diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 41dd383f42..be51a10c87 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com)
 <!-- Keep this up to date! After a release, change the tag name to the latest release -->- 
 
 ## Unreleased ([details][unreleased changes details])
+- #3443 - Content Sync: don't drill down into content tree if recursion is off
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/all/pom.xml b/all/pom.xml
index 9483980cd6..9ecca7ae78 100644
--- a/all/pom.xml
+++ b/all/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
         <artifactId>acs-aem-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>6.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
diff --git a/bundle-cloud/pom.xml b/bundle-cloud/pom.xml
index d0784f9191..e884b92513 100644
--- a/bundle-cloud/pom.xml
+++ b/bundle-cloud/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
         <artifactId>acs-aem-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>6.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
diff --git a/bundle-onprem/pom.xml b/bundle-onprem/pom.xml
index ee378b6ea5..f8d9b9a05b 100644
--- a/bundle-onprem/pom.xml
+++ b/bundle-onprem/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
         <artifactId>acs-aem-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>6.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
diff --git a/bundle/pom.xml b/bundle/pom.xml
index 8eeb267a82..a3ff0db54b 100644
--- a/bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/bundle/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
         <artifactId>acs-aem-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>6.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
diff --git a/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/ContentCatalog.java b/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/ContentCatalog.java
index da80dbecb1..abd4b82adf 100644
--- a/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/ContentCatalog.java
+++ b/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/ContentCatalog.java
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 
+/**
+ * The ContentCatalog class provides methods to fetch and process content catalogs
+ * from a remote instance.
+ */
 public class ContentCatalog {
 
     private RemoteInstance remoteInstance;
@@ -46,12 +50,48 @@ public ContentCatalog(RemoteInstance remoteInstance, String catalogServlet) {
         this.catalogServlet = catalogServlet;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated use {@link #getFetchURI(String, String, boolean)}
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public URI getFetchURI(String path, String updateStrategy) throws URISyntaxException {
-        return remoteInstance.toURI(catalogServlet, "root", path, "strategy", updateStrategy);
+        return getFetchURI(path, updateStrategy, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the URI to fetch the catalog.
+     *
+     * @param path the path to fetch the catalog for
+     * @param updateStrategy the update strategy to use
+     * @param recursive whether to fetch recursively
+     * @return the URI to fetch the catalog
+     * @throws URISyntaxException if the URI syntax is incorrect
+     */
+    public URI getFetchURI(String path, String updateStrategy, boolean recursive) throws URISyntaxException {
+        return remoteInstance.toURI(catalogServlet, "root", path, "strategy",
+                updateStrategy, "recursive", String.valueOf(recursive));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @deprecated use {@link #fetch(String, String, boolean)}
+     */
+    @Deprecated
     public List<CatalogItem> fetch(String path, String updateStrategy) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
-        URI uri = getFetchURI(path, updateStrategy);
+        return fetch(path, updateStrategy, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Fetches the catalog items from the remote instance.
+     *
+     * @param path the path to fetch the catalog for
+     * @param updateStrategy the update strategy to use
+     * @param recursive whether to fetch recursively
+     * @return a list of catalog items
+     * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
+     * @throws URISyntaxException if the URI syntax is incorrect
+     */
+    public List<CatalogItem> fetch(String path, String updateStrategy, boolean recursive) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
+        URI uri = getFetchURI(path, updateStrategy, recursive);
 
         String json = remoteInstance.getString(uri);
 
@@ -70,6 +110,14 @@ public List<CatalogItem> fetch(String path, String updateStrategy) throws IOExce
                 .collect(Collectors.toList());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the delta between the catalog items and the resources in the resource resolver.
+     *
+     * @param catalog the list of catalog items
+     * @param resourceResolver the resource resolver to check against
+     * @param updateStrategy the update strategy to use
+     * @return a list of catalog items that are modified or not present in the resource resolver
+     */
     public List<CatalogItem> getDelta(List<CatalogItem> catalog, ResourceResolver resourceResolver, UpdateStrategy updateStrategy) {
         List<CatalogItem> lst = new ArrayList<>();
         for(CatalogItem item : catalog){
diff --git a/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/impl/LastModifiedStrategy.java b/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/impl/LastModifiedStrategy.java
index 41c31ee888..2c9f38596d 100644
--- a/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/impl/LastModifiedStrategy.java
+++ b/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/impl/LastModifiedStrategy.java
@@ -54,33 +54,50 @@ public class LastModifiedStrategy implements UpdateStrategy {
     @Reference
     private ServletResolver servletResolver;
 
