diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3c7ffd4e4..678c04e73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### Release 2.4.6 (January 13, 2023)
+* [#1022](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1022) Clean up in-memory state of deleted kinesis stream in MultiStreamMode
+
 ### Release 2.4.5 (January 04, 2023)
 * [#1014](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1014) Use AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER iterator type for expired iterator request
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 160ab682f..e85aa4dc2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ The recommended way to use the KCL for Java is to consume it from Maven.
 
 ## Release Notes
 
+### Release 2.4.6 (January 13, 2023)
+* [#1022](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1022) Clean up in-memory state of deleted kinesis stream in MultiStreamMode
+
 ### Release 2.4.5 (January 04, 2023)
 * [#1014](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client/pull/1014) Use AFTER_SEQUENCE_NUMBER iterator type for expired iterator request
 
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
index 41e5e0f90..887211c79 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client-multilang/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
-    <version>2.4.5</version>
+    <version>2.4.6</version>
   </parent>
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index 77250400b..8d776d0d3 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
-    <version>2.4.5</version>
+    <version>2.4.6</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/DeletedStreamListProvider.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/DeletedStreamListProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0d332d9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/DeletedStreamListProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package software.amazon.kinesis.coordinator;
+
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+import software.amazon.kinesis.common.StreamIdentifier;
+
+/**
+ * This class is used for storing in-memory set of streams which are no longer existing (deleted) and needs to be
+ * cleaned up from KCL's in memory state.
+ */
+@Slf4j
+public class DeletedStreamListProvider {
+
+    private final Set<StreamIdentifier> deletedStreams;
+
+    public DeletedStreamListProvider() {
+        deletedStreams = ConcurrentHashMap.newKeySet();
+    }
+
+    public void add(StreamIdentifier streamIdentifier) {
+        log.info("Added {}", streamIdentifier);
+        deletedStreams.add(streamIdentifier);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method returns and empties the current set of streams
+     * @return set of deleted Streams
+     */
+    public Set<StreamIdentifier> purgeAllDeletedStream() {
+        final Set<StreamIdentifier> response = new HashSet<>(deletedStreams);
+        deletedStreams.removeAll(response);
+        return response;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/Scheduler.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/Scheduler.java
index 5d9f73e9d..5b9510298 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/Scheduler.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/Scheduler.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.Future;
 import java.util.concurrent.ThreadLocalRandom;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
-import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantReadWriteLock;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@
 import software.amazon.awssdk.utils.Validate;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.checkpoint.CheckpointConfig;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.checkpoint.ShardRecordProcessorCheckpointer;
-import software.amazon.kinesis.common.InitialPositionInStream;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.InitialPositionInStreamExtended;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.StreamConfig;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.StreamIdentifier;
@@ -75,7 +73,6 @@
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.dynamodb.DynamoDBMultiStreamLeaseSerializer;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.exceptions.DependencyException;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.exceptions.InvalidStateException;
-import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.exceptions.LeasingException;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.exceptions.ProvisionedThroughputException;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.lifecycle.LifecycleConfig;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.lifecycle.ShardConsumer;
@@ -121,6 +118,7 @@ public class Scheduler implements Runnable {
     private static final String ACTIVE_STREAMS_COUNT = "ActiveStreams.Count";
     private static final String PENDING_STREAMS_DELETION_COUNT = "StreamsPendingDeletion.Count";
     private static final String DELETED_STREAMS_COUNT = "DeletedStreams.Count";
+    private static final String NON_EXISTING_STREAM_DELETE_COUNT = "NonExistingStreamDelete.Count";
 
     private SchedulerLog slog = new SchedulerLog();
 
@@ -173,6 +171,8 @@ public class Scheduler implements Runnable {
     private final LeaseCleanupManager leaseCleanupManager;
     private final SchemaRegistryDecoder schemaRegistryDecoder;
 
