diff --git a/src/bucket/BucketListSnapshotBase.cpp b/src/bucket/BucketListSnapshotBase.cpp
index 6e56b6dce0..ee570f9733 100644
--- a/src/bucket/BucketListSnapshotBase.cpp
+++ b/src/bucket/BucketListSnapshotBase.cpp
@@ -59,13 +59,9 @@ SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase<BucketT>::getLedgerHeader() const
 
 template <class BucketT>
 LastClosedLedger const&
-SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase<BucketT>::getLastClosedLedger()
+SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase<BucketT>::getLastClosedLedger() const
 {
     releaseAssert(mSnapshot);
-    if (mAutoUpdate)
-    {
-        mSnapshotManager.maybeUpdateSnapshot(mSnapshot, mHistoricalSnapshots);
-    }
     return mSnapshot->getLastClosedLedger();
 }
 
@@ -152,10 +148,9 @@ BucketLevelSnapshot<BucketT>::BucketLevelSnapshot(
 
 template <class BucketT>
 SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase<BucketT>::SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase(
-    BucketSnapshotManager const& snapshotManager, bool autoUpdate)
+    BucketSnapshotManager const& snapshotManager)
     : mSnapshotManager(snapshotManager)
     , mHistoricalSnapshots()
-    , mAutoUpdate(autoUpdate)
 {
     mSnapshotManager.maybeUpdateSnapshot(mSnapshot, mHistoricalSnapshots);
 }
diff --git a/src/bucket/BucketListSnapshotBase.h b/src/bucket/BucketListSnapshotBase.h
index 4d02bc0435..9285399d97 100644
--- a/src/bucket/BucketListSnapshotBase.h
+++ b/src/bucket/BucketListSnapshotBase.h
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ class SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase : public NonMovableOrCopyable
     // Snapshot managed by SnapshotManager
     SnapshotPtrT<BucketT> mSnapshot{};
     std::map<uint32_t, SnapshotPtrT<BucketT>> mHistoricalSnapshots;
-    bool const mAutoUpdate;
 
     // Loops through all buckets, starting with curr at level 0, then snap at
     // level 0, etc. Calls f on each bucket. Exits early if function
@@ -167,12 +166,8 @@ class SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase : public NonMovableOrCopyable
     void loopAllBuckets(std::function<Loop(BucketSnapshotT const&)> f,
                         BucketListSnapshot<BucketT> const& snapshot) const;
 
-    // If `autoUpdate` is true, the snapshot will keep itself consistent with
-    // LCL automatically. If not, callers are expected to refresh the snapshot
-    // manually (this is useful to use cases that a consistent view of the state
-    // for some arbitrary time)
     SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase(
-        BucketSnapshotManager const& snapshotManager, bool autoUpdate);
+        BucketSnapshotManager const& snapshotManager);
 
     std::optional<std::vector<typename BucketT::LoadT>>
     loadKeysInternal(std::set<LedgerKey, LedgerEntryIdCmp> const& inKeys,
@@ -187,6 +182,7 @@ class SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase : public NonMovableOrCopyable
     }
 
     LedgerHeader const& getLedgerHeader() const;
+    LastClosedLedger const& getLastClosedLedger() const;
 
     // Loads inKeys from the specified historical snapshot. Returns
     // load_result_vec if the snapshot for the given ledger is
diff --git a/src/bucket/BucketManager.cpp b/src/bucket/BucketManager.cpp
index 10005a974d..60d4b3be12 100644
--- a/src/bucket/BucketManager.cpp
+++ b/src/bucket/BucketManager.cpp
@@ -1054,8 +1054,7 @@ BucketManager::startBackgroundEvictionScan(uint32_t ledgerSeq)
     releaseAssert(!mEvictionFuture.valid());
     releaseAssert(mEvictionStatistics);
 
-    auto searchableBL = mSnapshotManager->copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(
-        /* autoUpdate */ true);
+    auto searchableBL = mSnapshotManager->copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot();
     auto const& cfg = mApp.getLedgerManager().getSorobanNetworkConfig();
     auto const& sas = cfg.stateArchivalSettings();
 
diff --git a/src/bucket/BucketSnapshotManager.cpp b/src/bucket/BucketSnapshotManager.cpp
index 545ea38ac3..f8086a5a1a 100644
--- a/src/bucket/BucketSnapshotManager.cpp
+++ b/src/bucket/BucketSnapshotManager.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ BucketSnapshotManager::copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot() const
 {
     // Can't use std::make_shared due to private constructor
     return std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot>(
-        new SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(*this, autoUpdate));
+        new SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(*this));
 }
 
 std::shared_ptr<SearchableHotArchiveBucketListSnapshot const>
diff --git a/src/bucket/SearchableBucketList.cpp b/src/bucket/SearchableBucketList.cpp
index 8361453928..e87eca5cdb 100644
--- a/src/bucket/SearchableBucketList.cpp
+++ b/src/bucket/SearchableBucketList.cpp
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot::scanForEviction(
     return result;
 }
 
