diff --git a/docs/changelog/128473.yaml b/docs/changelog/128473.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..447ff998b1610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/128473.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 128473
+summary: Conditionally force sequential reading in `LuceneSyntheticSourceChangesSnapshot`
+area: Logs
+type: enhancement
+issues: []
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/LuceneSyntheticSourceChangesSnapshot.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/LuceneSyntheticSourceChangesSnapshot.java
index 73a92869e31ba..5b1e31f46987a 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/LuceneSyntheticSourceChangesSnapshot.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/LuceneSyntheticSourceChangesSnapshot.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.util.ArrayUtil;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexVersion;
+import org.elasticsearch.index.codec.CodecService;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.fieldvisitor.LeafStoredFieldLoader;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.fieldvisitor.StoredFieldLoader;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService;
@@ -85,7 +86,10 @@ public LuceneSyntheticSourceChangesSnapshot(
         this.maxMemorySizeInBytes = maxMemorySizeInBytes > 0 ? maxMemorySizeInBytes : 1;
         this.sourceLoader = mapperService.mappingLookup().newSourceLoader(null, SourceFieldMetrics.NOOP);
         Set<String> storedFields = sourceLoader.requiredStoredFields();
-        this.storedFieldLoader = StoredFieldLoader.create(false, storedFields);
+        String defaultCodec = EngineConfig.INDEX_CODEC_SETTING.get(mapperService.getIndexSettings().getSettings());
+        // zstd best compression stores upto 2048 docs in a block, so it is likely that in this case docs are co-located in same block:
+        boolean forceSequentialReader = CodecService.BEST_COMPRESSION_CODEC.equals(defaultCodec);
+        this.storedFieldLoader = StoredFieldLoader.create(false, storedFields, forceSequentialReader);
         this.lastSeenSeqNo = fromSeqNo - 1;
     }