+    private final DeletedStreamListProvider deletedStreamListProvider;
+
     // Holds consumers for shards the worker is currently tracking. Key is shard
     // info, value is ShardConsumer.
     private ConcurrentMap<ShardInfo, ShardConsumer> shardInfoShardConsumerMap = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
@@ -263,9 +263,10 @@ protected Scheduler(@NonNull final CheckpointConfig checkpointConfig,
         this.executorService = this.coordinatorConfig.coordinatorFactory().createExecutorService();
         this.diagnosticEventFactory = diagnosticEventFactory;
         this.diagnosticEventHandler = new DiagnosticEventLogger();
+        this.deletedStreamListProvider = new DeletedStreamListProvider();
         this.shardSyncTaskManagerProvider = streamConfig -> this.leaseManagementConfig
                 .leaseManagementFactory(leaseSerializer, isMultiStreamMode)
-                .createShardSyncTaskManager(this.metricsFactory, streamConfig);
+                .createShardSyncTaskManager(this.metricsFactory, streamConfig, this.deletedStreamListProvider);
         this.shardPrioritization = this.coordinatorConfig.shardPrioritization();
         this.cleanupLeasesUponShardCompletion = this.leaseManagementConfig.cleanupLeasesUponShardCompletion();
         this.skipShardSyncAtWorkerInitializationIfLeasesExist =
@@ -558,6 +559,19 @@ Set<StreamIdentifier> checkAndSyncStreamShardsAndLeases()
                         .partitioningBy(streamIdentifier -> newStreamConfigMap.containsKey(streamIdentifier), Collectors.toSet()));
                 final Set<StreamIdentifier> staleStreamIdsToBeDeleted = staleStreamIdDeletionDecisionMap.get(false).stream().filter(streamIdentifier ->
                         Duration.between(staleStreamDeletionMap.get(streamIdentifier), Instant.now()).toMillis() >= waitPeriodToDeleteOldStreams.toMillis()).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+                // These are the streams which are deleted in Kinesis and we encounter resource not found during
+                // shardSyncTask. This is applicable in MultiStreamMode only, in case of SingleStreamMode, store will
+                // not have any data.
+                // Filter streams based on newStreamConfigMap so that we don't override input to KCL in any case.
+                final Set<StreamIdentifier> deletedStreamSet = this.deletedStreamListProvider
+                                                .purgeAllDeletedStream()
+                                                .stream()
+                                                .filter(streamIdentifier ->  !newStreamConfigMap.containsKey(streamIdentifier))
+                                                .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+                if (deletedStreamSet.size() > 0) {
+                    log.info("Stale streams to delete: {}", deletedStreamSet);
+                    staleStreamIdsToBeDeleted.addAll(deletedStreamSet);
+                }
                 final Set<StreamIdentifier> deletedStreamsLeases = deleteMultiStreamLeases(staleStreamIdsToBeDeleted);
                 streamsSynced.addAll(deletedStreamsLeases);
 
@@ -577,6 +591,8 @@ Set<StreamIdentifier> checkAndSyncStreamShardsAndLeases()
                 MetricsUtil.addCount(metricsScope, ACTIVE_STREAMS_COUNT, newStreamConfigMap.size(), MetricsLevel.SUMMARY);
                 MetricsUtil.addCount(metricsScope, PENDING_STREAMS_DELETION_COUNT, staleStreamDeletionMap.size(),
                         MetricsLevel.SUMMARY);
+                MetricsUtil.addCount(metricsScope, NON_EXISTING_STREAM_DELETE_COUNT, deletedStreamSet.size(),
+                        MetricsLevel.SUMMARY);
                 MetricsUtil.addCount(metricsScope, DELETED_STREAMS_COUNT, deletedStreamsLeases.size(), MetricsLevel.SUMMARY);
             } finally {
                 MetricsUtil.endScope(metricsScope);
@@ -614,6 +630,7 @@ private void removeStreamsFromStaleStreamsList(Set<StreamIdentifier> streamIdent
 
     private Set<StreamIdentifier> deleteMultiStreamLeases(Set<StreamIdentifier> streamIdentifiers)
             throws DependencyException, ProvisionedThroughputException, InvalidStateException {
+        log.info("Deleting streams: {}", streamIdentifiers);
         final Set<StreamIdentifier> streamsSynced = new HashSet<>();
         List<MultiStreamLease> leases = null;
         Map<String, List<MultiStreamLease>> streamIdToShardsMap = null;
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/HierarchicalShardSyncer.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/HierarchicalShardSyncer.java
index 4f677524e..0166fc5e0 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/HierarchicalShardSyncer.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/HierarchicalShardSyncer.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.ChildShard;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.Shard;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.ShardFilter;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.ShardFilterType;
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.InitialPositionInStream;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.InitialPositionInStreamExtended;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.StreamIdentifier;
+import software.amazon.kinesis.coordinator.DeletedStreamListProvider;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.exceptions.internal.KinesisClientLibIOException;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.exceptions.DependencyException;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.exceptions.InvalidStateException;
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@
 import software.amazon.kinesis.metrics.MetricsUtil;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.kpl.ExtendedSequenceNumber;
 
+import static java.util.Objects.nonNull;
 import static software.amazon.kinesis.common.HashKeyRangeForLease.fromHashKeyRange;
 
 /**
@@ -72,6 +76,8 @@ public class HierarchicalShardSyncer {
 
     private final String streamIdentifier;
 
+    private final DeletedStreamListProvider deletedStreamListProvider;
+
     private static final String MIN_HASH_KEY = BigInteger.ZERO.toString();
     private static final String MAX_HASH_KEY = new BigInteger("2").pow(128).subtract(BigInteger.ONE).toString();
     private static final int retriesForCompleteHashRange = 3;
@@ -79,13 +85,17 @@ public class HierarchicalShardSyncer {
     private static final long DELAY_BETWEEN_LIST_SHARDS_MILLIS = 1000;
 
     public HierarchicalShardSyncer() {
-        isMultiStreamMode = false;
-        streamIdentifier = "SingleStreamMode";
+        this(false, "SingleStreamMode");
     }
 
     public HierarchicalShardSyncer(final boolean isMultiStreamMode, final String streamIdentifier) {
+        this(isMultiStreamMode, streamIdentifier, null);
+    }
+
+    public HierarchicalShardSyncer(final boolean isMultiStreamMode, final String streamIdentifier, final DeletedStreamListProvider deletedStreamListProvider) {
         this.isMultiStreamMode = isMultiStreamMode;
         this.streamIdentifier = streamIdentifier;
+        this.deletedStreamListProvider = deletedStreamListProvider;
     }
 
     private static final BiFunction<Lease, MultiStreamArgs, String> shardIdFromLeaseDeducer =
@@ -306,8 +316,17 @@ private static List<Shard> getShardListAtInitialPosition(@NonNull final ShardDet
                 + retriesForCompleteHashRange + " retries.");
     }
 
