diff --git a/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml b/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml
index c8897c355..a8942ad5d 100644
--- a/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm-toolkit/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ apiVersion: v1
 appVersion: v1.0.0
 description: OpenStack-Helm Helm-Toolkit
 name: helm-toolkit
-version: 0.2.51
+version: 0.2.52
 home: https://docs.openstack.org/openstack-helm
 icon: https://www.openstack.org/themes/openstack/images/project-mascots/OpenStack-Helm/OpenStack_Project_OpenStackHelm_vertical.png
 sources:
diff --git a/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl b/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl
index 9597d3421..3963bd405 100755
--- a/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl
+++ b/helm-toolkit/templates/scripts/db-backup-restore/_backup_main.sh.tpl
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ send_to_remote_server() {
   fi
 
   # load balance delay
-  DELAY=$((1 + ${RANDOM} % 300))
+  DELAY=$((1 + ${RANDOM} % 30))
   echo "Sleeping for ${DELAY} seconds to spread the load in time..."
   sleep ${DELAY}
 
@@ -231,31 +231,17 @@ send_to_remote_server() {
     return 2
   fi
 
-  # load balance delay
-  DELAY=$((1 + ${RANDOM} % 300))
-  echo "Sleeping for ${DELAY} seconds to spread the load in time..."
-  sleep ${DELAY}
-
-  # Calculation remote file SHA256 hash
-  REMOTE_FILE=$(mktemp -p /tmp)
-  openstack object save --file ${REMOTE_FILE} $CONTAINER_NAME $FILE
-  if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-    log WARN "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Unable to save container object $FILE for SHA256 hash verification."
-    rm -rf ${REMOTE_FILE}
-    return 1
-  fi
-
   # Remote backup verification
-  SHA256_REMOTE=$(cat ${REMOTE_FILE} | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')
-  SHA256_LOCAL=$(cat ${FILEPATH}/${FILE} | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}')
-  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Calculated SHA256 hashes for the file $FILE in container $CONTAINER_NAME."
-  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Local SHA256 hash is ${SHA256_LOCAL}."
-  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Remote SHA256 hash is ${SHA256_REMOTE}."
-  if [[ "${SHA256_LOCAL}" == "${SHA256_REMOTE}" ]]; then
-      log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "The local backup & remote backup SHA256 hash values are matching for file $FILE in container $CONTAINER_NAME."
+  MD5_REMOTE=$(openstack object show $CONTAINER_NAME $FILE -f json | jq -r ".etag")
+  MD5_LOCAL=$(cat ${FILEPATH}/${FILE} | md5sum | awk '{print $1}')
+  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Obtained MD5 hash for the file $FILE in container $CONTAINER_NAME."
+  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Local MD5 hash is ${MD5_LOCAL}."
+  log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Remote MD5 hash is ${MD5_REMOTE}."
+  if [[ "${MD5_LOCAL}" == "${MD5_REMOTE}" ]]; then
+      log INFO "${DB_NAME}_backup" "The local backup & remote backup MD5 hash values are matching for file $FILE in container $CONTAINER_NAME."
   else
-      log ERROR "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Mismatch between the local backup & remote backup sha256 hash values"
-      return 1
+      log ERROR "${DB_NAME}_backup" "Mismatch between the local backup & remote backup MD5 hash values"
+      return 2
   fi
   rm -rf ${REMOTE_FILE}
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/helm-toolkit.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/helm-toolkit.yaml
index 918baf4e0..eb13d25ea 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/helm-toolkit.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/helm-toolkit.yaml
@@ -58,4 +58,5 @@ helm-toolkit:
   - 0.2.49 Moved RabbitMQ Guest Admin removal to init
   - 0.2.50 Allow tls for external ingress without specifying key and crt
   - 0.2.51 Added a random delay up to 300 seconds to remote backup upload/download for load spreading purpose
+  - 0.2.52 Decreased random delay to up to 30 seconds and switched remote backup verification protocol to md5
 ...