diff --git a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Snapshot/AzureBlobSnapshotStore.cs b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Snapshot/AzureBlobSnapshotStore.cs
index ee23b674..eb6fada2 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Snapshot/AzureBlobSnapshotStore.cs
+++ b/src/Akka.Persistence.Azure/Snapshot/AzureBlobSnapshotStore.cs
@@ -260,7 +260,21 @@ protected override async Task DeleteAsync(SnapshotMetadata metadata)
             cts.CancelAfter(_settings.RequestTimeout);
             using (cts)
             {
-                await blobClient.DeleteIfExistsAsync(cancellationToken: cts.Token);
+                if (metadata.Timestamp == DateTime.MinValue)
+                {
+                    // Short-circuit the timestamp query if the metadata does not require us to check for timestamp
+                    await blobClient.DeleteIfExistsAsync(cancellationToken: cts.Token);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    var response = await blobClient.GetPropertiesAsync(cancellationToken: cts.Token);
+                    if (response.HasValue)
+                    {
+                        var timestamp = new DateTime(long.Parse(response.Value.Metadata[TimeStampMetaDataKey])); 
+                        if(timestamp <= metadata.Timestamp)
+                            await blobClient.DeleteAsync(cancellationToken: cts.Token);
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Directory.Packages.props b/src/Directory.Packages.props
index 50e56a30..f70f04cd 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
-	  <AkkaVersion>1.5.26</AkkaVersion>
+	  <AkkaVersion>1.5.28</AkkaVersion>
 	  <AkkaHostingVersion>1.5.25</AkkaHostingVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <!-- App dependencies -->