diff --git a/modules/cache-common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/query/TieredQueryCacheTests.java b/modules/cache-common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/query/TieredQueryCacheTests.java
index acbaede9e8b79..2684776af8508 100644
--- a/modules/cache-common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/query/TieredQueryCacheTests.java
+++ b/modules/cache-common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/query/TieredQueryCacheTests.java
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@
 import org.opensearch.cache.common.tier.TieredSpilloverCache;
 import org.opensearch.cache.common.tier.TieredSpilloverCachePlugin;
 import org.opensearch.cache.common.tier.TieredSpilloverCacheSettings;
+import org.opensearch.cache.common.tier.TieredSpilloverCacheTests;
 import org.opensearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.opensearch.common.cache.CacheType;
 import org.opensearch.common.cache.ICache;
 import org.opensearch.common.cache.module.CacheModule;
 import org.opensearch.common.cache.settings.CacheSettings;
+import org.opensearch.common.cache.stats.ImmutableCacheStats;
 import org.opensearch.common.cache.store.OpenSearchOnHeapCache;
 import org.opensearch.common.lucene.index.OpenSearchDirectoryReader;
 import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -45,7 +47,9 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import static org.opensearch.cache.common.query.TieredQueryCache.SHARD_ID_DIMENSION_NAME;
 import static org.opensearch.cache.common.tier.TieredSpilloverCacheSettings.DISK_CACHE_ENABLED_SETTING_MAP;
+import static org.opensearch.cache.common.tier.TieredSpilloverCacheStatsHolder.TIER_DIMENSION_VALUE_DISK;
 
 public class TieredQueryCacheTests extends OpenSearchSingleNodeTestCase {
 
@@ -139,6 +143,19 @@ public void testBasics_WithTSC_WithSmallHeapSize() throws Exception {
 
         testBasicsDummyQuery(cache, s, shard);
 
+        // Explicitly check disk cache had items and hits
+        TieredSpilloverCache<TieredQueryCache.CompositeKey, TieredQueryCache.CacheAndCount> tsc = (TieredSpilloverCache<
+            TieredQueryCache.CompositeKey,
+            TieredQueryCache.CacheAndCount>) cache.getInnerCache();
+        ImmutableCacheStats diskTierStats = TieredSpilloverCacheTests.getStatsSnapshotForTier(
+            tsc,
+            TIER_DIMENSION_VALUE_DISK,
+            List.of(SHARD_ID_DIMENSION_NAME),
+            List.of(shard.toString())
+        );
+        assertTrue(diskTierStats.getItems() > 0);
+        assertTrue(diskTierStats.getHits() > 0);
+
         cache.close();
         IOUtils.close(r, dir);
     }
@@ -160,7 +177,7 @@ private void testBasicsDummyQuery(TieredQueryCache cache, IndexSearcher s, Shard
         assertEquals(2L, stats.getMissCount());
         assertTrue(stats.getMemorySizeInBytes() > 0L && stats.getMemorySizeInBytes() < Long.MAX_VALUE);
 
-        int numEntries = 3;
+        int numEntries = 20;
 
         for (int i = 1; i < numEntries; ++i) {
             assertEquals(1, s.count(new DummyQuery(i)));
@@ -173,7 +190,7 @@ private void testBasicsDummyQuery(TieredQueryCache cache, IndexSearcher s, Shard
         assertEquals(2 * numEntries, stats.getMissCount());
         assertTrue(stats.getMemorySizeInBytes() > 0L && stats.getMemorySizeInBytes() < Long.MAX_VALUE);
 
-        s.count(new DummyQuery(numEntries - 1));
+        s.count(new DummyQuery(1)); // Pick 1 so the hit comes from disk
 
         stats = cache.getStats(shard);
         // assertEquals(10L, stats.getCacheSize());
diff --git a/modules/cache-common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/tier/TieredSpilloverCacheTests.java b/modules/cache-common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/tier/TieredSpilloverCacheTests.java
index 3bb1321f9faf2..4989518f41506 100644
--- a/modules/cache-common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/tier/TieredSpilloverCacheTests.java
+++ b/modules/cache-common/src/test/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/tier/TieredSpilloverCacheTests.java
@@ -2166,7 +2166,7 @@ public void testDropStatsForDimensions() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(new ImmutableCacheStats(0, 0, 0, 0, 0), tieredSpilloverCache.stats().getTotalStats());
     }
 
-    private List<String> getMockDimensions() {
+    static private List<String> getMockDimensions() {
         List<String> dims = new ArrayList<>();
         for (String dimensionName : dimensionNames) {
             dims.add("0");
@@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ private long getItemsForTier(TieredSpilloverCache<?, ?> tsc, String tierValue) t
         return getStatsSnapshotForTier(tsc, tierValue).getItems();
     }
 
-    private ImmutableCacheStats getStatsSnapshotForTier(TieredSpilloverCache<?, ?> tsc, String tierValue) throws IOException {
+    private ImmutableCacheStats getStatsSnapshotForTier(TieredSpilloverCache<?, ?> tsc, String tierValue) {
         List<String> levelsList = new ArrayList<>(dimensionNames);
         levelsList.add(TIER_DIMENSION_NAME);
         String[] levels = levelsList.toArray(new String[0]);
@@ -2433,6 +2433,26 @@ private ImmutableCacheStats getStatsSnapshotForTier(TieredSpilloverCache<?, ?> t
         return snapshot;
     }
 
+    public static ImmutableCacheStats getStatsSnapshotForTier(
+        TieredSpilloverCache<?, ?> tsc,
+        String tierValue,
+        List<String> dimensionNames,
+        List<String> dimensionValues
+    ) throws IOException {
+        List<String> levelsList = new ArrayList<>(dimensionNames);
+        levelsList.add(TIER_DIMENSION_NAME);
+        String[] levels = levelsList.toArray(new String[0]);
+        ImmutableCacheStatsHolder cacheStats = tsc.stats(levels);
+        List<String> finalValues = new ArrayList<>(dimensionValues);
+        finalValues.add(tierValue);
+        ImmutableCacheStats snapshot = cacheStats.getStatsForDimensionValues(finalValues);
+        if (snapshot == null) {
+            return new ImmutableCacheStats(0, 0, 0, 0, 0); // This can happen if no cache actions have happened for this set of
+            // dimensions yet
+        }
+        return snapshot;
+    }
+
     private String getStoragePath(Settings settings) {
         String storagePath;
         try (NodeEnvironment environment = newNodeEnvironment(settings)) {