data access and manipulation by providing a virtual layer over one or more indices ([#11957](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11957))
 - Add Remote Store Migration Experimental flag and allow mixed mode clusters under same ([#11986](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/11986))
-
+- Light weight Transport action to verify local term before fetching cluster-state from remote ([#12252](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12252/))
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump `log4j-core` from 2.18.0 to 2.19.0
 - Bump `forbiddenapis` from 3.3 to 3.4
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerNodeAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerNodeAction.java
index a976dd87ca213..cc4f802653202 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerNodeAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerNodeAction.java
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ private ActionListener<Response> getDelegateForLocalExecute(ClusterState cluster
         }
 
         protected BiConsumer<DiscoveryNode, ClusterState> clusterStateLatestChecker(
-            Consumer<ClusterState> onLatestWithLocalState,
-            BiConsumer<DiscoveryNode, ClusterState> onMisMatchWithLocalState
+            Consumer<ClusterState> onLatestLocalState,
+            BiConsumer<DiscoveryNode, ClusterState> onStaleLocalState
         ) {
             return (clusterManagerNode, clusterState) -> {
                 transportService.sendRequest(
@@ -371,9 +371,9 @@ public void handleResponse(GetTermVersionResponse response) {
                                 isLatestClusterStatePresentOnLocalNode
                             );
                             if (isLatestClusterStatePresentOnLocalNode) {
-                                onLatestWithLocalState.accept(clusterState);
+                                onLatestLocalState.accept(clusterState);
                             } else {
-                                onMisMatchWithLocalState.accept(clusterManagerNode, clusterState);
+                                onStaleLocalState.accept(clusterManagerNode, clusterState);
                             }
                         }
 
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerTermCheckTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerTermCheckTests.java
index d22d4871d92af..9e92c76d96aad 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerTermCheckTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/action/support/clustermanager/TransportClusterManagerTermCheckTests.java
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ public void testTermCheckNoMatchWithClusterManager() throws ExecutionException,
 
     public void testTermCheckOnOldVersionClusterManager() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
 
-        setUpCluster(Version.V_2_13_0);
+        setUpCluster(Version.V_2_12_0);
         TransportClusterManagerTermCheckTests.Request request = new TransportClusterManagerTermCheckTests.Request();
 
         PlainActionFuture<TransportClusterManagerTermCheckTests.Response> listener = new PlainActionFuture<>();