diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/ClusterIndexRefreshIntervalIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/ClusterIndexRefreshIntervalIT.java
index 68677f7304f0d..ac21dd7528ac6 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/ClusterIndexRefreshIntervalIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/ClusterIndexRefreshIntervalIT.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchIntegTestCase;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.indices.IndicesService.CLUSTER_DEFAULT_INDEX_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.indices.IndicesService.CLUSTER_MINIMUM_INDEX_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING;
 
-@OpenSearchIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = OpenSearchIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
+@OpenSearchIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = OpenSearchIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 2)
 public class ClusterIndexRefreshIntervalIT extends OpenSearchIntegTestCase {
 
     public static final String INDEX_NAME = "test-index";
@@ -77,20 +78,33 @@ static void putIndexTemplate(String refreshInterval) {
 
         request.settings(
             Settings.builder() // <1>
-                .put("index.number_of_shards", 3)
+                .put("index.number_of_shards", 1)
                 .put("index.number_of_replicas", 1)
                 .put("index.refresh_interval", refreshInterval)
         );
         assertTrue(client().admin().indices().putTemplate(request).actionGet().isAcknowledged());
     }
 
-    public void testIndexTemplateCreationWithLessThanMinimumRefreshInterval() throws Exception {
-        putIndexTemplate("1s");
+    public void testIndexTemplateCreationWithLessThanMinimumRefreshInterval() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        String clusterManagerName = internalCluster().getClusterManagerName();
+        List<String> dataNodes = new ArrayList<>(internalCluster().getDataNodeNames());
+        putIndexTemplate("2s");
+
+        // Test index creation using template with valid refresh interval
+        String indexName = "log-myindex-1";
+        createIndex(indexName);
+        ensureYellowAndNoInitializingShards(indexName);
+        ensureGreen(indexName);
+        GetIndexResponse getIndexResponse = client(clusterManagerName).admin().indices().getIndex(new GetIndexRequest()).get();
+        IndicesService indicesService = internalCluster().getInstance(IndicesService.class, randomFrom(dataNodes));
+        String uuid = getIndexResponse.getSettings().get(indexName).get(IndexMetadata.SETTING_INDEX_UUID);
+        IndexService indexService = indicesService.indexService(new Index(indexName, uuid));
+        assertEquals(TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(2), indexService.getRefreshTaskInterval());
     }
 
     public void testDefaultRefreshIntervalWithUpdateClusterAndIndexSettings() throws Exception {
         String clusterManagerName = internalCluster().getClusterManagerName();
-        List<String> dataNodes = internalCluster().startDataOnlyNodes(2);
+        List<String> dataNodes = new ArrayList<>(internalCluster().getDataNodeNames());
         createIndex(INDEX_NAME);
         ensureYellowAndNoInitializingShards(INDEX_NAME);
         ensureGreen(INDEX_NAME);
@@ -224,7 +238,7 @@ public void testRefreshIntervalDisabled() throws ExecutionException, Interrupted
             .getAsTime(IndicesService.CLUSTER_MINIMUM_INDEX_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING.getKey(), TimeValue.MINUS_ONE);
         boolean createIndexSuccess = clusterMinimumRefreshInterval.equals(TimeValue.MINUS_ONE);
         String clusterManagerName = internalCluster().getClusterManagerName();
-        List<String> dataNodes = internalCluster().startDataOnlyNodes(2);
+        List<String> dataNodes = new ArrayList<>(internalCluster().getDataNodeNames());
         Settings settings = Settings.builder()
             .put(indexSettings())
             .put(IndexSettings.INDEX_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING.getKey(), IndexSettings.MINIMUM_REFRESH_INTERVAL)
@@ -255,7 +269,7 @@ protected TimeValue getMinRefreshIntervalForRefreshDisabled() {
 
     public void testInvalidRefreshInterval() {
         String invalidRefreshInterval = "-10s";
-        internalCluster().startDataOnlyNodes(2);
+        List<String> dataNodes = new ArrayList<>(internalCluster().getDataNodeNames());
         Settings settings = Settings.builder()
             .put(indexSettings())
             .put(IndexSettings.INDEX_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING.getKey(), invalidRefreshInterval)
@@ -270,7 +284,7 @@ public void testInvalidRefreshInterval() {
     }
 
     public void testCreateIndexWithExplicitNullRefreshInterval() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
-        List<String> dataNodes = internalCluster().startDataOnlyNodes(2);
+        List<String> dataNodes = new ArrayList<>(internalCluster().getDataNodeNames());
         Settings indexSettings = Settings.builder()
             .put(indexSettings())
             .putNull(IndexSettings.INDEX_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SETTING.getKey())
@@ -297,7 +311,7 @@ public void testCreateIndexWithExplicitNullRefreshInterval() throws ExecutionExc
      * the index setting. The underlying index should continue to use the same refresh interval as earlier.
      */
     public void testClusterMinimumChangeOnIndexWithCustomRefreshInterval() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
-        List<String> dataNodes = internalCluster().startDataOnlyNodes(2);
+        List<String> dataNodes = new ArrayList<>(internalCluster().getDataNodeNames());
         TimeValue customRefreshInterval = TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(getDefaultRefreshInterval().getSeconds() + randomIntBetween(1, 5));
         Settings indexSettings = Settings.builder()
             .put(indexSettings())
diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/ClusterIndexRefreshIntervalWithNodeSettingsIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/ClusterIndexRefreshIntervalWithNodeSettingsIT.java
index 7e136683f4927..f1170307699f5 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/ClusterIndexRefreshIntervalWithNodeSettingsIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cluster/metadata/ClusterIndexRefreshIntervalWithNodeSettingsIT.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.indices.IndicesService;
 
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 
 public class ClusterIndexRefreshIntervalWithNodeSettingsIT extends ClusterIndexRefreshIntervalIT {
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ protected Settings nodeSettings(int nodeOrdinal) {
             .build();
     }
 
-    public void testIndexTemplateCreationFailsWithLessThanMinimumRefreshInterval() {
+    public void testIndexTemplateCreationFailsWithLessThanMinimumRefreshInterval() throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
         Throwable throwable = assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> putIndexTemplate("0s"));
         assertEquals(
             throwable.getMessage(),
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ public void testIndexTemplateCreationFailsWithLessThanMinimumRefreshInterval() {
                 getMinRefreshIntervalForRefreshDisabled()
             )
         );
+        super.testIndexTemplateCreationWithLessThanMinimumRefreshInterval();
     }
 
     @Override