-    private static List<Shard> getShardList(@NonNull final ShardDetector shardDetector) throws KinesisClientLibIOException {
-        final Optional<List<Shard>> shards = Optional.of(shardDetector.listShards());
+    private List<Shard> getShardList(@NonNull final ShardDetector shardDetector) throws KinesisClientLibIOException {
+        // Fallback to existing behavior for backward compatibility
+        List<Shard> shardList =  Collections.emptyList();
+        try {
+            shardList = shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
+        } catch (ResourceNotFoundException e) {
+            if (nonNull(this.deletedStreamListProvider) && isMultiStreamMode) {
+                deletedStreamListProvider.add(StreamIdentifier.multiStreamInstance(streamIdentifier));
+            }
+        }
+        final Optional<List<Shard>> shards = Optional.of(shardList);
 
         return shards.orElseThrow(() -> new KinesisClientLibIOException("Stream " + shardDetector.streamIdentifier().streamName() +
                 " is not in ACTIVE OR UPDATING state - will retry getting the shard list."));
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/KinesisShardDetector.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/KinesisShardDetector.java
index 189ba18b0..2d2ffefc0 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/KinesisShardDetector.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/KinesisShardDetector.java
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ public class KinesisShardDetector implements ShardDetector {
     @Getter(AccessLevel.PACKAGE)
     private AtomicInteger cacheMisses = new AtomicInteger(0);
 
+    private static final Boolean THROW_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND_EXCEPTION = true;
+
     @Deprecated
     public KinesisShardDetector(KinesisAsyncClient kinesisClient, String streamName, long listShardsBackoffTimeInMillis,
             int maxListShardsRetryAttempts, long listShardsCacheAllowedAgeInSeconds, int maxCacheMissesBeforeReload,
@@ -159,15 +161,26 @@ public List<Shard> listShards() {
         return listShardsWithFilter(null);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    @Synchronized
+    public List<Shard> listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException() {
+        return listShardsWithFilterInternal(null, THROW_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND_EXCEPTION);
+    }
+
     @Override
     @Synchronized
     public List<Shard> listShardsWithFilter(ShardFilter shardFilter) {
+        return listShardsWithFilterInternal(shardFilter, !THROW_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND_EXCEPTION);
+    }
+
+    private List<Shard> listShardsWithFilterInternal(ShardFilter shardFilter,
+            boolean shouldPropagateResourceNotFoundException) {
         final List<Shard> shards = new ArrayList<>();
         ListShardsResponse result;
         String nextToken = null;
 
         do {
-            result = listShards(shardFilter, nextToken);
+            result = listShards(shardFilter, nextToken, shouldPropagateResourceNotFoundException);
 
             if (result == null) {
                 /*
@@ -185,7 +198,12 @@ public List<Shard> listShardsWithFilter(ShardFilter shardFilter) {
         return shards;
     }
 
-    private ListShardsResponse listShards(ShardFilter shardFilter, final String nextToken) {
+    /**
+     * @param shouldPropagateResourceNotFoundException : used to determine if ResourceNotFoundException should be
+     *      handled by method and return Empty list or propagate the exception.
+     */
+    private ListShardsResponse listShards(ShardFilter shardFilter, final String nextToken,
+            final boolean shouldPropagateResourceNotFoundException) {
         final AWSExceptionManager exceptionManager = new AWSExceptionManager();
         exceptionManager.add(ResourceNotFoundException.class, t -> t);
         exceptionManager.add(LimitExceededException.class, t -> t);
@@ -233,9 +251,14 @@ private ListShardsResponse listShards(ShardFilter shardFilter, final String next
             } catch (ResourceNotFoundException e) {
                 log.warn("Got ResourceNotFoundException when fetching shard list for {}. Stream no longer exists.",
                         streamIdentifier.streamName());
-                return ListShardsResponse.builder().shards(Collections.emptyList())
-                        .nextToken(null)
-                        .build();
+                if (shouldPropagateResourceNotFoundException) {
+                    throw e;
+                }
+                return ListShardsResponse.builder()
+                                         .shards(Collections.emptyList())
+                                         .nextToken(null)
+                                         .build();
+
             } catch (TimeoutException te) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(te);
             }
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementFactory.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementFactory.java
index ecf9b3900..9f2e5f949 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementFactory.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/LeaseManagementFactory.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package software.amazon.kinesis.leases;
 
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.StreamConfig;
+import software.amazon.kinesis.coordinator.DeletedStreamListProvider;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.dynamodb.DynamoDBLeaseRefresher;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.metrics.MetricsFactory;
 
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ default ShardSyncTaskManager createShardSyncTaskManager(MetricsFactory metricsFa
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
 
+    default ShardSyncTaskManager createShardSyncTaskManager(MetricsFactory metricsFactory, StreamConfig streamConfig,
+            DeletedStreamListProvider deletedStreamListProvider) {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("createShardSyncTaskManager method not implemented");
+    }
+
     DynamoDBLeaseRefresher createLeaseRefresher();
 
