diff --git a/src/v/cluster/archival_metadata_stm.cc b/src/v/cluster/archival_metadata_stm.cc
index c351bc268eb2..4372cdfeb06f 100644
--- a/src/v/cluster/archival_metadata_stm.cc
+++ b/src/v/cluster/archival_metadata_stm.cc
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@
 #include "vlog.h"
 
 #include <seastar/core/coroutine.hh>
+#include <seastar/core/shared_future.hh>
 #include <seastar/core/sleep.hh>
 #include <seastar/util/defer.hh>
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <optional>
 
 namespace cluster {
 
@@ -585,9 +587,7 @@ archival_metadata_stm::sync(model::timeout_clock::duration timeout) {
     // below. If replication failed, exit unsuccessfully.
 
     if (_last_replicate) {
-        auto fut = std::exchange(_last_replicate, std::nullopt).value();
-
-        if (!fut.available()) {
+        if (!_last_replicate->result.available()) {
             vlog(
               _logger.debug, "Waiting for ongoing replication before syncing");
         }
@@ -595,8 +595,8 @@ archival_metadata_stm::sync(model::timeout_clock::duration timeout) {
         try {
             const auto before = model::timeout_clock::now();
 
-            const auto res = co_await ss::with_timeout(
-              before + timeout, std::move(fut));
+            const auto res = co_await _last_replicate->result.get_future(
+              before + timeout);
 
             const auto after = model::timeout_clock::now();
             // Update the timeout whille accounting for under/overflow.
@@ -610,15 +610,30 @@ archival_metadata_stm::sync(model::timeout_clock::duration timeout) {
 
             timeout -= duration;
 
+            // If we've got this far it means that the _last_replicate future
+            // was resolved. If it resolved successfully, then we can continue.
+            // If it failed for any reason, it is safe to "forget" about it in
+            // only if the term changed. Otherwise we can't make any assumptions
+            // about its state.
+            // Stepping down (liveness) is guaranteed by the logic in the
+            // `do_replicate_commands` method.
+            if (res || _last_replicate->term < _raft->term()) {
+                _last_replicate = std::nullopt;
+            }
+
             if (!res) {
                 vlog(
                   _logger.warn,
                   "Replication failed for archival STM command: {}",
                   res.error());
+
                 co_return false;
             }
         } catch (const ss::timed_out_error&) {
-            vlog(_logger.error, "Replication wait for archival STM timed out");
+            vlog(
+              _logger.warn,
+              "Replication wait for archival STM timed out (timeout = {})",
+              timeout);
             co_return false;
         } catch (...) {
             vlog(
@@ -695,8 +710,9 @@ ss::future<std::error_code> archival_metadata_stm::do_replicate_commands(
 
     const auto current_term = _insync_term;
 
-    ss::promise<result<raft::replicate_result>> replication_promise;
-    _last_replicate = replication_promise.get_future();
+    ss::shared_promise<result<raft::replicate_result>> replication_promise;
+    _last_replicate = last_replicate{
+      .term = current_term, .result = replication_promise.get_shared_future()};
 
     auto fut
       = _raft
diff --git a/src/v/cluster/archival_metadata_stm.h b/src/v/cluster/archival_metadata_stm.h
index da2f704dde65..6e4f703d6c06 100644
--- a/src/v/cluster/archival_metadata_stm.h
+++ b/src/v/cluster/archival_metadata_stm.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "cloud_storage/types.h"
 #include "cluster/persisted_stm.h"
 #include "features/fwd.h"
+#include "model/fundamental.h"
 #include "model/metadata.h"
 #include "model/record.h"
 #include "storage/record_batch_builder.h"
@@ -301,7 +302,11 @@ class archival_metadata_stm final : public persisted_stm<> {
     model::offset _last_dirty_at;
 
     // The last replication future
-    std::optional<ss::future<result<raft::replicate_result>>> _last_replicate;
+    struct last_replicate {
+        model::term_id term;
+        ss::shared_future<result<raft::replicate_result>> result;
+    };
+    std::optional<last_replicate> _last_replicate;
 
     cloud_storage::remote& _cloud_storage_api;
     features::feature_table& _feature_table;
diff --git a/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py b/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py
index 730a4b4b7f1c..00b57dc3c3d8 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/services/redpanda.py
@@ -490,6 +490,7 @@ def _load_s3_context(self, logger, test_context):
             self.endpoint_url = None  # None so boto auto-gens the endpoint url
             self.cloud_storage_disable_tls = False  # SI will fail to create archivers if tls is disabled
             self.cloud_storage_region = cloud_storage_region
+            self.cloud_storage_api_endpoint_port = 443
         elif cloud_storage_credentials_source == 'config_file' and cloud_storage_access_key and cloud_storage_secret_key:
             logger.info("Running on AWS S3, setting credentials")
             self.cloud_storage_access_key = cloud_storage_access_key