diff --git a/instance-applications/510-550-ibm-mas-suite-app-config/templates/04-postsync-manage-verify.yaml b/instance-applications/510-550-ibm-mas-suite-app-config/templates/04-postsync-manage-verify.yaml
index 79a672d17..daaf15fd6 100644
--- a/instance-applications/510-550-ibm-mas-suite-app-config/templates/04-postsync-manage-verify.yaml
+++ b/instance-applications/510-550-ibm-mas-suite-app-config/templates/04-postsync-manage-verify.yaml
@@ -358,6 +358,16 @@ data:
         status_serverbundles = [item for item in status_serverbundles if item.get('bundleType') != 'foundation']
 
       if status_serverbundles and spec_serverbundles:
+        import re
+
+        def remove_user_sync_target(bundles):
+            return [{k: v for k, v in b.items() if k != 'isUserSyncTarget'} for b in bundles]
+
+        mas_app_channel = os.getenv("MAS_APP_CHANNEL", "")
+        match = re.match(r'^(\d+)\.(\d+)', mas_app_channel)
+        if match and (int(match.group(1)), int(match.group(2))) >= (9, 1):
+            spec_serverbundles = remove_user_sync_target(spec_serverbundles)
+            status_serverbundles = remove_user_sync_target(status_serverbundles)
         assert spec_serverbundles == status_serverbundles, f"Expected serverbundles set in the spec: {spec_serverbundles} to be equal to the serverbundles in the status: {status_serverbundles}"
 
     #This is actual Test case method to ping AI service from Manage with retryable attempts
@@ -506,6 +516,8 @@ spec:
               value: "{{ .Values.instance_id }}"
             - name: MAS_WORKSPACE_ID
               value: "{{ .Values.mas_workspace_id }}"
+            - name: MAS_APP_CHANNEL
+              value: "{{ .Values.mas_app_channel }}"
             - name: TEST_RECORD_CM
               value: "{{ $record_cm_name }}"
 {{- if and (hasKey .Values "global_secrets") (hasKey .Values.global_secrets "mxe.int.aibrokerapikey") }}
diff --git a/instance-applications/510-550-ibm-mas-suite-app-config/values.yaml b/instance-applications/510-550-ibm-mas-suite-app-config/values.yaml
index eb988a281..36d85685c 100644
--- a/instance-applications/510-550-ibm-mas-suite-app-config/values.yaml
+++ b/instance-applications/510-550-ibm-mas-suite-app-config/values.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ run_sanity_test: false
 # tls_key: "<base64-encoded PEM>"
 
 
+# ####################################################
+# # Required iff mas_app_id is "manage"
+# ####################################################
+
+# mas_app_channel: "9.2.x-stable"
+
 # ####################################################
 # # Required iff mas_app_id is "manage" or "health"
 # ####################################################
diff --git a/root-applications/ibm-mas-instance-root/templates/510-550-ibm-mas-masapp-configs.yaml b/root-applications/ibm-mas-instance-root/templates/510-550-ibm-mas-masapp-configs.yaml
index 9e79fb4d0..0a997ba01 100644
--- a/root-applications/ibm-mas-instance-root/templates/510-550-ibm-mas-masapp-configs.yaml
+++ b/root-applications/ibm-mas-instance-root/templates/510-550-ibm-mas-masapp-configs.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ spec:
             mas_app_ws_apiversion: "{{ $value.mas_app_ws_apiversion }}"
             mas_app_ws_kind: "{{ $value.mas_app_ws_kind }}"
             mas_appws_spec: {{ $value.mas_appws_spec | toYaml | nindent 14 }}
-
+            {{- if (eq $value.mas_app_id "manage") }}
+            mas_app_channel: "{{ $.Values.ibm_suite_app_manage_install.mas_app_channel }}"
+            {{- end }}
             mas_manual_cert_mgmt: {{ $value.mas_manual_cert_mgmt }}
             run_sanity_test: {{ $value.run_sanity_test }}
             {{- if $value.mas_manual_cert_mgmt  }}