     ShardDetector createShardDetector();
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/ShardDetector.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/ShardDetector.java
index 62b938551..32514eb57 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/ShardDetector.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/ShardDetector.java
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ public interface ShardDetector {
      */
     List<Shard> listShards();
 
+    /**
+     * This method behaves exactly similar to listShards except the fact that this does not consume and throw
+     * ResourceNotFoundException instead of returning empty list.
+     *
+     * @return Shards
+     */
+    default List<Shard> listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException() {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException not implemented");
+    }
+
     /**
      * List shards with shard filter.
      *
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseManagementFactory.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseManagementFactory.java
index ad1a23005..6bf2ff39a 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseManagementFactory.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/dynamodb/DynamoDBLeaseManagementFactory.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.LeaseCleanupConfig;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.StreamConfig;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.StreamIdentifier;
+import software.amazon.kinesis.coordinator.DeletedStreamListProvider;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.HierarchicalShardSyncer;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.KinesisShardDetector;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.LeaseCleanupManager;
@@ -504,6 +505,20 @@ public ShardSyncTaskManager createShardSyncTaskManager(@NonNull final MetricsFac
      */
     @Override
     public ShardSyncTaskManager createShardSyncTaskManager(MetricsFactory metricsFactory, StreamConfig streamConfig) {
+        return createShardSyncTaskManager(metricsFactory, streamConfig, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create ShardSyncTaskManager from the streamConfig passed
+     *
+     * @param metricsFactory - factory to get metrics object
+     * @param streamConfig - streamConfig for which ShardSyncTaskManager needs to be created
+     * @param deletedStreamListProvider - store for capturing the streams which are deleted in kinesis
+     * @return ShardSyncTaskManager
+     */
+    @Override
+    public ShardSyncTaskManager createShardSyncTaskManager(MetricsFactory metricsFactory, StreamConfig streamConfig,
+            DeletedStreamListProvider deletedStreamListProvider) {
         return new ShardSyncTaskManager(this.createShardDetector(streamConfig),
                 this.createLeaseRefresher(),
                 streamConfig.initialPositionInStreamExtended(),
@@ -511,10 +526,12 @@ public ShardSyncTaskManager createShardSyncTaskManager(MetricsFactory metricsFac
                 ignoreUnexpectedChildShards,
                 shardSyncIntervalMillis,
                 executorService,
-                new HierarchicalShardSyncer(isMultiStreamMode, streamConfig.streamIdentifier().toString()),
+                new HierarchicalShardSyncer(isMultiStreamMode, streamConfig.streamIdentifier().toString(),
+                        deletedStreamListProvider),
                 metricsFactory);
     }
 
+
     @Override
     public DynamoDBLeaseRefresher createLeaseRefresher() {
         return new DynamoDBLeaseRefresher(tableName, dynamoDBClient, leaseSerializer, consistentReads,
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
index 53739e407..85ed94c69 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/java/software/amazon/kinesis/retrieval/RetrievalConfig.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class RetrievalConfig {
      */
     public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT = "amazon-kinesis-client-library-java";
 
-    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.4.5";
+    public static final String KINESIS_CLIENT_LIB_USER_AGENT_VERSION = "2.4.6";
 
     /**
      * Client used to make calls to Kinesis for records retrieval
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/SchedulerTest.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/SchedulerTest.java
index aa9f8412b..e0ad84261 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/SchedulerTest.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/coordinator/SchedulerTest.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -728,16 +729,8 @@ public final void testMultiStreamNewStreamsAreSyncedAndStaleStreamsAreNotDeleted
     private final void testMultiStreamNewStreamsAreSyncedAndStaleStreamsAreNotDeletedImmediately(boolean expectPendingStreamsForDeletion,
             boolean onlyStreamsNoLeasesDeletion)
             throws DependencyException, ProvisionedThroughputException, InvalidStateException {
-        List<StreamConfig> streamConfigList1 = IntStream.range(1, 5).mapToObj(streamId -> new StreamConfig(
-                StreamIdentifier.multiStreamInstance(
-                        Joiner.on(":").join(streamId * 111111111, "multiStreamTest-" + streamId, streamId * 12345)),
-                InitialPositionInStreamExtended.newInitialPosition(InitialPositionInStream.LATEST)))
-                .collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedList::new));
-        List<StreamConfig> streamConfigList2 = IntStream.range(3, 7).mapToObj(streamId -> new StreamConfig(
-                StreamIdentifier.multiStreamInstance(
-                        Joiner.on(":").join(streamId * 111111111, "multiStreamTest-" + streamId, streamId * 12345)),
-                InitialPositionInStreamExtended.newInitialPosition(InitialPositionInStream.LATEST)))
-                .collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedList::new));
+        List<StreamConfig> streamConfigList1 = createDummyStreamConfigList(1,5);
+        List<StreamConfig> streamConfigList2 = createDummyStreamConfigList(3,7);
         retrievalConfig = new RetrievalConfig(kinesisClient, multiStreamTracker, applicationName)
                 .retrievalFactory(retrievalFactory);
         when(multiStreamTracker.streamConfigList()).thenReturn(streamConfigList1, streamConfigList2);
@@ -784,6 +777,91 @@ private final void testMultiStreamNewStreamsAreSyncedAndStaleStreamsAreNotDelete
                 scheduler.staleStreamDeletionMap().keySet());
     }
 
