diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/client/ScmTopologyClient.java b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/client/ScmTopologyClient.java
index 5e33eefde6c5..670a8acb7614 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/client/ScmTopologyClient.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/framework/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/client/ScmTopologyClient.java
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ public NetworkTopology getClusterMap() {
         "ScmBlockLocationClient must have been initialized already.");
   }
 
+  public boolean refetchClusterTree(ConfigurationSource conf) {
+    // this would perform a force refresh of the network topology tree
+    // information from SCM.
+    return checkAndRefresh(conf);
+  }
+
   public void start(ConfigurationSource conf) throws IOException {
     final InnerNode initialTopology =
         scmBlockLocationProtocol.getNetworkTopology();
@@ -118,7 +124,7 @@ public static Duration parseRefreshDuration(ConfigurationSource conf) {
     return Duration.ofMillis(refreshDurationInMs);
   }
 
-  private synchronized void checkAndRefresh(ConfigurationSource conf) {
+  private synchronized boolean checkAndRefresh(ConfigurationSource conf) {
     InnerNode current = (InnerNode) cache.get().getNode(ROOT);
     try {
       InnerNode newTopology = scmBlockLocationProtocol.getNetworkTopology();
@@ -128,10 +134,12 @@ private synchronized void checkAndRefresh(ConfigurationSource conf) {
             ScmConfigKeys.OZONE_SCM_NETWORK_TOPOLOGY_SCHEMA_FILE_DEFAULT),
             newTopology));
         LOG.info("Updated network topology fetched from SCM: {}.", newTopology);
+        return true;
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new UncheckedIOException(
           "Error fetching updated network topology from SCM", e);
     }
+    return false;
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OmUtils.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OmUtils.java
index b4777c7a016b..c62c1581041f 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OmUtils.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/OmUtils.java
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ public static boolean isReadOnly(
     case SetSafeMode:
     case PrintCompactionLogDag:
     case GetSnapshotInfo:
+    case RefetchNetworkTopologyTree:
       return true;
     case CreateVolume:
     case SetVolumeProperty:
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocol/OzoneManagerProtocol.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocol/OzoneManagerProtocol.java
index ab3f576d4492..642665445a51 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocol/OzoneManagerProtocol.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocol/OzoneManagerProtocol.java
@@ -1134,4 +1134,12 @@ void setTimes(OmKeyArgs keyArgs, long mtime, long atime)
    */
   boolean setSafeMode(SafeModeAction action, boolean isChecked)
       throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * API for OM to force fetch the network topology tree information from SCM
+   * without having to rely on ozone.om.network.topology.refresh.duration.
+   * @return status of the refetch operation (success/failure).
+   * @throws IOException
+   */
+  boolean refetchNetworkTopologyTree() throws IOException;
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
index 08fa029833e7..472ad2812de3 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/protocolPB/OzoneManagerProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB.java
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.RecoverTrashResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.RefetchSecretKeyRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.RefetchSecretKeyResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeRequest;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.RemoveAclRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.RemoveAclResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.RenameKeyRequest;
@@ -2563,6 +2565,19 @@ public boolean setSafeMode(SafeModeAction action, boolean isChecked)
     return setSafeModeResponse.getResponse();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean refetchNetworkTopologyTree() throws IOException {
+    final RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeRequest.Builder requestBuilder =
+        RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeRequest.newBuilder();
+    final OMRequest omRequest = createOMRequest(Type.RefetchNetworkTopologyTree)
+        .setRefetchNetworkTopologyTreeRequest(requestBuilder)
+        .build();
+    final OMResponse omResponse = submitRequest(omRequest);
+    final RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeResponse resp =
+        handleError(omResponse).getRefetchNetworkTopologyTreeResponse();
+    return resp.getStatus();
+  }
+
   private SafeMode toProtoBuf(SafeModeAction action) {
     switch (action) {
     case ENTER:
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/TestGetClusterTreeInformation.java b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/TestGetClusterTreeInformation.java
index 9becc8b2591c..7250286d6ac1 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/TestGetClusterTreeInformation.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/integration-test/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/TestGetClusterTreeInformation.java
@@ -17,9 +17,20 @@
  */
 package org.apache.hadoop.ozone;
 
