diff --git a/pkg/server/ring.go b/pkg/server/ring.go
index cd89f719f8a..90026e58391 100644
--- a/pkg/server/ring.go
+++ b/pkg/server/ring.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func toRingConfig(cfg *setting.Cfg, KVStore kv.Config) ring.Config {
 	rc.KVStore = KVStore
 	rc.HeartbeatTimeout = resource.RingHeartbeatTimeout
 
-	rc.ReplicationFactor = 1
+	rc.ReplicationFactor = cfg.SearchRingReplicationFactor
 
 	return rc
 }
diff --git a/pkg/server/search_server_distributor_test.go b/pkg/server/search_server_distributor_test.go
index 32dddffcec8..1fce76d8936 100644
--- a/pkg/server/search_server_distributor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/server/search_server_distributor_test.go
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ func initDistributorServerForTest(t *testing.T, memberlistPort int) testModuleSe
 	cfg.MemberlistJoinMember = "127.0.0.1:" + strconv.Itoa(memberlistPort)
 	cfg.MemberlistAdvertiseAddr = "127.0.0.1"
 	cfg.MemberlistAdvertisePort = memberlistPort
+	cfg.SearchRingReplicationFactor = 1
 	cfg.Target = []string{modules.SearchServerDistributor}
 	cfg.InstanceID = "distributor" // does nothing for the distributor but may be useful to debug tests
 
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@ func createStorageServerApi(t *testing.T, instanceId int, dbType, dbConnStr stri
 	cfg.MemberlistJoinMember = "127.0.0.1:" + strconv.Itoa(memberlistPort)
 	cfg.MemberlistAdvertiseAddr = "127.0.0.1"
 	cfg.MemberlistAdvertisePort = getRandomPort()
+	cfg.SearchRingReplicationFactor = 1
 	cfg.InstanceID = "instance-" + strconv.Itoa(instanceId)
 	cfg.IndexPath = t.TempDir() + cfg.InstanceID
 	cfg.IndexFileThreshold = testIndexFileThreshold
diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting.go b/pkg/setting/setting.go
index f14dbc03fc7..32f7be6830b 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting.go
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ type Cfg struct {
 	MemberlistJoinMember                       string
 	MemberlistClusterLabel                     string
 	MemberlistClusterLabelVerificationDisabled bool
+	SearchRingReplicationFactor                int
 	InstanceID                                 string
 	SprinklesApiServer                         string
 	SprinklesApiServerPageLimit                int
diff --git a/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage.go b/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage.go
index f0881cf95db..2e3a4a3122b 100644
--- a/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage.go
+++ b/pkg/setting/setting_unified_storage.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ func (cfg *Cfg) setUnifiedStorageConfig() {
 	cfg.MemberlistJoinMember = section.Key("memberlist_join_member").String()
 	cfg.MemberlistClusterLabel = section.Key("memberlist_cluster_label").String()
 	cfg.MemberlistClusterLabelVerificationDisabled = section.Key("memberlist_cluster_label_verification_disabled").MustBool(false)
+	cfg.SearchRingReplicationFactor = section.Key("search_ring_replication_factor").MustInt(1)
 	cfg.InstanceID = section.Key("instance_id").String()
 	cfg.IndexFileThreshold = section.Key("index_file_threshold").MustInt(10)
 	cfg.IndexMinCount = section.Key("index_min_count").MustInt(1)
diff --git a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/search_server_distributor.go b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/search_server_distributor.go
index 9637e3055cb..c148448ca7b 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/unified/resource/search_server_distributor.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/unified/resource/search_server_distributor.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ type distributorServer struct {
 	log        log.Logger
 }
 
-var ringOp = ring.NewOp([]ring.InstanceState{ring.ACTIVE}, func(s ring.InstanceState) bool {
+var activeRingOp = ring.NewOp([]ring.InstanceState{ring.ACTIVE}, func(s ring.InstanceState) bool {
 	return s != ring.ACTIVE
 })
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (ds *distributorServer) getClientToDistributeRequest(ctx context.Context, n
 		return ctx, nil, err
 	}
 
-	rs, err := ds.ring.Get(ringHasher.Sum32(), ringOp, nil, nil, nil)
+	rs, err := ds.ring.GetWithOptions(ringHasher.Sum32(), activeRingOp, ring.WithReplicationFactor(ds.ring.ReplicationFactor()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return ctx, nil, err
 	}