+
+    @Test
+    public void testKinesisStaleDeletedStreamCleanup() throws ProvisionedThroughputException, InvalidStateException, DependencyException {
+        List<StreamConfig> streamConfigList1 = createDummyStreamConfigList(1,6);
+        List<StreamConfig> streamConfigList2 = createDummyStreamConfigList(1,4);
+        when(multiStreamTracker.streamConfigList()).thenReturn(streamConfigList1, streamConfigList2);
+
+        prepareForStaleDeletedStreamCleanupTests();
+
+        // when KCL starts it starts with tracking 5 stream
+        assertEquals(Sets.newHashSet(streamConfigList1), Sets.newHashSet(scheduler.currentStreamConfigMap().values()));
+        assertEquals(0, scheduler.staleStreamDeletionMap().size());
+
+        // 2 Streams are no longer needed to be consumed
+        Set<StreamIdentifier> syncedStreams1 = scheduler.checkAndSyncStreamShardsAndLeases();
+        assertEquals(Sets.newHashSet(streamConfigList1), Sets.newHashSet(scheduler.currentStreamConfigMap().values()));
+        assertEquals(createDummyStreamConfigList(4, 6).stream()
+                                                      .map(StreamConfig::streamIdentifier)
+                                                      .collect(Collectors.toSet()), scheduler.staleStreamDeletionMap()
+                                                                                             .keySet());
+        assertEquals(0, syncedStreams1.size());
+
+        StreamConfig deletedStreamConfig = createDummyStreamConfig(5);
+        // One stream is deleted from Kinesis side
+        scheduler.deletedStreamListProvider().add(deletedStreamConfig.streamIdentifier());
+
+        Set<StreamIdentifier> syncedStreams2 = scheduler.checkAndSyncStreamShardsAndLeases();
+
+        Set<StreamConfig> expectedCurrentStreamConfigs = Sets.newHashSet(streamConfigList1);
+        expectedCurrentStreamConfigs.remove(deletedStreamConfig);
+
+        //assert kinesis deleted stream is cleaned up from KCL in memory state.
+        assertEquals(expectedCurrentStreamConfigs, Sets.newHashSet(scheduler.currentStreamConfigMap().values()));
+        assertEquals(Sets.newHashSet(createDummyStreamConfig(4).streamIdentifier()),
+                Sets.newHashSet(scheduler.staleStreamDeletionMap().keySet()));
+        assertEquals(1, syncedStreams2.size());
+        assertEquals(0, scheduler.deletedStreamListProvider().purgeAllDeletedStream().size());
+
+        verify(multiStreamTracker, times(3)).streamConfigList();
+
+    }
+
+    private void prepareForStaleDeletedStreamCleanupTests() {
+
+        when(multiStreamTracker.formerStreamsLeasesDeletionStrategy()).thenReturn(new AutoDetectionAndDeferredDeletionStrategy() {
+            @Override public Duration waitPeriodToDeleteFormerStreams() {
+                return Duration.ofDays(1);
+            }
+        });
+
+        retrievalConfig = new RetrievalConfig(kinesisClient, multiStreamTracker, applicationName)
+                .retrievalFactory(retrievalFactory);
+        scheduler = spy(new Scheduler(checkpointConfig, coordinatorConfig, leaseManagementConfig, lifecycleConfig,
+                metricsConfig, processorConfig, retrievalConfig));
+        when(scheduler.shouldSyncStreamsNow()).thenReturn(true);
+    }
+    // Tests validate that no cleanup of stream is done if its still tracked in multiStreamTracker
+    @Test
+    public void testKinesisStaleDeletedStreamNoCleanUpForTrackedStream()
+            throws ProvisionedThroughputException, InvalidStateException, DependencyException {
+        List<StreamConfig> streamConfigList1 = createDummyStreamConfigList(1,6);
+        when(multiStreamTracker.streamConfigList()).thenReturn(streamConfigList1);
+        prepareForStaleDeletedStreamCleanupTests();
+
+        scheduler.deletedStreamListProvider().add(createDummyStreamConfig(3).streamIdentifier());
+
+        Set<StreamIdentifier> syncedStreams = scheduler.checkAndSyncStreamShardsAndLeases();
+
+        assertEquals(0, syncedStreams.size());
+        assertEquals(0, scheduler.staleStreamDeletionMap().size());
+        assertEquals(Sets.newHashSet(streamConfigList1), Sets.newHashSet(scheduler.currentStreamConfigMap().values()));
+    }
+
+    //Creates list of upperBound-lowerBound no of dummy StreamConfig
+    private List<StreamConfig> createDummyStreamConfigList(int lowerBound, int upperBound) {
+        return IntStream.range(lowerBound, upperBound).mapToObj(this::createDummyStreamConfig)
+                 .collect(Collectors.toCollection(LinkedList::new));
+    }
+    private StreamConfig createDummyStreamConfig(int streamId){
+        return new StreamConfig(
+                StreamIdentifier.multiStreamInstance(
+                        Joiner.on(":").join(streamId * 111111111, "multiStreamTest-" + streamId, streamId * 12345)),
+                InitialPositionInStreamExtended.newInitialPosition(InitialPositionInStream.LATEST));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public final void testMultiStreamNewStreamsAreSyncedAndStaleStreamsAreDeletedAfterDefermentPeriod()
             throws DependencyException, ProvisionedThroughputException, InvalidStateException {
@@ -1116,7 +1194,7 @@ public ShardSyncTaskManager createShardSyncTaskManager(MetricsFactory metricsFac
 
