diff --git a/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/module-info.java b/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 35280353b0826..a790fb01828b3 100644
--- a/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/modules/data-streams/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     exports org.elasticsearch.datastreams.lifecycle;
     exports org.elasticsearch.datastreams.lifecycle.transitions.steps to org.elasticsearch.server;
     exports org.elasticsearch.datastreams.options.action to org.elasticsearch.server;
+    exports org.elasticsearch.datastreams;
 
     provides org.elasticsearch.features.FeatureSpecification with org.elasticsearch.datastreams.DataStreamFeatures;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/dlm-frozen-transition/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dlm/frozen/DataStreamLifecycleConvertToFrozen.java b/x-pack/plugin/dlm-frozen-transition/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dlm/frozen/DataStreamLifecycleConvertToFrozen.java
index c10e7920c11e5..17062eeee5495 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/dlm-frozen-transition/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dlm/frozen/DataStreamLifecycleConvertToFrozen.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/dlm-frozen-transition/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dlm/frozen/DataStreamLifecycleConvertToFrozen.java
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.RepositoriesMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.core.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.datastreams.DataStreamsPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.datastreams.lifecycle.DataStreamLifecycleService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexNotFoundException;
 import org.elasticsearch.license.LicenseUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.license.XPackLicenseState;
-import org.elasticsearch.repositories.RepositoriesService;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -200,7 +202,7 @@ boolean isEligibleForConvertToFrozen() {
             return false;
         }
 
-        String repositoryName = resolveRepositoryName(projectState);
+        final String repositoryName = getRepositoryForFrozen(projectMetadata, indexName);
         if (Strings.hasText(repositoryName) == false) {
             logger.debug("Default repository not configured, skipping convert-to-frozen steps for index [{}]", indexName);
             throw new ElasticsearchException(
@@ -228,10 +230,14 @@ boolean isEligibleForConvertToFrozen() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Resolves the repository name to use for the snapshot and searchable snapshot steps.
+     * Return the repository name to use for converting this index to a searchable snapshot, or else null if it is not set.
      */
-    private static String resolveRepositoryName(ProjectState projectState) {
-        return RepositoriesService.DEFAULT_REPOSITORY_SETTING.get(projectState.cluster().metadata().settings());
+    @Nullable
+    private static String getRepositoryForFrozen(ProjectMetadata projectMetadata, String indexName) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(projectMetadata.index(indexName))
+            .map(im -> im.getCustomData(DataStreamsPlugin.LIFECYCLE_CUSTOM_INDEX_METADATA_KEY))
+            .map(custom -> custom.get(DataStreamLifecycleService.FROZEN_CANDIDATE_REPOSITORY_METADATA_KEY))
+            .orElse(null);
     }
 
     private ResizeRequest getCloneRequest() {
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/dlm-frozen-transition/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dlm/frozen/DataStreamLifecycleConvertToFrozenMarkReadOnlyTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/dlm-frozen-transition/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dlm/frozen/DataStreamLifecycleConvertToFrozenMarkReadOnlyTests.java
index e1435b9bed974..eaeae4658d57c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/dlm-frozen-transition/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dlm/frozen/DataStreamLifecycleConvertToFrozenMarkReadOnlyTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/dlm-frozen-transition/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/dlm/frozen/DataStreamLifecycleConvertToFrozenMarkReadOnlyTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.RepositoryMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.project.TestProjectResolvers;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.elasticsearch.datastreams.DataStreamsPlugin;
+import org.elasticsearch.datastreams.lifecycle.DataStreamLifecycleService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.Index;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexVersion;
 import org.elasticsearch.license.License;
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@
 
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata.APIBlock.WRITE;
@@ -405,6 +408,10 @@ private ProjectState createProjectStateWithRepo(String repoName, boolean registe
                     .settings(Settings.builder().put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_VERSION_CREATED, IndexVersion.current()).build())
                     .numberOfShards(1)
                     .numberOfReplicas(0)
+                    .putCustom(
+                        DataStreamsPlugin.LIFECYCLE_CUSTOM_INDEX_METADATA_KEY,
+                        Map.of(DataStreamLifecycleService.FROZEN_CANDIDATE_REPOSITORY_METADATA_KEY, repoName)
+                    )
                     .build(),
                 false
             );