diff --git a/cabal.project b/cabal.project
index 1a927bf6eaf..089c7e82eb1 100644
--- a/cabal.project
+++ b/cabal.project
@@ -68,3 +68,16 @@ allow-newer:
 -- IMPORTANT
 -- Do NOT add more source-repository-package stanzas here unless they are strictly
 -- temporary! Please read the section in CONTRIBUTING about updating dependencies.
+source-repository-package
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/IntersectMBO/ouroboros-consensus
+  -- use branch geo2a/issue-892-checksum-snaphot-file-release-ouroboros-consensus-0.21.0.0-backport
+  tag: 0ff4c0445
+  --sha256: xWBEq9kq2eUTlOnMBkSftH8NUUGbpwpamu1G1TgGETU=
+  subdir:
+    ouroboros-consensus
+    ouroboros-consensus-cardano
+    ouroboros-consensus-diffusion
+    ouroboros-consensus-protocol
+    sop-extras
+    strict-sop-core
diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers/ChainDB.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers/ChainDB.hs
index a0ecf536704..c6920498fdb 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers/ChainDB.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Node/Tracing/Tracers/ChainDB.hs
@@ -1522,6 +1522,8 @@ instance ( StandardHash blk
              " This is most likely an expected change in the serialization format,"
           <> " which currently requires a chain replay"
         _ -> ""
+  forHuman (LedgerDB.SnapshotMissingChecksum snap) =
+      "Checksum file is missing for snapshot " <> showT snap
 
   forMachine dtals (LedgerDB.TookSnapshot snap pt enclosedTiming) =
     mconcat [ "kind" .= String "TookSnapshot"
@@ -1535,15 +1537,21 @@ instance ( StandardHash blk
     mconcat [ "kind" .= String "InvalidSnapshot"
              , "snapshot" .= forMachine dtals snap
              , "failure" .= show failure ]
+  forMachine dtals (LedgerDB.SnapshotMissingChecksum snap) =
+      mconcat [ "kind" .= String "SnapshotMissingChecksum"
+               , "snapshot" .= forMachine dtals snap
+               ]
 
 instance MetaTrace (LedgerDB.TraceSnapshotEvent blk) where
     namespaceFor LedgerDB.TookSnapshot {} = Namespace [] ["TookSnapshot"]
     namespaceFor LedgerDB.DeletedSnapshot {} = Namespace [] ["DeletedSnapshot"]
     namespaceFor LedgerDB.InvalidSnapshot {} = Namespace [] ["InvalidSnapshot"]
+    namespaceFor LedgerDB.SnapshotMissingChecksum {} = Namespace [] ["SnapshotMissingChecksum"]
 
     severityFor  (Namespace _ ["TookSnapshot"]) _ = Just Info
     severityFor  (Namespace _ ["DeletedSnapshot"]) _ = Just Debug
     severityFor  (Namespace _ ["InvalidSnapshot"]) _ = Just Error
+    severityFor  (Namespace _ ["SnapshotMissingChecksum"]) _ = Just Warning
     severityFor _ _ = Nothing
 
     documentFor (Namespace _ ["TookSnapshot"]) = Just $ mconcat
@@ -1555,12 +1563,15 @@ instance MetaTrace (LedgerDB.TraceSnapshotEvent blk) where
           "A snapshot was deleted from the disk."
     documentFor (Namespace _ ["InvalidSnapshot"]) = Just
           "An on disk snapshot was invalid. Unless it was suffixed, it will be deleted"
+    documentFor (Namespace _ ["SnapshotMissingChecksum"]) = Just
+          "Checksum file was missing for snapshot."
     documentFor _ = Nothing
 
     allNamespaces =
       [ Namespace [] ["TookSnapshot"]
       , Namespace [] ["DeletedSnapshot"]
       , Namespace [] ["InvalidSnapshot"]
+      , Namespace [] ["SnapshotMissingChecksum"]
       ]
 
 
diff --git a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/OrphanInstances/Consensus.hs b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/OrphanInstances/Consensus.hs
index 2a3c60f141b..f9ccdfeeab9 100644
--- a/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/OrphanInstances/Consensus.hs
+++ b/cardano-node/src/Cardano/Tracing/OrphanInstances/Consensus.hs
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ instance HasSeverityAnnotation (ChainDB.TraceEvent blk) where
     LedgerDB.TookSnapshot {} -> Info
     LedgerDB.DeletedSnapshot {} -> Debug
     LedgerDB.InvalidSnapshot {} -> Error
+    LedgerDB.SnapshotMissingChecksum {} -> Warning
 
   getSeverityAnnotation (ChainDB.TraceCopyToImmutableDBEvent ev) = case ev of
     ChainDB.CopiedBlockToImmutableDB {} -> Debug
@@ -615,6 +616,8 @@ instance ( ConvertRawHash blk
                    " This is most likely an expected change in the serialization format,"
                 <> " which currently requires a chain replay"
               _ -> ""
+        LedgerDB.SnapshotMissingChecksum snap ->
+          "Checksum file is missing for snapshot " <> showT snap
 
         LedgerDB.TookSnapshot snap pt RisingEdge ->
           "Taking ledger snapshot " <> showT snap <>
@@ -1101,6 +1104,10 @@ instance ( ConvertRawHash blk
       mconcat [ "kind" .= String "TraceSnapshotEvent.InvalidSnapshot"
                , "snapshot" .= toObject verb snap
                , "failure" .= show failure ]
+    LedgerDB.SnapshotMissingChecksum snap ->
+      mconcat [ "kind" .= String "TraceSnapshotEvent.SnapshotMissingChecksum"
+               , "snapshot" .= toObject verb snap
+               ]
 
   toObject verb (ChainDB.TraceCopyToImmutableDBEvent ev) = case ev of
     ChainDB.CopiedBlockToImmutableDB pt ->