diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog_verifier.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog_verifier.yml
index 04e2ed5006269..3add6a77c0399 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog_verifier.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog_verifier.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   # Enforces the update of a changelog file on every pull request
   verify-changelog:
-    if: github.repository == 'opensearch-project/OpenSearch'
+#    if: github.repository == 'opensearch-project/OpenSearch'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -27,5 +27,13 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
       - run: |
           if [[ ${{ steps.verify-changelog-3x.outcome }} == 'failure' && ${{ steps.verify-changelog.outcome }} == 'failure' ]]; then
+            echo "error: Please ensure a changelog entry exists in CHANGELOG.md or CHANGELOG-3.0.md"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          
+          labels=${{ github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name }}
+          echo "Labels: $labels"
+          if [[ ${{ steps.verify-changelog.outcome }} == 'success' && ! $labels =~ "backport" ]]; then
+            echo "error: Please make sure that the PR has a backport label associated with it when making an entry to the CHANGELOG.md file"
             exit 1
           fi
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77f3e3a5dcc04..7bcb7e5f2107d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - [Remote Store] Make translog transfer timeout configurable ([#12704](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12704))
 - Reject Resize index requests (i.e, split, shrink and clone), While DocRep to SegRep migration is in progress.([#12686](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12686))
 - Add support for more than one protocol for transport ([#12967](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12967))
+- Test
 
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump `org.apache.commons:commons-configuration2` from 2.10.0 to 2.10.1 ([#12896](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12896))