diff --git a/conanfile.py b/conanfile.py
index fd09a4e93..05c596b80 100644
--- a/conanfile.py
+++ b/conanfile.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 class HomestoreConan(ConanFile):
     name = "homestore"
-    version = "6.5.10"
+    version = "6.5.11"
 
     homepage = "https://github.com/eBay/Homestore"
     description = "HomeStore Storage Engine"
diff --git a/src/lib/common/homestore_config.fbs b/src/lib/common/homestore_config.fbs
index 32ba410f6..da058fdb6 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/homestore_config.fbs
+++ b/src/lib/common/homestore_config.fbs
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ table Consensus {
     stale_log_gap_lo_threshold: int32 = 30;
 
     // Minimum log gap a replica has to be from leader before joining the replica set.
-    min_log_gap_to_join: int32 = 30;
+    min_log_gap_to_join: int32 = 2147483647;
     
     // amount of time in millis to wait on data write before fetch data from remote;
     wait_data_write_timer_ms: uint64 = 1500 (hotswap);
diff --git a/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.cpp b/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.cpp
index 0469d7829..c53bea2c1 100644
--- a/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/replication/service/raft_repl_service.cpp
@@ -99,18 +99,17 @@ void RaftReplService::start() {
                         .with_hb_interval(HS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(consensus.heartbeat_period_ms))
                         .with_max_append_size(HS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(consensus.max_append_batch_size))
                         .with_log_sync_batch_size(HS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(consensus.log_sync_batch_size))
-    // TODO to fix the log_gap thresholds when adding new member.
-    // When the option is enabled, new member is doing log sync is stuck after the first batch
-    // where if the option is disabled, new member is going through append entries and it works.
-#if 0
                         .with_log_sync_stopping_gap(HS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(consensus.min_log_gap_to_join))
-#endif
                         .with_stale_log_gap(HS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(consensus.stale_log_gap_hi_threshold))
                         .with_fresh_log_gap(HS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(consensus.stale_log_gap_lo_threshold))
                         .with_snapshot_enabled(HS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(consensus.snapshot_freq_distance))
                         .with_leadership_expiry(HS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(consensus.leadership_expiry_ms))
                         .with_reserved_log_items(HS_DYNAMIC_CONFIG(consensus.num_reserved_log_items))
                         .with_auto_forwarding(false);
+    // new_joiner_type fully disabled log pack behavior.
+    // There is no callback available for handling and localizing the log entries within the pack, which could
+    // result in data corruption.
+    r_params.->use_new_joiner_type_ = true;
     r_params.return_method_ = nuraft::raft_params::async_handler;
     m_msg_mgr->register_mgr_type(params.default_group_type_, r_params);