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.DatanodeDetails;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.proto.StorageContainerDatanodeProtocolProtos.LayoutVersionProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.proto.StorageContainerDatanodeProtocolProtos.StorageReportProto;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.proto.StorageContainerDatanodeProtocolProtos.MetadataStorageReportProto;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.net.InnerNode;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.node.SCMNodeManager;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.protocolPB.ScmBlockLocationProtocolClientSideTranslatorPB;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.proxy.SCMBlockLocationFailoverProxyProvider;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.ObjectStore;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.OzoneClient;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.container.upgrade.UpgradeUtils;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.OzoneManager;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.protocol.OzoneManagerProtocol;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.commands.RegisteredCommand;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -31,10 +42,19 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.conf.OzoneConfiguration;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.net.NetConstants.ROOT;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.HddsTestUtils.getRandomPipelineReports;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.HddsTestUtils.createNodeReport;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.HddsTestUtils.createMetadataStorageReport;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.scm.HddsTestUtils.createStorageReport;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.MockDatanodeDetails.randomDatanodeDetails;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.hdds.protocol.proto.StorageContainerDatanodeProtocolProtos.SCMRegisteredResponseProto.ErrorCode.success;
 
 /**
  *
@@ -50,6 +70,11 @@ public class TestGetClusterTreeInformation {
   private static MiniOzoneCluster cluster;
   private static OzoneConfiguration conf;
   private static StorageContainerManager scm;
+  private static OzoneManager om;
+  private static SCMNodeManager nodeManager;
+  private static OzoneClient client;
+  private static ObjectStore store;
+  private static OzoneManagerProtocol omClient;
 
   @BeforeAll
   public static void init() throws IOException, TimeoutException,
@@ -62,6 +87,11 @@ public static void init() throws IOException, TimeoutException,
         .build();
     cluster.waitForClusterToBeReady();
     scm = cluster.getStorageContainerManager();
+    om = cluster.getOzoneManager();
+    nodeManager = (SCMNodeManager) scm.getScmNodeManager();
+    client = cluster.newClient();
+    store = client.getObjectStore();
+    omClient = store.getClientProxy().getOzoneManagerClient();
   }
 
   @AfterAll
@@ -84,4 +114,46 @@ public void testGetClusterTreeInformation() throws IOException {
     InnerNode actualInnerNode = scmBlockLocationClient.getNetworkTopology();
     assertEquals(expectedInnerNode, actualInnerNode);
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testForceFetchClusterTreeInformation() throws IOException {
+    omClient.refetchNetworkTopologyTree();
+
+    DatanodeDetails datanode1ToAdd = registerDatanode();
+    // OM's copy of network topology does not contain the newly registered DN
+    // information at first.
+    assertFalse(om.getClusterMap().contains(datanode1ToAdd));
+
+    omClient.refetchNetworkTopologyTree();
+    // The API fetches network topology information from SCM on demand,
+    // without having to rely on ozone.om.network.topology.refresh.duration.
+    // Now, OM's copy of network topology should contain the newly added DN.
+    assertTrue(om.getClusterMap().contains(datanode1ToAdd));
+
+    DatanodeDetails datanode2ToAdd = registerDatanode();
+    assertFalse(om.getClusterMap().contains(datanode2ToAdd));
+
+    omClient.refetchNetworkTopologyTree();
+    assertTrue(om.getClusterMap().contains(datanode2ToAdd));
+  }
+
+  private DatanodeDetails registerDatanode() {
+    DatanodeDetails details = randomDatanodeDetails();
+
+    StorageReportProto storageReport =
+        createStorageReport(details.getUuid(), details.getNetworkFullPath(),
+            Long.MAX_VALUE);
+    MetadataStorageReportProto metadataStorageReport =
+        createMetadataStorageReport(details.getNetworkFullPath(),
+            Long.MAX_VALUE);
+
+    LayoutVersionProto layout = UpgradeUtils.defaultLayoutVersionProto();
+    RegisteredCommand cmd = nodeManager.register(randomDatanodeDetails(),
+        createNodeReport(Arrays.asList(storageReport),
+            Arrays.asList(metadataStorageReport)), getRandomPipelineReports(),
+        layout);
+
+    assertEquals(success, cmd.getError());
+    return cmd.getDatanode();
+  }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/interface-client/src/main/proto/OmClientProtocol.proto b/hadoop-ozone/interface-client/src/main/proto/OmClientProtocol.proto
index b0d26020c8d2..96e92e695fbf 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/interface-client/src/main/proto/OmClientProtocol.proto
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/interface-client/src/main/proto/OmClientProtocol.proto
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ enum Type {
   ListStatusLight = 129;
   GetSnapshotInfo = 130;
   RenameSnapshot = 131;
+  RefetchNetworkTopologyTree = 132;
 }
 
 enum SafeMode {
@@ -283,6 +284,7 @@ message OMRequest {
   optional SetSnapshotPropertyRequest       SetSnapshotPropertyRequest     = 127;
   optional SnapshotInfoRequest              SnapshotInfoRequest            = 128;
   optional RenameSnapshotRequest            RenameSnapshotRequest          = 129;
+  optional RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeRequest RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeRequest = 130;
 }
 
 message OMResponse {
@@ -406,6 +408,7 @@ message OMResponse {
   optional SnapshotInfoResponse              SnapshotInfoResponse          = 130;
   optional OMLockDetailsProto                omLockDetails                 = 131;
   optional RenameSnapshotResponse            RenameSnapshotResponse        = 132;
+  optional RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeResponse RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeResponse = 133;
 }
 
 enum Status {
@@ -2129,6 +2132,13 @@ message OMLockDetailsProto {
   optional uint64 writeLockNanos   = 4;
 }
 