         @Override
         public ShardSyncTaskManager createShardSyncTaskManager(MetricsFactory metricsFactory,
-                StreamConfig streamConfig) {
+                StreamConfig streamConfig, DeletedStreamListProvider deletedStreamListProvider) {
             if(shouldReturnDefaultShardSyncTaskmanager) {
                 return shardSyncTaskManager;
             }
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/HierarchicalShardSyncerTest.java b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/HierarchicalShardSyncerTest.java
index c390987c7..02fccaad7 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/HierarchicalShardSyncerTest.java
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/test/java/software/amazon/kinesis/leases/HierarchicalShardSyncerTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 //
 
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.atLeast;
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
 import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.HashKeyRange;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.SequenceNumberRange;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.Shard;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.kinesis.model.ShardFilter;
@@ -63,9 +65,12 @@
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.InitialPositionInStream;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.InitialPositionInStreamExtended;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.common.StreamIdentifier;
+import software.amazon.kinesis.coordinator.DeletedStreamListProvider;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.exceptions.internal.KinesisClientLibIOException;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.dynamodb.DynamoDBLeaseRefresher;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.exceptions.DependencyException;
+import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.exceptions.InvalidStateException;
+import software.amazon.kinesis.leases.exceptions.ProvisionedThroughputException;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.metrics.MetricsScope;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.metrics.NullMetricsScope;
 import software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.kpl.ExtendedSequenceNumber;
@@ -294,7 +299,7 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForShardsIfMissingAtLatest() throws Exceptio
 
         final ArgumentCaptor<Lease> leaseCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Lease.class);
 
-        when(shardDetector.listShards()).thenReturn(shards);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenReturn(shards);
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.listLeases()).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.createLeaseIfNotExists(leaseCaptor.capture())).thenReturn(true);
 
@@ -317,7 +322,8 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForShardsIfMissingAtLatest() throws Exceptio
 
         extendedSequenceNumbers.forEach(seq -> assertThat(seq, equalTo(ExtendedSequenceNumber.LATEST)));
 
-        verify(shardDetector).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector, never()).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(expectedShardIds.size())).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
 
@@ -329,7 +335,7 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForShardsIfMissingAtLatestMultiStream() thro
 
         final ArgumentCaptor<Lease> leaseCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Lease.class);
 
-        when(shardDetector.listShards()).thenReturn(shards);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenReturn(shards);
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.listLeases()).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.createLeaseIfNotExists(leaseCaptor.capture())).thenReturn(true);
         setupMultiStream();
@@ -352,7 +358,8 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForShardsIfMissingAtLatestMultiStream() thro
 
         extendedSequenceNumbers.forEach(seq -> assertThat(seq, equalTo(ExtendedSequenceNumber.LATEST)));
 
-        verify(shardDetector).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector, never()).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(expectedShardIds.size())).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
 
@@ -365,7 +372,7 @@ private List<String> toMultiStreamLeaseList(List<String> shardIdBasedLeases) {
 
     /**
      * Test checkAndCreateLeaseForNewShards with a pre-fetched list of shards. In this scenario, shardDetector.listShards()
-     * should never be called.
+     * or shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException() should never be called.
      */
     @Test
     public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForShardsWithShardList() throws Exception {
@@ -398,13 +405,14 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForShardsWithShardList() throws Exception {
         extendedSequenceNumbers.forEach(seq -> assertThat(seq, equalTo(ExtendedSequenceNumber.LATEST)));
 
         verify(shardDetector, never()).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector, never()).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(expectedShardIds.size())).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
     }
 
     /**
      * Test checkAndCreateLeaseForNewShards with a pre-fetched list of shards. In this scenario, shardDetector.listShards()
-     * should never be called.
+     * or shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException() should never be called.
      */
     @Test
     public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForShardsWithShardListMultiStream() throws Exception {
@@ -435,13 +443,14 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForShardsWithShardListMultiStream() throws E
         extendedSequenceNumbers.forEach(seq -> assertThat(seq, equalTo(ExtendedSequenceNumber.LATEST)));
 
         verify(shardDetector, never()).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector, never()).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(expectedShardIds.size())).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
     }
 
     /**
      * Test checkAndCreateLeaseForNewShards with an empty list of shards. In this scenario, shardDetector.listShards()
-     * should never be called.
+     * or shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException() should never be called.
      */
     @Test
     public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForShardsWithEmptyShardList() throws Exception {
@@ -468,6 +477,7 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForShardsWithEmptyShardList() throws Excepti
         assertThat(extendedSequenceNumbers.size(), equalTo(0));
 
         verify(shardDetector, never()).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector, never()).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
     }
@@ -657,13 +667,13 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsWhenParentIsOpen() throws Except
         shards.remove(3);
         shards.add(3, shard);
 
