diff --git a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/SnapshotRequestConvertersTests.java b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/SnapshotRequestConvertersTests.java
index e9ca03262bc4f..8b6910ffebe4a 100644
--- a/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/SnapshotRequestConvertersTests.java
+++ b/client/rest-high-level/src/test/java/org/opensearch/client/SnapshotRequestConvertersTests.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public void testSnapshotsStatus() {
         boolean ignoreUnavailable = randomBoolean();
         String endpoint = "/_snapshot/" + repository + "/" + snapshotNames.toString() + "/_status";
 
-        SnapshotsStatusRequest snapshotsStatusRequest = new SnapshotsStatusRequest(repository, snapshots, indices);
+        SnapshotsStatusRequest snapshotsStatusRequest = (new SnapshotsStatusRequest(repository, snapshots)).indices(indices);
         RequestConvertersTests.setRandomClusterManagerTimeout(snapshotsStatusRequest, expectedParams);
         snapshotsStatusRequest.ignoreUnavailable(ignoreUnavailable);
         expectedParams.put("ignore_unavailable", Boolean.toString(ignoreUnavailable));
diff --git a/qa/repository-multi-version/src/test/java/org/opensearch/upgrades/MultiVersionRepositoryAccessIT.java b/qa/repository-multi-version/src/test/java/org/opensearch/upgrades/MultiVersionRepositoryAccessIT.java
index 5c6dcdd142995..c47e0065b708b 100644
--- a/qa/repository-multi-version/src/test/java/org/opensearch/upgrades/MultiVersionRepositoryAccessIT.java
+++ b/qa/repository-multi-version/src/test/java/org/opensearch/upgrades/MultiVersionRepositoryAccessIT.java
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ public void testUpgradeMovesRepoToNewMetaVersion() throws IOException {
     private static void assertSnapshotStatusSuccessful(RestHighLevelClient client, String repoName,
                                                        String[] snapshots, String[] indices) throws IOException {
         final SnapshotsStatusResponse statusResponse = client.snapshot()
-            .status(new SnapshotsStatusRequest(repoName, snapshots, indices), RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
+            .status((new SnapshotsStatusRequest(repoName, snapshots)).indices(indices), RequestOptions.DEFAULT);
         for (SnapshotStatus status : statusResponse.getSnapshots()) {
             assertThat(status.getShardsStats().getFailedShards(), is(0));
         }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusRequest.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusRequest.java
index 6c3438fbe58f6..3d7fb5b6beb56 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusRequest.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/action/admin/cluster/snapshots/status/SnapshotsStatusRequest.java
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ public SnapshotsStatusRequest() {}
      * @param repository repository name
      * @param snapshots  list of snapshots
      */
+    public SnapshotsStatusRequest(String repository, String[] snapshots) {
+        this.repository = repository;
+        this.snapshots = snapshots;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new get snapshots request with given repository name and list of snapshots
+     *
+     * @param repository repository name
+     * @param snapshots  list of snapshots
+     * @param indices  list of indices
+     */
     public SnapshotsStatusRequest(String repository, String[] snapshots, String[] indices) {
         this.repository = repository;
         this.snapshots = snapshots;