diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de89b71948..b29507ce09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Removed the `Features` API which is not supported by OpenSearch from the low-level client ([#331](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/pull/331))
 - Removed the deprecated low-level `IndexTemplateV2` APIs in favour of the `ComposableIndexTemplate` APIs ([#437](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/pull/437))
 
+### Fixed
+- Fixed the deserialization of S3 snapshot repositories without settings ([#587](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/pull/587)) 
+
 ### Dependencies
 - Bumps `System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource` from 6.0.1 to 8.0.0
 - Bumps `System.Text.Json` from 8.0.1 to 8.0.3
@@ -162,4 +165,4 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 [1.6.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0
 [1.5.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/compare/v1.4.0...v1.5.0
 [1.4.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/compare/v1.3.0...v1.4.0
-[1.3.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0
\ No newline at end of file
+[1.3.0]: https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-net/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0
diff --git a/src/OpenSearch.Client/Snapshot/Repositories/S3Repository.cs b/src/OpenSearch.Client/Snapshot/Repositories/S3Repository.cs
index eb231bc869..4063321c28 100644
--- a/src/OpenSearch.Client/Snapshot/Repositories/S3Repository.cs
+++ b/src/OpenSearch.Client/Snapshot/Repositories/S3Repository.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public interface IS3Repository : IRepository<IS3RepositorySettings> { }
 	/// <inheritdoc />
 	public class S3Repository : IS3Repository
 	{
+		public S3Repository() { }
+
 		public S3Repository(IS3RepositorySettings settings) => Settings = settings;
 
 		public IS3RepositorySettings Settings { get; set; }