diff --git a/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml b/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
index c7cac852d..0037e239d 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
+++ b/elasticsearch/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v7.6.2
 description: OpenStack-Helm ElasticSearch
 name: elasticsearch
-version: 0.2.8
+version: 0.2.9
 home: https://www.elastic.co/
 sources:
   - https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch
diff --git a/elasticsearch/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl b/elasticsearch/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
index 13489d9a7..bf13480cf 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
+++ b/elasticsearch/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
@@ -36,27 +36,6 @@ function create_test_index () {
   fi
 }
 
-{{ if .Values.conf.elasticsearch.snapshots.enabled }}
-function check_snapshot_repositories_verified () {
-  repositories=$(curl ${CACERT_OPTION} -K- <<< "--user ${ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME}:${ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD}" \
-                  "${ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT}/_snapshot" | jq -r "keys | @sh" )
-
-  repositories=$(echo $repositories | sed "s/'//g") # Strip single quotes from jq output
-
-  for repository in $repositories; do
-    error=$(curl ${CACERT_OPTION} -K- <<< "--user ${ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME}:${ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD}" \
-            -XPOST "${ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT}/_snapshot/${repository}/_verify" | jq -r '.error')
-
-    if [ $error == "null" ]; then
-      echo "PASS: $repository is verified."
-    else
-      echo "FAIL: Error for $repository: $(echo $error | jq -r)"
-      exit 1;
-    fi
-  done
-}
-{{ end }}
-
 function remove_test_index () {
   echo "Deleting index created for service testing"
   curl ${CACERT_OPTION} -K- <<< "--user ${ELASTICSEARCH_USERNAME}:${ELASTICSEARCH_PASSWORD}" \
@@ -66,6 +45,3 @@ function remove_test_index () {
 remove_test_index || true
 create_test_index
 remove_test_index
-{{ if .Values.conf.elasticsearch.snapshots.enabled }}
-check_snapshot_repositories_verified
-{{ end }}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/elasticsearch.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/elasticsearch.yaml
index 36812cd2d..3b7306555 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/elasticsearch.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/elasticsearch.yaml
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ elasticsearch:
   - 0.2.6 Enable TLS path between nodes in cluster and TLS path between ceph-rgw
   - 0.2.7 Get connection option from values.yaml
   - 0.2.8 Use full image ref for docker official images
+  - 0.2.9 Removed repo verification check from helm-test
 ...