diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java b/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java
index e2416c2b61..1622ddbf05 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdds/scm/XceiverClientGrpc.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public void connect() throws Exception {
     }
     LOG.debug("Connecting to server Port : " + leader.getIpAddress());
     channel = NettyChannelBuilder.forAddress(leader.getIpAddress(), port)
-        .usePlaintext(true)
+        .usePlaintext()
         .maxInboundMessageSize(OzoneConfigKeys.DFS_CONTAINER_CHUNK_MAX_SIZE)
         .build();
     asyncStub = XceiverClientProtocolServiceGrpc.newStub(channel);
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/XceiverServerGrpc.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/XceiverServerGrpc.java
index f4f3f6f0d6..4dc232db7b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/XceiverServerGrpc.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/XceiverServerGrpc.java
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public XceiverServerGrpc(DatanodeDetails datanodeDetails, Configuration conf,
     datanodeDetails.setPort(
         DatanodeDetails.newPort(DatanodeDetails.Port.Name.STANDALONE, port));
     server = ((NettyServerBuilder) ServerBuilder.forPort(port))
-        .maxMessageSize(OzoneConfigKeys.DFS_CONTAINER_CHUNK_MAX_SIZE)
+        .maxInboundMessageSize(OzoneConfigKeys.DFS_CONTAINER_CHUNK_MAX_SIZE)
         .addService(new GrpcXceiverService(dispatcher))
         .build();
     storageContainer = dispatcher;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/ContainerStateMachine.java b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/ContainerStateMachine.java
index ede87f4840..68d6d5bb14 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/ContainerStateMachine.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/container-service/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/container/common/transport/server/ratis/ContainerStateMachine.java
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /** A {@link org.apache.ratis.statemachine.StateMachine} for containers.
  *
@@ -316,6 +317,23 @@ private LogEntryProto recreateLogEntryProto(SMLogEntryProto smLogEntryProto,
     return LogEntryProto.newBuilder().setSmLogEntry(log).build();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the combined future of all the writeChunks till the given log
+   * index. The Raft log worker will wait for the stateMachineData to complete
+   * flush as well.
+   *
+   * @param index log index till which the stateMachine data needs to be flushed
+   * @return Combined future of all writeChunks till the log index given.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public CompletableFuture<Void> flushStateMachineData(long index) {
+    List<CompletableFuture<Message>> futureList =
+        writeChunkFutureMap.entrySet().stream().filter(x -> x.getKey() <= index)
+            .map(x -> x.getValue()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+    CompletableFuture<Void> combinedFuture = CompletableFuture.allOf(
+        futureList.toArray(new CompletableFuture[futureList.size()]));
+    return combinedFuture;
+  }
   /*
    * This api is used by the leader while appending logs to the follower
    * This allows the leader to read the state machine data from the
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index b45b4954f6..18b907fdd3 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     <ldap-api.version>1.0.0-M33</ldap-api.version>
 
     <!-- Apache Ratis version -->
-    <ratis.version>0.3.0-e4a016f-SNAPSHOT</ratis.version>
+    <ratis.version>0.3.0-e6fd494-SNAPSHOT</ratis.version>
     <jcache.version>1.0-alpha-1</jcache.version>
     <ehcache.version>3.3.1</ehcache.version>
     <hikari.version>2.4.12</hikari.version>