+message RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeRequest {
+}
+
+message RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeResponse {
+    optional bool status = 1;
+}
+
 /**
  The OM service that takes care of Ozone namespace.
 */
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
index 680ebe063156..fead0f6c72b0 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
@@ -1094,11 +1094,17 @@ private void stopSecretManager() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
   public UUID refetchSecretKey() {
     secretKeyClient.refetchSecretKey();
     return secretKeyClient.getCurrentSecretKey().getId();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean refetchNetworkTopologyTree() {
+    return scmTopologyClient.refetchClusterTree(configuration);
+  }
+
   @VisibleForTesting
   public void startSecretManager() {
     try {
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerRequestHandler.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerRequestHandler.java
index 5acb9f365107..90c288757065 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerRequestHandler.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/protocolPB/OzoneManagerRequestHandler.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.PrintCompactionLogDagRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.PrintCompactionLogDagResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.RefetchSecretKeyResponse;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.InfoBucketRequest;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.InfoBucketResponse;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.protocol.proto.OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.InfoVolumeRequest;
@@ -371,6 +372,10 @@ public OMResponse handleReadRequest(OMRequest request) {
             getSnapshotInfo(request.getSnapshotInfoRequest());
         responseBuilder.setSnapshotInfoResponse(snapshotInfoResponse);
         break;
+      case RefetchNetworkTopologyTree:
+        responseBuilder.setRefetchNetworkTopologyTreeResponse(
+            refetchNetworkTopologyTree());
+        break;
       default:
         responseBuilder.setSuccess(false);
         responseBuilder.setMessage("Unrecognized Command Type: " + cmdType);
@@ -1477,6 +1482,15 @@ private SetSafeModeResponse setSafeMode(
         .build();
   }
 
+  private RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeResponse refetchNetworkTopologyTree() {
+    boolean status = impl.refetchNetworkTopologyTree();
+    RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeResponse response =
+        RefetchNetworkTopologyTreeResponse.newBuilder()
+            .setStatus(status)
+            .build();
+    return response;
+  }
+
   private SafeModeAction toSafeModeAction(
       OzoneManagerProtocolProtos.SafeMode safeMode) {
     switch (safeMode) {
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/admin/om/FetchNetworkTopologyTreeSubCommand.java b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/admin/om/FetchNetworkTopologyTreeSubCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a551ec8e67f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/admin/om/FetchNetworkTopologyTreeSubCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with this
+ * work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF
+ * licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * <p>
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * <p>
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.admin.om;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.cli.HddsVersionProvider;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.om.protocol.OzoneManagerProtocol;
+import picocli.CommandLine;
+
+/**
+ * Handler of ozone admin om fetch-topology-tree command.
+ */
+@CommandLine.Command(
+    name = "fetch-topology-tree",
+    description = "CLI command for OM to force fetch the latest network " +
+        "topology tree information from SCM.",
+    mixinStandardHelpOptions = true,
+    versionProvider = HddsVersionProvider.class
+)
+public class FetchNetworkTopologyTreeSubCommand implements Callable<Void> {
+  @CommandLine.ParentCommand
+  private OMAdmin parent;
+
+  @CommandLine.Option(
+      names = {"--service-id"},
+      description = "Ozone Manager Service ID",
+      required = false
+  )
+  private String omServiceId;
+
+  @Override
+  public Void call() throws Exception {
+    try (OzoneManagerProtocol client = parent.createOmClient(omServiceId)) {
+      boolean status = false;
+      try {
+        status = client.refetchNetworkTopologyTree();
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        System.err.println("Force fetching network topology tree information " +
+            "has failed: " + e.getMessage());
+      }
+      if (status) {
+        System.out.println(
+            "Force fetching network topology tree information " +
+                "is complete.");
+      }
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/admin/om/OMAdmin.java b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/admin/om/OMAdmin.java
index ce7d4ed7a7ca..c4ce19af65a4 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/admin/om/OMAdmin.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/admin/om/OMAdmin.java
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
         DecommissionOMSubcommand.class,
         UpdateRangerSubcommand.class,
         TransferOmLeaderSubCommand.class,
-        FetchKeySubCommand.class
+        FetchKeySubCommand.class,
+        FetchNetworkTopologyTreeSubCommand.class
     })
 @MetaInfServices(SubcommandWithParent.class)
 public class OMAdmin extends GenericCli implements SubcommandWithParent {