diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18520-uninstall-bug.yml b/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18520-uninstall-bug.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6e66dcb25cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/SOLR-18520-uninstall-bug.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+title:
+  Package Uninstall should work in absence of clusterprops.json file
+type: fixed
+authors:
+  - name: Jalaz Kumar
+    nick: jaykay12
+links:
+  - name: SOLR-18520
+    url: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-18520
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/packagemanager/PackageManager.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/packagemanager/PackageManager.java
index b8c38274f8d1..e344f8ec35d8 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/packagemanager/PackageManager.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/packagemanager/PackageManager.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.apache.solr.cli.SolrCLI;
 import org.apache.solr.cli.ToolRuntime;
 import org.apache.solr.client.api.util.SolrVersion;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.RemoteSolrException;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrClient;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrRequest;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ public void uninstall(String packageName, String version)
     del.pkg = packageName;
 
     V2Request req =
-        new V2Request.Builder(PackageUtils.PACKAGE_PATH)
+        new V2Request.Builder("/cluster/package")
             .forceV2(true)
             .withMethod(SolrRequest.METHOD.POST)
             .withPayload(Map.of("delete", del))
@@ -278,18 +279,18 @@ public Map<String, SolrPackageInstance> getPackagesDeployedAsClusterLevelPlugins
     Map<String, String> packageVersions = new HashMap<>();
     // map of package name to multiple values of pluginMeta(Map<String, String>)
     Map<String, Set<PluginMeta>> packagePlugins = new HashMap<>();
-    Object pluginsValue;
+    Object pluginsValue = null;
     try {
       NamedList<Object> response =
           solrClient.request(
               new GenericV2SolrRequest(SolrRequest.METHOD.GET, PackageUtils.CLUSTERPROPS_PATH));
       Integer statusCode = (Integer) response._get(List.of("responseHeader", "status"), null);
-      if (statusCode == null || statusCode == ErrorCode.NOT_FOUND.code) {
-        // Cluster props doesn't exist, that means there are no cluster level plugins installed.
-        pluginsValue = null;
-      } else {
+      if (statusCode != null && statusCode != ErrorCode.NOT_FOUND.code) {
+        // Cluster props exists, that means there are cluster level plugins installed.
         pluginsValue = response.get(ContainerPluginsApi.PLUGIN);
       }
+    } catch (RemoteSolrException ex) {
+      log.debug("Unable to fetch clusterprops for package plugins", ex);
     } catch (SolrServerException | IOException ex) {
       throw new SolrException(ErrorCode.SERVER_ERROR, ex);
     }