diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/TransportForceMergeAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/TransportForceMergeAction.java
index c59ec12ed4c5a..178ed0eb05ca3 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/TransportForceMergeAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/forcemerge/TransportForceMergeAction.java
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ protected void shardOperation(
         SubscribableListener.<IndexShard>newForked(l -> {
             IndexShard indexShard = indicesService.indexServiceSafe(shardRouting.shardId().getIndex())
                 .getShard(shardRouting.shardId().id());
-            indexShard.ensureMutable(l.map(unused -> indexShard));
+            indexShard.ensureMutable(l.map(unused -> indexShard), false);
         }).<EmptyResult>andThen((l, indexShard) -> {
             threadPool.executor(ThreadPool.Names.FORCE_MERGE).execute(ActionRunnable.supply(l, () -> {
                 indexShard.forceMerge(request);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java
index a8db6c306280a..01968596db932 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bulk/TransportShardBulkAction.java
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ protected void shardOperationOnPrimary(
         IndexShard primary,
         ActionListener<PrimaryResult<BulkShardRequest, BulkShardResponse>> listener
     ) {
-        primary.ensureMutable(listener.delegateFailure((l, ignored) -> super.shardOperationOnPrimary(request, primary, l)));
+        primary.ensureMutable(listener.delegateFailure((l, ignored) -> super.shardOperationOnPrimary(request, primary, l)), true);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/TransportUpdateAction.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/TransportUpdateAction.java
index 7449291b4363d..617a3c5c49b3e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/TransportUpdateAction.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/action/update/TransportUpdateAction.java
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ protected void shardOperation(final UpdateRequest request, final ActionListener<
         var executor = executor(indexService);
         assert ThreadPool.assertCurrentThreadPool(Names.SYSTEM_WRITE, Names.WRITE);
 
-        SubscribableListener.newForked(indexShard::ensureMutable)
+        SubscribableListener.<Void>newForked((l) -> indexShard.ensureMutable(l, false))
         // Make sure to fork back to a `write` thread pool if necessary
         .<UpdateHelper.Result>andThen(executor, threadPool.getThreadContext(), (l, unused) -> ActionListener.completeWith(l, () -> {
             assert ThreadPool.assertCurrentThreadPool(Names.SYSTEM_WRITE, Names.WRITE);
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/CompositeIndexEventListener.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/CompositeIndexEventListener.java
index 1f55b92982abe..03bbf77b66046 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/CompositeIndexEventListener.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/CompositeIndexEventListener.java
@@ -138,18 +138,22 @@ public void indexShardStateChanged(
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void beforeIndexShardMutableOperation(IndexShard indexShard, ActionListener<Void> listener) {
-        iterateBeforeIndexShardMutableOperation(indexShard, listener.delegateResponse((l, e) -> {
+    public void beforeIndexShardMutableOperation(IndexShard indexShard, boolean permitAcquired, ActionListener<Void> listener) {
+        iterateBeforeIndexShardMutableOperation(indexShard, permitAcquired, listener.delegateResponse((l, e) -> {
             logger.warn(() -> format("%s failed to invoke the listener before ensuring shard mutability", indexShard.shardId()), e);
             l.onFailure(e);
         }));
     }
 
-    private void iterateBeforeIndexShardMutableOperation(IndexShard indexShard, ActionListener<Void> outerListener) {
+    private void iterateBeforeIndexShardMutableOperation(
+        IndexShard indexShard,
+        boolean permitAcquired,
+        ActionListener<Void> outerListener
+    ) {
         callListeners(
             indexShard,
             listeners.stream()
-                .map(iel -> (Consumer<ActionListener<Void>>) (l) -> iel.beforeIndexShardMutableOperation(indexShard, l))
+                .map(iel -> (Consumer<ActionListener<Void>>) (l) -> iel.beforeIndexShardMutableOperation(indexShard, permitAcquired, l))
                 .iterator(),
             outerListener
         );
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexEventListener.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexEventListener.java
index 3cd594e646f4e..92af26228948c 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexEventListener.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexEventListener.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ default void indexShardStateChanged(
      * <ul>
      *     <li>Indexing operations</li>
      *     <li>Force merges</li>
+     *     <li>Pre-updates</li>
      * </ul>
      *
      * This method ensures that the shard is ready to accept mutating operations. This is particularly useful in cases
@@ -98,10 +99,11 @@ default void indexShardStateChanged(
      * The provided listener should be notified once the shard is prepared to proceed with the operation.
      * This can be called from a transport thread and therefore the function should be lightweight and not block the thread.
      *
-     * @param indexShard the shard where the mutable operation will be performed
-     * @param listener   the listener to be notified when the shard is ready to proceed
+     * @param indexShard     the shard where the mutable operation will be performed
+     * @param permitAcquired whether the operation has acquired an operation permit on the shard
+     * @param listener       the listener to be notified when the shard is ready to proceed
      */
-    default void beforeIndexShardMutableOperation(IndexShard indexShard, ActionListener<Void> listener) {
+    default void beforeIndexShardMutableOperation(IndexShard indexShard, boolean permitAcquired, ActionListener<Void> listener) {
         listener.onResponse(null);
     }
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
index 751f07b144d27..bf2e20b70b441 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShard.java
@@ -4532,8 +4532,8 @@ public void waitForPrimaryTermAndGeneration(long primaryTerm, long segmentGenera
      *
      * @param listener the listener to be notified when the shard is mutable
      */
-    public void ensureMutable(ActionListener<Void> listener) {
-        indexEventListener.beforeIndexShardMutableOperation(this, listener.delegateFailure((l, unused) -> {
+    public void ensureMutable(ActionListener<Void> listener, boolean permitAcquired) {
+        indexEventListener.beforeIndexShardMutableOperation(this, permitAcquired, listener.delegateFailure((l, unused) -> {
             // TODO ES-10826: Acquire ref to engine and retry if it's immutable again?
             l.onResponse(null);
         }));