+    /**
+     * The ContentCatalog class provides methods to fetch and process content catalogs
+     * from a remote instance.
+     */
     @Override
     public List<CatalogItem> getItems(SlingHttpServletRequest request) {
         String rootPath = request.getParameter("root");
         if (rootPath == null) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("root request parameter is required");
         }
-        boolean recursive = "true".equals(request.getParameter("recursive"));
+        boolean nonRecursive = "false".equals(request.getParameter("recursive"));
 
         Resource root = request.getResourceResolver().getResource(rootPath);
         if (root == null) {
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
         List<CatalogItem> items = new ArrayList<>();
-        new AbstractResourceVisitor() {
-            @Override
-            public void visit(Resource res) {
-                if ((!recursive && !res.getPath().equals(root.getPath())) || !accepts(res)) {
-                    return;
+        if (nonRecursive) {
+            JsonObjectBuilder json = Json.createObjectBuilder();
+            writeMetadata(json, root, request);
+            items.add(new CatalogItem(json.build()));
+        } else {
+            new AbstractResourceVisitor() {
+                @Override
+                public void visit(Resource res) {
+                    if (!accepts(res)) {
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    JsonObjectBuilder json = Json.createObjectBuilder();
+                    writeMetadata(json, res, request);
+                    items.add(new CatalogItem(json.build()));
                 }
-                JsonObjectBuilder json = Json.createObjectBuilder();
-                writeMetadata(json, res, request);
-                items.add(new CatalogItem(json.build()));
-            }
-        }.accept(root);
+            }.accept(root);
+        }
         return items;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if the remote resource is modified compared to the local resource.
+     *
+     * @param remoteResource the remote catalog item
+     * @param localResource the local resource
+     * @return true if the remote resource is modified, false otherwise
+     */
     @Override
     public boolean isModified(CatalogItem remoteResource, Resource localResource) {
         LastModifiedInfo remoteLastModified = getLastModified(remoteResource);
@@ -89,6 +106,13 @@ public boolean isModified(CatalogItem remoteResource, Resource localResource) {
         return remoteLastModified.getLastModified() > localLastModified.getLastModified();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Generates a message indicating the modification status of the resource.
+     *
+     * @param remoteResource the remote catalog item
+     * @param localResource the local resource
+     * @return a message indicating the modification status
+     */
     @Override
     @SuppressWarnings("squid:S2583")
     public String getMessage(CatalogItem remoteResource, Resource localResource) {
diff --git a/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/package-info.java b/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/package-info.java
index 7350e1cc41..6a8ead1f49 100644
--- a/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/package-info.java
+++ b/bundle/src/main/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/package-info.java
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  * #L%
  */
-@org.osgi.annotation.versioning.Version("1.2.0")
+@org.osgi.annotation.versioning.Version("1.3.0")
 package com.adobe.acs.commons.contentsync;
diff --git a/bundle/src/test/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/impl/TestLastModifiedStrategy.java b/bundle/src/test/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/impl/TestLastModifiedStrategy.java
index 195c87eb53..6da09dfee1 100644
--- a/bundle/src/test/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/impl/TestLastModifiedStrategy.java
+++ b/bundle/src/test/java/com/adobe/acs/commons/contentsync/impl/TestLastModifiedStrategy.java
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ public void testLastModifiedNA() {
         assertFalse(updateStrategy.isModified(new CatalogItem(catalogItem), pageResource));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * isModified() returns true if the resource is newer
+     */
     @Test
     public void testPageModified() {
         String pagePath = "/content/wknd/page";
@@ -200,8 +203,7 @@ public void testCustomExporter() {
         assertEquals(customExporter, item.getCustomExporter());
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void testRecursive()  {
+    void sync(String ... requestParams)  {
         doAnswer(invocation -> {
             GenericServlet servlet = mock(GenericServlet.class);
             doReturn(REDIRECT_SERVLET).when(servlet).getServletName();
@@ -213,28 +215,35 @@ public void testRecursive()  {
         context.create().page("/content/wknd/en/home");
         MockSlingHttpServletRequest request = context.request();
 
