diff --git a/CHANGELOG-6.md b/CHANGELOG-6.md
index 5551cd6094..275bab5cd9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-6.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-6.md
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### 2024-02-01
+
+### Fixed
+- Assets can now be re-installed when the asset.db file has been deleted.
+
 ### Changed
 - Upgraded CI Go version to 1.21.3
 - Upgraded jwt version to 4.4.3
diff --git a/asset/boltdb_manager.go b/asset/boltdb_manager.go
index eb9e008db6..a3cc57e27f 100644
--- a/asset/boltdb_manager.go
+++ b/asset/boltdb_manager.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ const (
 	// ExpandDuration is the name of the prometheus summary vec used to track
 	// average latencies of asset expansion.
 	ExpandDuration = "sensu_go_asset_expand_duration"
+	FlagCacheDir   = "cache-dir"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -241,6 +243,15 @@ func (b *boltDBAssetManager) expandWithDuration(tmpFile *os.File, asset *corev2.
 	}))
 	defer timer.ObserveDuration()
 
+	assetSHA := asset.Sha512
+	CacheDir := viper.GetString(FlagCacheDir)
+	fullPath := filepath.Join(CacheDir, assetSHA)
+
+	if err := os.RemoveAll(fullPath); err != nil {
+		logger.WithField("assetSHA path", fullPath).WithError(err).
+			Error("error cleaning up the assetSHA")
+	}
+
 	assetPath = filepath.Join(b.localStorage, asset.Sha512)
 	return assetPath, b.expander.Expand(tmpFile, assetPath)
 }
diff --git a/asset/boltdb_manager_test.go b/asset/boltdb_manager_test.go
index 6d494f006a..9ea6c301b8 100644
--- a/asset/boltdb_manager_test.go
+++ b/asset/boltdb_manager_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
 	bolt "go.etcd.io/bbolt"
@@ -222,8 +223,8 @@ func TestFailedExpand(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSuccessfulGetAsset(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
-
-	tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "asset_test_get_invalid_asset.db")
+	tmpDir := os.TempDir()
+	tmpFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(tmpDir, "asset_test_get_invalid_asset.db")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("unable to create test boltdb file: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -252,6 +253,21 @@ func TestSuccessfulGetAsset(t *testing.T) {
 		URL:    "path",
 	}
 
+	tempAssetFile, err := os.CreateTemp(tmpDir, "asset.db")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Logf("error creating the asset file as %v", err)
+	}
+	fi, _ := tempAssetFile.Stat()
+	if fi.Size() == 0 {
+		t.Log("asset.db got created corruptly")
+		err = os.RemoveAll(filepath.Join(tmpDir, a.Sha512))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Logf("issue in deleting the assetSHA due to %v", err)
+		} else {
+			t.Log("assetSHA got deleted successfully and now asset will be properly downloaded.")
+		}
+	}
+
 	runtimeAsset, err := manager.Get(context.TODO(), a)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Logf("expected no error, got: %v", err)
diff --git a/asset/expander.go b/asset/expander.go
index d13df1b1cd..1c1fd8fdff 100644
--- a/asset/expander.go
+++ b/asset/expander.go
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ package asset
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
-
 	archiver "github.com/mholt/archiver/v3"
+	"io"
 
 	filetype "gopkg.in/h2non/filetype.v1"
 	filetype_types "gopkg.in/h2non/filetype.v1/types"