diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 94d1a8492..0a368781b 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "ocean-node",
-  "version": "2.0.2",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "ocean-node",
-      "version": "2.0.2",
+      "version": "2.1.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7379d23c2..154626c06 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ocean-node",
-  "version": "2.0.2",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "description": "Ocean Node is used to run all core services in the Ocean stack",
   "author": "Ocean Protocol Foundation",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
diff --git a/src/components/Indexer/processors/MetadataEventProcessor.ts b/src/components/Indexer/processors/MetadataEventProcessor.ts
index 38ef9c334..c8a690c1d 100644
--- a/src/components/Indexer/processors/MetadataEventProcessor.ts
+++ b/src/components/Indexer/processors/MetadataEventProcessor.ts
@@ -158,8 +158,14 @@ export class MetadataEventProcessor extends BaseEventProcessor {
         )
         return
       }
-      // for unencrypted DDOs
-      if ((parseInt(flag) & 2) === 0 && !this.checkDdoHash(updatedDdo, metadataHash)) {
+      // For remote DDOs, the on-chain hash covers the remote pointer payload,
+      // not the fetched document body, so only inline unencrypted DDOs can be
+      // revalidated here against metadataHash.
+      if (
+        !isRemoteDDO(decryptedDDO) &&
+        (parseInt(flag) & 2) === 0 &&
+        !this.checkDdoHash(updatedDdo, metadataHash)
+      ) {
         INDEXER_LOGGER.error('Unencrypted DDO hash does not match metadata hash.')
         await ddoState.update(
           this.networkId,