-        when(shardDetector.listShards()).thenReturn(shards);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenReturn(shards);
 
         try {
             hierarchicalShardSyncer.checkAndCreateLeaseForNewShards(shardDetector, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher,
                     INITIAL_POSITION_TRIM_HORIZON, SCOPE, false, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.isLeaseTableEmpty());
         } finally {
-            verify(shardDetector).listShards();
+            verify(shardDetector).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).listLeases();
         }
     }
@@ -677,14 +687,14 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsWhenParentIsOpenForMultiStream()
         shards.remove(3);
         shards.add(3, shard);
 
-        when(shardDetector.listShards()).thenReturn(shards);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenReturn(shards);
         setupMultiStream();
         try {
             hierarchicalShardSyncer.checkAndCreateLeaseForNewShards(shardDetector, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher,
                     INITIAL_POSITION_TRIM_HORIZON, SCOPE, false,
                     dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.isLeaseTableEmpty());
         } finally {
-            verify(shardDetector).listShards();
+            verify(shardDetector).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).listLeases();
         }
     }
@@ -711,7 +721,7 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsWhenParentIsOpenAndIgnoringIncon
 
         final ArgumentCaptor<Lease> leaseCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Lease.class);
 
-        when(shardDetector.listShards()).thenReturn(shards);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenReturn(shards);
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.listLeases()).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.createLeaseIfNotExists(leaseCaptor.capture())).thenReturn(true);
 
@@ -732,7 +742,8 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsWhenParentIsOpenAndIgnoringIncon
 
         leaseSequenceNumbers.forEach(seq -> assertThat(seq, equalTo(ExtendedSequenceNumber.LATEST)));
 
-        verify(shardDetector).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector, never()).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(expectedShardIds.size())).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
     }
@@ -756,7 +767,7 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsWhenParentIsOpenAndIgnoringIncon
 
         final ArgumentCaptor<Lease> leaseCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Lease.class);
 
-        when(shardDetector.listShards()).thenReturn(shards);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenReturn(shards);
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.listLeases()).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList());
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.createLeaseIfNotExists(leaseCaptor.capture())).thenReturn(true);
         setupMultiStream();
@@ -777,7 +788,7 @@ public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsWhenParentIsOpenAndIgnoringIncon
 
         leaseSequenceNumbers.forEach(seq -> assertThat(seq, equalTo(ExtendedSequenceNumber.LATEST)));
 
-        verify(shardDetector).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(expectedShardIds.size())).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
     }
@@ -811,7 +822,7 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAndClosedShard(final ExtendedSe
         final ArgumentCaptor<Lease> leaseCreateCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Lease.class);
         final ArgumentCaptor<Lease> leaseDeleteCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Lease.class);
 
-        when(shardDetector.listShards()).thenReturn(shards);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenReturn(shards);
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.listLeases()).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList()).thenReturn(leases);
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.createLeaseIfNotExists(leaseCreateCaptor.capture())).thenReturn(true);
         doNothing().when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher).deleteLease(leaseDeleteCaptor.capture());
@@ -826,7 +837,7 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAndClosedShard(final ExtendedSe
 
         assertThat(createLeases, equalTo(expectedCreateLeases));
 
-        verify(shardDetector, times(1)).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector, times(1)).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(1)).listLeases();
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(expectedCreateLeases.size())).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
@@ -841,7 +852,7 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAndClosedShard(final ExtendedSe
 
         assertThat(deleteLeases.size(), equalTo(0));
 
-        verify(shardDetector, times(2)).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector, times(2)).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(expectedCreateLeases.size())).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
         verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(2)).listLeases();
     }
@@ -877,7 +888,7 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAndClosedShardWithListLeasesExc
 
         final ArgumentCaptor<Lease> leaseCreateCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Lease.class);
 
-        when(shardDetector.listShards()).thenReturn(shards);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenReturn(shards);
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.listLeases())
                 .thenThrow(new DependencyException(new Throwable("Throw for ListLeases")))
                 .thenReturn(Collections.emptyList()).thenReturn(leases);
@@ -889,7 +900,7 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAndClosedShardWithListLeasesExc
                     .checkAndCreateLeaseForNewShards(shardDetector, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, position,
                             SCOPE, ignoreUnexpectedChildShards, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.isLeaseTableEmpty());
         } finally {
-            verify(shardDetector, times(1)).listShards();
+            verify(shardDetector, times(1)).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(1)).listLeases();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
@@ -904,7 +915,7 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAndClosedShardWithListLeasesExc
 
             assertThat(createLeases, equalTo(expectedCreateLeases));
 
-            verify(shardDetector, times(2)).listShards();
+            verify(shardDetector, times(2)).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(2)).listLeases();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(expectedCreateLeases.size())).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
@@ -919,13 +930,36 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAndClosedShardWithListLeasesExc
             final Set<ExtendedSequenceNumber> expectedSequenceNumbers = new HashSet<>(
                     Collections.singletonList(ExtendedSequenceNumber.SHARD_END));
 
