diff --git a/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_shared_macro_block_manager.cpp b/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_shared_macro_block_manager.cpp
index 9860c8d8c6..0bd7a9709c 100644
--- a/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_shared_macro_block_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_shared_macro_block_manager.cpp
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ int ObSharedMacroBlockMgr::rebuild_sstable(
     LOG_WARN("fail to close sstable index builder", K(ret));
   } else if (OB_FAIL(create_new_sstable(allocator, res, old_sstable, block_info, new_sstable))) {
     LOG_WARN("fail to create new sstable", K(ret), K(tablet.get_tablet_meta()), K(old_sstable));
-  } else if (OB_FAIL(new_sstable.set_upper_trans_version(old_sstable.get_upper_trans_version()))) {
+  } else if (OB_FAIL(new_sstable.set_upper_trans_version(old_sstable.get_upper_trans_version(), false/*force_update*/))) {
     LOG_WARN("fail to update upper trans version", K(ret), K(old_sstable.get_upper_trans_version()));
   } else if (OB_FAIL(new_sstable.get_meta(new_meta_handle))) {
     LOG_WARN("get meta handle fail", K(ret), K(new_sstable));
diff --git a/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_sstable.cpp b/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_sstable.cpp
index e300d8dab6..eddfa4f79b 100644
--- a/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_sstable.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_sstable.cpp
@@ -949,18 +949,23 @@ int ObSSTable::check_row_locked(
   return ret;
 }
 
-int ObSSTable::set_upper_trans_version(const int64_t upper_trans_version)
+int ObSSTable::set_upper_trans_version(
+    const int64_t upper_trans_version,
+    const bool force_update)
 {
   int ret = OB_SUCCESS;
 
   const int64_t old_val = ATOMIC_LOAD(&meta_cache_.upper_trans_version_);
   // only set once
   if (INT64_MAX == old_val && INT64_MAX != upper_trans_version) {
-    const int64_t new_val = std::max(upper_trans_version, meta_cache_.max_merged_trans_version_);
+    int64_t new_val = upper_trans_version;
+    if (OB_LIKELY(!force_update)) {
+      new_val = std::max(new_val, meta_cache_.max_merged_trans_version_);
+    }
     ATOMIC_CAS(&meta_cache_.upper_trans_version_, old_val, new_val);
   }
 
-  LOG_INFO("succeed to set upper trans version", K(key_),
+  LOG_INFO("succeed to set upper trans version", K(force_update), K(key_),
       K(upper_trans_version), K(meta_cache_.upper_trans_version_));
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_sstable.h b/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_sstable.h
index dfc673a9de..fe07d7f400 100644
--- a/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_sstable.h
+++ b/src/storage/blocksstable/ob_sstable.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public:
       storage::ObTableAccessContext &context,
       share::SCN &max_trans_version,
       ObRowsInfo &rows_info);
-  int set_upper_trans_version(const int64_t upper_trans_version);
+  int set_upper_trans_version(const int64_t upper_trans_version, const bool force_update);
   virtual int64_t get_upper_trans_version() const override
   {
     return meta_cache_.upper_trans_version_;
diff --git a/src/storage/high_availability/ob_transfer_struct.cpp b/src/storage/high_availability/ob_transfer_struct.cpp
index a13fca4427..b9f44b14ef 100644
--- a/src/storage/high_availability/ob_transfer_struct.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/high_availability/ob_transfer_struct.cpp
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ int ObTXTransferUtils::build_empty_minor_sstable_param_(
     param.table_key_.tablet_id_ = tablet_id;
     param.table_key_.scn_range_.start_scn_ = start_scn;
     param.table_key_.scn_range_.end_scn_ = end_scn;
-    param.max_merged_trans_version_ = INT64_MAX; //Set max merged trans version avoild sstable recycle;
+    param.max_merged_trans_version_ = 0;
 
     param.schema_version_ = table_schema.get_schema_version();
     param.create_snapshot_version_ = 0;
diff --git a/src/storage/tablet/ob_tablet.cpp b/src/storage/tablet/ob_tablet.cpp
index cec4d279e6..a22f2bfa79 100644
--- a/src/storage/tablet/ob_tablet.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/tablet/ob_tablet.cpp
@@ -3667,7 +3667,14 @@ int ObTablet::update_upper_trans_version(ObLS &ls, bool &is_updated)
         LOG_WARN("unexpected error, table is nullptr", K(ret), KPC(table));
       } else {
         ObSSTable *sstable = reinterpret_cast<ObSSTable *>(table);
-        if (INT64_MAX == sstable->get_upper_trans_version()) {
+        if (INT64_MAX != sstable->get_upper_trans_version()) {
+        } else if (0 == sstable->get_data_macro_block_count() && INT64_MAX == sstable->get_max_merged_trans_version()) {
+          if (OB_FAIL(sstable->set_upper_trans_version(0, true/*force_update*/))) {
+            LOG_WARN("failed to force set upper trans version", K(ret), KPC(sstable));
+          } else {
+            FLOG_INFO("sstable has no data but max merged version is INT64_MAX, force set upper trans version", K(ret), KPC(sstable));
+          }
+        } else {
           int64_t max_trans_version = INT64_MAX;
           SCN tmp_scn = SCN::max_scn();
           if (OB_FAIL(ls.get_upper_trans_version_before_given_scn(sstable->get_end_scn(), tmp_scn))) {
@@ -3681,7 +3688,7 @@ int ObTablet::update_upper_trans_version(ObLS &ls, bool &is_updated)
               FLOG_INFO("get max_trans_version = 0, maybe all the trans have been rollbacked", K(ret), K(ls_id), K(tablet_id),
                   K(max_trans_version), KPC(sstable));
             }
-            if (OB_FAIL(sstable->set_upper_trans_version(max_trans_version))) {
+            if (OB_FAIL(sstable->set_upper_trans_version(max_trans_version, false/*force_update*/))) {
               LOG_WARN("failed to set_upper_trans_version", K(ret), KPC(sstable));
             } else {
               is_updated = true;