diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/StoragePartitionClient.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/StoragePartitionClient.java
index 8f1ffa3..ed46a96 100644
--- a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/StoragePartitionClient.java
+++ b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/impl/StoragePartitionClient.java
@@ -247,8 +247,8 @@
         AtomixDocumentTree atomixDocumentTree = new AtomixDocumentTree(client.newProxyBuilder()
                 .withName(name)
                 .withServiceType(String.format("%s-%s", DistributedPrimitive.Type.DOCUMENT_TREE.name(), ordering))
-                .withReadConsistency(ReadConsistency.SEQUENTIAL)
-                .withCommunicationStrategy(CommunicationStrategy.ANY)
+                .withReadConsistency(ReadConsistency.LINEARIZABLE)
+                .withCommunicationStrategy(CommunicationStrategy.LEADER)
                 .withTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(30))
                 .withMaxRetries(5)
                 .build()