-            verify(shardDetector, times(3)).listShards();
+            verify(shardDetector, times(3)).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(expectedCreateLeases.size())).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(3)).listLeases();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDeletedStreamListProviderUpdateOnResourceNotFound()
+            throws ProvisionedThroughputException, InvalidStateException, DependencyException, InterruptedException {
+        DeletedStreamListProvider dummyDeletedStreamListProvider = new DeletedStreamListProvider();
+        hierarchicalShardSyncer = new HierarchicalShardSyncer(MULTISTREAM_MODE_ON, STREAM_IDENTIFIER,
+                dummyDeletedStreamListProvider);
+        when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.isLeaseTableEmpty()).thenReturn(false);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenThrow(
+                ResourceNotFoundException.builder()
+                                         .build());
+        boolean response = hierarchicalShardSyncer.checkAndCreateLeaseForNewShards(shardDetector, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher,
+                INITIAL_POSITION_TRIM_HORIZON, SCOPE, ignoreUnexpectedChildShards,
+                dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.isLeaseTableEmpty());
+        Set<StreamIdentifier> deletedStreamSet = dummyDeletedStreamListProvider.purgeAllDeletedStream();
+
+        assertFalse(response);
+        assertThat(deletedStreamSet.size(), equalTo(1));
+        assertThat(deletedStreamSet.iterator().next().toString(), equalTo(STREAM_IDENTIFIER));
+
+        verify(shardDetector).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
+        verify(shardDetector, never()).listShards();
+    }
+
     @Test(expected = DependencyException.class)
     public void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAtTrimHorizonAndClosedShardWithCreateLeaseExceptions()
             throws Exception {
@@ -957,7 +991,7 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAndClosedShardWithCreateLeaseEx
 
         final ArgumentCaptor<Lease> leaseCreateCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Lease.class);
 
-        when(shardDetector.listShards()).thenReturn(shards);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenReturn(shards);
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.listLeases()).thenReturn(Collections.emptyList())
                 .thenReturn(Collections.emptyList()).thenReturn(leases);
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.createLeaseIfNotExists(leaseCreateCaptor.capture()))
@@ -969,7 +1003,7 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAndClosedShardWithCreateLeaseEx
                     .checkAndCreateLeaseForNewShards(shardDetector, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, position,
                             SCOPE, ignoreUnexpectedChildShards, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.isLeaseTableEmpty());
         } finally {
-            verify(shardDetector, times(1)).listShards();
+            verify(shardDetector, times(1)).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(1)).listLeases();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(1)).createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, never()).deleteLease(any(Lease.class));
@@ -983,7 +1017,7 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAndClosedShardWithCreateLeaseEx
             final Set<Lease> expectedCreateLeases = getExpectedLeasesForGraphA(shards, sequenceNumber, position);
 
             assertThat(createLeases, equalTo(expectedCreateLeases));
-            verify(shardDetector, times(2)).listShards();
+            verify(shardDetector, times(2)).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(2)).listLeases();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(1 + expectedCreateLeases.size()))
                     .createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
@@ -994,7 +1028,7 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeasesForNewShardsAndClosedShardWithCreateLeaseEx
                     .checkAndCreateLeaseForNewShards(shardDetector, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, position,
                             SCOPE, ignoreUnexpectedChildShards, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.isLeaseTableEmpty());
 
-            verify(shardDetector, times(3)).listShards();
+            verify(shardDetector, times(3)).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(1 + expectedCreateLeases.size()))
                     .createLeaseIfNotExists(any(Lease.class));
             verify(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, times(3)).listLeases();
@@ -1077,7 +1111,7 @@ private void testCheckAndCreateLeaseForShardsIfMissing(final List<Shard> shards,
 
         final ArgumentCaptor<Lease> leaseCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Lease.class);
 
-        when(shardDetector.listShards()).thenReturn(shards);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenReturn(shards);
         when(shardDetector.listShardsWithFilter(any())).thenReturn(getFilteredShards(shards, initialPosition));
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.listLeases()).thenReturn(existingLeases);
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.isLeaseTableEmpty()).thenReturn(existingLeases.isEmpty());
@@ -2296,14 +2330,14 @@ public void testNonEmptyLeaseTableUsesListShards() throws Exception {
         final List<Lease> currentLeases = createLeasesFromShards(shardsWithLeases, ExtendedSequenceNumber.LATEST, "foo");
 
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.isLeaseTableEmpty()).thenReturn(false);
-        when(shardDetector.listShards()).thenReturn(shardsWithoutLeases);
+        when(shardDetector.listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException()).thenReturn(shardsWithoutLeases);
         when(dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.listLeases()).thenReturn(currentLeases);
 
         hierarchicalShardSyncer
                 .checkAndCreateLeaseForNewShards(shardDetector, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher, INITIAL_POSITION_LATEST,
                         SCOPE, ignoreUnexpectedChildShards, dynamoDBLeaseRefresher.isLeaseTableEmpty());
 
-        verify(shardDetector, atLeast(1)).listShards();
+        verify(shardDetector, atLeast(1)).listShardsWithoutConsumingResourceNotFoundException();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 59feefef2..4bb86c1b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client-pom</artifactId>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Amazon Kinesis Client Library</name>
-  <version>2.4.5</version>
+  <version>2.4.6</version>
   <description>The Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java enables Java developers to easily consume and process data
     from Amazon Kinesis.
   </description>