-void
-SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot::updateSnapshotToLatest()
-{
-    mSnapshotManager.maybeUpdateSnapshot(mSnapshot, mHistoricalSnapshots, true);
-}
-
 template <class BucketT>
 std::optional<std::vector<typename BucketT::LoadT>>
 SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase<BucketT>::loadKeysInternal(
@@ -263,15 +257,14 @@ SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot::loadKeysWithLimits(
 }
 
 SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot::SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(
-    BucketSnapshotManager const& snapshotManager, bool autoUpdate)
-    : SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase<LiveBucket>(snapshotManager, autoUpdate)
+    BucketSnapshotManager const& snapshotManager)
+    : SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase<LiveBucket>(snapshotManager)
 {
 }
 
 SearchableHotArchiveBucketListSnapshot::SearchableHotArchiveBucketListSnapshot(
     BucketSnapshotManager const& snapshotManager)
-    : SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase<HotArchiveBucket>(snapshotManager,
-                                                         /* autoUpdate */ true)
+    : SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase<HotArchiveBucket>(snapshotManager)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/bucket/SearchableBucketList.h b/src/bucket/SearchableBucketList.h
index e9e2cbb9ef..9ce2fef018 100644
--- a/src/bucket/SearchableBucketList.h
+++ b/src/bucket/SearchableBucketList.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot
     : public SearchableBucketListSnapshotBase<LiveBucket>
 {
     SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(
-        BucketSnapshotManager const& snapshotManager, bool autoUpdate);
+        BucketSnapshotManager const& snapshotManager);
 
   public:
     std::vector<LedgerEntry>
diff --git a/src/bucket/test/BucketIndexTests.cpp b/src/bucket/test/BucketIndexTests.cpp
index 0246789149..fc8b46b63a 100644
--- a/src/bucket/test/BucketIndexTests.cpp
+++ b/src/bucket/test/BucketIndexTests.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class BucketIndexTest
 
         auto searchableBL = getBM()
                                 .getBucketSnapshotManager()
-                                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(true);
+                                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot();
         auto lk = LedgerEntryKey(canonicalEntry);
 
         auto currentLoadedEntry = searchableBL->load(lk);
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class BucketIndexTest
     {
         auto searchableBL = getBM()
                                 .getBucketSnapshotManager()
-                                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(true);
+                                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot();
 
         // Test bulk load lookup
         auto loadResult =
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ class BucketIndexTest
     {
         auto searchableBL = getBM()
                                 .getBucketSnapshotManager()
-                                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(true);
+                                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot();
         for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i)
         {
             LedgerKeySet searchSubset;
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ class BucketIndexTest
     {
         auto searchableBL = getBM()
                                 .getBucketSnapshotManager()
-                                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(true);
+                                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot();
 
         // Load should return empty vector for keys not in bucket list
         auto keysNotInBL =
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ class BucketIndexPoolShareTest : public BucketIndexTest
     {
         auto searchableBL = getBM()
                                 .getBucketSnapshotManager()
-                                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(true);
+                                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot();
         auto loadResult =
             searchableBL->loadPoolShareTrustLinesByAccountAndAsset(
                 mAccountToSearch.accountID, mAssetToSearch);
diff --git a/src/ledger/LedgerManager.h b/src/ledger/LedgerManager.h
index bff644a201..7a9644731d 100644
--- a/src/ledger/LedgerManager.h
+++ b/src/ledger/LedgerManager.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class LedgerManager
     getLastClosedLedgerHeader() const = 0;
 
     // Get bucketlist snapshot
-    virtual std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot>
+    virtual std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot const>
     getCurrentLedgerStateSnaphot() = 0;
 
