diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteIndexPrimaryRelocationIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteIndexPrimaryRelocationIT.java
index 67316ed0e6e6b..cffb72acee6d7 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteIndexPrimaryRelocationIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteIndexPrimaryRelocationIT.java
@@ -8,19 +8,40 @@
 
 package org.opensearch.remotestore;
 
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.stats.IndicesStatsResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.stats.ShardStats;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.ClusterState;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.routing.allocation.command.MoveAllocationCommand;
+import org.opensearch.common.Priority;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.common.unit.TimeValue;
+import org.opensearch.index.IndexService;
+import org.opensearch.index.seqno.ReplicationTracker;
+import org.opensearch.index.seqno.RetentionLease;
+import org.opensearch.index.seqno.RetentionLeases;
 import org.opensearch.indices.recovery.IndexPrimaryRelocationIT;
 import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationType;
+import org.opensearch.plugins.Plugin;
+import org.opensearch.test.InternalSettingsPlugin;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchIntegTestCase;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
-
-import static org.opensearch.remotestore.RemoteStoreBaseIntegTestCase.remoteStoreClusterSettings;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 @OpenSearchIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = OpenSearchIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
 public class RemoteIndexPrimaryRelocationIT extends IndexPrimaryRelocationIT {
 
+    @Override
+    protected Collection<Class<? extends Plugin>> nodePlugins() {
+        return List.of(InternalSettingsPlugin.class);
+    }
+
     protected static final String REPOSITORY_NAME = "test-remote-store-repo";
 
     protected Path absolutePath;
@@ -48,4 +69,85 @@ public void testPrimaryRelocationWhileIndexing() throws Exception {
         internalCluster().startClusterManagerOnlyNode();
         super.testPrimaryRelocationWhileIndexing();
     }
+
+    public void testRetentionLeaseAfterPrimaryRelocation() throws Exception {
+        internalCluster().startClusterManagerOnlyNode();
+        internalCluster().startDataOnlyNode();
+        final Settings settings = Settings.builder()
+            .put(indexSettings())
+            .put(IndexService.RETENTION_LEASE_SYNC_INTERVAL_SETTING.getKey(), "5s")
+            .build();
+        createIndex("test", settings);
+        ensureGreen("test");
+
+        // index a doc so the shard is not empty
+        client().prepareIndex("test").setId("1").setSource("field", "value").get();
+        refresh("test");
+
+        final String dataNodeB = internalCluster().startDataOnlyNode();
+
+        // get source node id
+        ClusterState state = client().admin().cluster().prepareState().get().getState();
+        ShardRouting primaryShard = state.routingTable().shardRoutingTable("test", 0).primaryShard();
+        final String sourceNodeId = primaryShard.currentNodeId();
+        final DiscoveryNode targetNode = state.nodes()
+            .getDataNodes()
+            .values()
+            .stream()
+            .filter(n -> n.getId().equals(sourceNodeId) == false)
+            .findFirst()
+            .orElseThrow();
+
+        // relocate primary
+        client().admin()
+            .cluster()
+            .prepareReroute()
+            .add(new MoveAllocationCommand("test", 0, sourceNodeId, targetNode.getId()))
+            .execute()
+            .actionGet();
+        ClusterHealthResponse clusterHealthResponse = client().admin()
+            .cluster()
+            .prepareHealth()
+            .setTimeout(TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(60))
+            .setWaitForEvents(Priority.LANGUID)
+            .setWaitForNoRelocatingShards(true)
+            .execute()
+            .actionGet();
+        assertFalse("timed out waiting for relocation", clusterHealthResponse.isTimedOut());
+        ensureGreen("test");
+
+        // add a replica after relocation
+        client().admin()
+            .indices()
+            .prepareUpdateSettings("test")
+            .setSettings(Settings.builder().put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, 1).build())
+            .get();
+        ensureGreen("test");
+
+        // verify only one retention lease exists and it belongs to the primary
+        assertBusy(() -> {
+            final IndicesStatsResponse statsResponse = client().admin().indices().prepareStats("test").get();
+            for (ShardStats shardStats : statsResponse.getShards()) {
+                if (shardStats.getShardRouting().primary() == false) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                final RetentionLeases retentionLeases = shardStats.getRetentionLeaseStats().retentionLeases();
+                final List<RetentionLease> peerRecoveryLeases = retentionLeases.leases()
+                    .stream()
+                    .filter(l -> ReplicationTracker.PEER_RECOVERY_RETENTION_LEASE_SOURCE.equals(l.source()))
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList());
+                assertEquals(
+                    "expected exactly one peer recovery retention lease but got " + peerRecoveryLeases,
+                    1,
+                    peerRecoveryLeases.size()
+                );
+
+                // the single lease should be for the current primary node
+                assertEquals(
+                    ReplicationTracker.getPeerRecoveryRetentionLeaseId(shardStats.getShardRouting().currentNodeId()),
+                    peerRecoveryLeases.get(0).id()
+                );
+            }
+        });
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/seqno/ReplicationTracker.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/seqno/ReplicationTracker.java
index 2f66bb4fc4b47..5d31039d91475 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/seqno/ReplicationTracker.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/seqno/ReplicationTracker.java
@@ -285,10 +285,15 @@ public synchronized Tuple<Boolean, RetentionLeases> getRetentionLeases(final boo
         // the primary calculates the non-expired retention leases and syncs them to replicas
         final long currentTimeMillis = currentTimeMillisSupplier.getAsLong();
         final long retentionLeaseMillis = indexSettings.getRetentionLeaseMillis();
-        final Set<String> leaseIdsForCurrentPeers = routingTable.assignedShards()
-            .stream()
-            .map(ReplicationTracker::getPeerRecoveryRetentionLeaseId)
-            .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        final Set<String> leaseIdsForCurrentPeers;
+        if (indexSettings.isRemoteStoreEnabled()) {
+            leaseIdsForCurrentPeers = Collections.singleton(getPeerRecoveryRetentionLeaseId(routingTable.primaryShard().currentNodeId()));
+        } else {
+            leaseIdsForCurrentPeers = routingTable.assignedShards()
+                .stream()
+                .map(ReplicationTracker::getPeerRecoveryRetentionLeaseId)
+                .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+        }
         final boolean allShardsStarted = routingTable.allShardsStarted();
         final long minimumReasonableRetainedSeqNo = allShardsStarted ? 0L : getMinimumReasonableRetainedSeqNo();
         final Map<Boolean, List<RetentionLease>> partitionByExpiration = retentionLeases.leases()