diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
index 2b5bf46b59..e68f16e44b 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client.rs
@@ -643,6 +643,10 @@ impl RemoteTimelineClient {
                 UploadQueue::Stopped(stopped) => stopped,
             };
 
+            assert!(
+                !stopped.last_uploaded_index_part.is_deleted,
+                "deleted flag already set"
+            );
             stopped.last_uploaded_index_part.is_deleted = true;
             stopped.last_uploaded_index_part.clone()
         };
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/index.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/index.rs
index bb287c51ab..6cf168f2ea 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/index.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/index.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ impl IndexPart {
     /// used to understand later versions.
     ///
     /// Version is currently informative only.
-    const LATEST_VERSION: usize = 1;
+    const LATEST_VERSION: usize = 2;
     pub const FILE_NAME: &'static str = "index_part.json";
 
     pub fn new(
diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/upload.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/upload.rs
index 9811713287..b520bb4b0c 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/upload.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/remote_timeline_client/upload.rs
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ pub(super) async fn upload_index_part<'a>(
     timeline_id: TimelineId,
     index_part: &'a IndexPart,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    tracing::trace!("uploading new index part");
+
     fail_point!("before-upload-index", |_| {
         bail!("failpoint before-upload-index")
     });
+
     let index_part_bytes = serde_json::to_vec(&index_part)
         .context("Failed to serialize index part file into bytes")?;
     let index_part_size = index_part_bytes.len();
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@ pub(super) async fn upload_index_part<'a>(
         .metadata_path(timeline_id, tenant_id)
         .with_file_name(IndexPart::FILE_NAME);
     let storage_path = conf.remote_path(&index_part_path)?;
-    tracing::info!("uploading new index part for {tenant_id}/{timeline_id}");
+
     storage
         .upload_storage_object(Box::new(index_part_bytes), index_part_size, &storage_path)
         .await