diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/step/restore/AttemptRestoreStep.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/step/restore/AttemptRestoreStep.kt
index 1038d7238..83b40f986 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/step/restore/AttemptRestoreStep.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/step/restore/AttemptRestoreStep.kt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class AttemptRestoreStep(private val action: ConvertIndexToRemoteAction) : Step(
                 .indices(indexName)
                 .storageType(RestoreSnapshotRequest.StorageType.REMOTE_SNAPSHOT)
                 .renamePattern("^(.*)\$")
-                .renameReplacement("$1_remote")
+                .renameReplacement("remote_$1")
                 .waitForCompletion(false)
             val response: RestoreSnapshotResponse = context.client.admin().cluster().suspendUntil {
                 restoreSnapshot(restoreSnapshotRequest, it)
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt
index b3dc64de3..49801014b 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/org/opensearch/indexmanagement/indexstatemanagement/action/ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT.kt
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class ConvertIndexToRemoteActionIT : IndexStateManagementRestTestCase() {
             )
         }
 
-        val remoteIndexName = "${indexName}_remote"
+        val remoteIndexName = "remote_$indexName"
         waitFor { assertIndexExists(remoteIndexName) }
 
         val isRemote = isIndexRemote(remoteIndexName)