     // return the HAS that corresponds to the last closed ledger as persisted in
diff --git a/src/ledger/LedgerManagerImpl.cpp b/src/ledger/LedgerManagerImpl.cpp
index e4a510ab6a..0464b6693a 100644
--- a/src/ledger/LedgerManagerImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/ledger/LedgerManagerImpl.cpp
@@ -1252,17 +1252,15 @@ LedgerManagerImpl::maybeResetLedgerCloseMetaDebugStream(uint32_t ledgerSeq)
     }
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot>
+std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot const>
 LedgerManagerImpl::getCurrentLedgerStateSnaphot()
 {
     if (!mReadOnlyLedgerStateSnapshot)
     {
-        // Set autoUpdate to false to "freeze" the snapshot
-        // Update manually at the end of ledger close
         mReadOnlyLedgerStateSnapshot =
             mApp.getBucketManager()
                 .getBucketSnapshotManager()
-                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(/* autoUpdate */ false);
+                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot();
     }
     return mReadOnlyLedgerStateSnapshot;
 }
@@ -1294,7 +1292,7 @@ LedgerManagerImpl::advanceReadOnlyLedgerState(LedgerHeader const& header,
             bm.getHotArchiveBucketList(), lcl);
     bm.getBucketSnapshotManager().updateCurrentSnapshot(
         std::move(liveSnapshot), std::move(hotArchiveSnapshot));
-    getCurrentLedgerStateSnaphot()->updateSnapshotToLatest();
+    mReadOnlyLedgerStateSnapshot = bm.getBucketSnapshotManager().copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot();
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/ledger/LedgerManagerImpl.h b/src/ledger/LedgerManagerImpl.h
index e76db54ffd..a4a9060f00 100644
--- a/src/ledger/LedgerManagerImpl.h
+++ b/src/ledger/LedgerManagerImpl.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class LedgerManagerImpl : public LedgerManager
     medida::Timer& mMetaStreamWriteTime;
     VirtualClock::time_point mLastClose;
     bool mRebuildInMemoryState{false};
-    std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot>
+    std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot const>
         mReadOnlyLedgerStateSnapshot;
 
     std::unique_ptr<VirtualClock::time_point> mStartCatchup;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ class LedgerManagerImpl : public LedgerManager
 
     SorobanMetrics& getSorobanMetrics() override;
 
-    std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot>
+    std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot const>
     getCurrentLedgerStateSnaphot() override;
 };
 }
diff --git a/src/ledger/LedgerStateSnapshot.cpp b/src/ledger/LedgerStateSnapshot.cpp
index 78be141754..97a427dcc5 100644
--- a/src/ledger/LedgerStateSnapshot.cpp
+++ b/src/ledger/LedgerStateSnapshot.cpp
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ LedgerTxnReadOnly::executeWithMaybeInnerSnapshot(
     return f(lsg);
 }
 
-BucketSnapshotState::BucketSnapshotState(BucketManager& bm)
-    : mSnapshot(
-          bm.getBucketSnapshotManager().copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot())
+BucketSnapshotState::BucketSnapshotState(
+        std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot const> snapshot)
+    : mSnapshot(snapshot)
     , mLedgerHeader(LedgerHeaderWrapper(
           std::make_shared<LedgerHeader>(snapshot->getLedgerHeader())))
 {
diff --git a/src/ledger/LedgerStateSnapshot.h b/src/ledger/LedgerStateSnapshot.h
index 0fc5f03d5a..6dd0ae8abb 100644
--- a/src/ledger/LedgerStateSnapshot.h
+++ b/src/ledger/LedgerStateSnapshot.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class BucketSnapshotState : public AbstractLedgerStateSnapshot
 
   public:
     BucketSnapshotState(
-        std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot> snapshot);
+        std::shared_ptr<SearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot const> snapshot);
     ~BucketSnapshotState() override;
 
     LastClosedLedger const& getLastClosedLedger() const override;
diff --git a/src/ledger/LedgerTxn.cpp b/src/ledger/LedgerTxn.cpp
index ae1994a5ad..500bea8f27 100644
--- a/src/ledger/LedgerTxn.cpp
+++ b/src/ledger/LedgerTxn.cpp
@@ -3065,7 +3065,7 @@ LedgerTxnRoot::Impl::getSearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot() const
         mSearchableBucketListSnapshot =
             mApp.getBucketManager()
                 .getBucketSnapshotManager()
-                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(/* autoUpdate */ true);
+                .copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot();
     }
 
     return *mSearchableBucketListSnapshot;
diff --git a/src/main/QueryServer.cpp b/src/main/QueryServer.cpp
index 7c190666db..1830727ce6 100644
--- a/src/main/QueryServer.cpp
+++ b/src/main/QueryServer.cpp
@@ -68,8 +68,7 @@ QueryServer::QueryServer(const std::string& address, unsigned short port,
     for (auto pid : workerPids)
     {
         mBucketListSnapshots[pid] = std::move(
-            bucketSnapshotManager.copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot(
-                /* autoUpdate */ true));
+            bucketSnapshotManager.copySearchableLiveBucketListSnapshot());
     }
 }