-        request.addRequestParameter("root", "/content/wknd");
-        request.addRequestParameter("recursive", "true");
+        for(int i = 0; i < requestParams.length; i += 2){
+            request.addRequestParameter(requestParams[i], requestParams[i + 1]);
+        }
+    }
 
-        List<CatalogItem> items = updateStrategy.getItems(request);
+    @Test
+    public void testRecursive()  {
+        sync("root", "/content/wknd",
+                "recursive", "true");
+
+        List<CatalogItem> items = updateStrategy.getItems(context.request());
         assertEquals(3, items.size());
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void testNonRecursive()  {
-        doAnswer(invocation -> {
-            GenericServlet servlet = mock(GenericServlet.class);
-            doReturn(REDIRECT_SERVLET).when(servlet).getServletName();
-            return servlet;
-        }).when(servletResolver).resolveServlet(any(SlingHttpServletRequest.class));
+    public void testRecursiveDefault()  {
+        sync("root", "/content/wknd");
 
-        context.create().page("/content/wknd");
-        context.create().page("/content/wknd/en");
-        context.create().page("/content/wknd/en/home");
-        MockSlingHttpServletRequest request = context.request();
-        request.addRequestParameter("root", "/content/wknd");
+        List<CatalogItem> items = updateStrategy.getItems(context.request());
+        assertEquals(3, items.size());
+    }
 
-        List<CatalogItem> items = updateStrategy.getItems(request);
+    @Test
+    public void testNonRecursive()  {
+        sync("root", "/content/wknd",
+                "recursive", "false");
+
+        List<CatalogItem> items = updateStrategy.getItems(context.request());
         assertEquals(1, items.size());
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/oakpal-checks/pom.xml b/oakpal-checks/pom.xml
index 41a735fc5e..d1117c8b08 100644
--- a/oakpal-checks/pom.xml
+++ b/oakpal-checks/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
         <artifactId>acs-aem-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>6.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5fc2e17e7e..0da9ab4904 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
     <artifactId>acs-aem-commons</artifactId>
-    <version>6.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
     <name>ACS AEM Commons - Reactor Project</name>
diff --git a/ui.apps/pom.xml b/ui.apps/pom.xml
index 5ce6bc7285..ed7fb4e685 100644
--- a/ui.apps/pom.xml
+++ b/ui.apps/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
         <artifactId>acs-aem-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>6.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
diff --git a/ui.apps/src/main/content/jcr_root/apps/acs-commons/components/utilities/contentsync/POST.jsp b/ui.apps/src/main/content/jcr_root/apps/acs-commons/components/utilities/contentsync/POST.jsp
index d252999fd1..89497786b5 100755
--- a/ui.apps/src/main/content/jcr_root/apps/acs-commons/components/utilities/contentsync/POST.jsp
+++ b/ui.apps/src/main/content/jcr_root/apps/acs-commons/components/utilities/contentsync/POST.jsp
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 	boolean incremental = request.getParameter("incremental") != null;
 	boolean createVersion = request.getParameter("createVersion") != null;
 	boolean delete = request.getParameter("delete") != null;
+    boolean recursive = request.getParameter("recursive") != null;
 
     ValueMap generalSettings = ConfigurationUtils.getSettingsResource(resourceResolver).getValueMap();
 
@@ -96,10 +97,10 @@
         ContentSync contentSync = new ContentSync(remoteInstance, resourceResolver, importer);
         ContentCatalog contentCatalog = new ContentCatalog(remoteInstance, catalogServlet);
 
-        println(printWriter, "building catalog from " + contentCatalog.getFetchURI(root, strategyPid) );
+        println(printWriter, "building catalog from " + contentCatalog.getFetchURI(root, strategyPid, recursive) );
         out.flush();
         List<CatalogItem> catalog;
-        List<CatalogItem> remoteItems = contentCatalog.fetch(root, strategyPid);
+        List<CatalogItem> remoteItems = contentCatalog.fetch(root, strategyPid, recursive);
         long t0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
         println(printWriter, remoteItems.size() + " resource"+(remoteItems.size() == 1 ? "" : "s")+" fetched in " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - t0) + " ms");
         if(incremental){
diff --git a/ui.config/pom.xml b/ui.config/pom.xml
index 4d54209d57..c29a4caf6a 100644
--- a/ui.config/pom.xml
+++ b/ui.config/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
         <artifactId>acs-aem-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>6.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->
diff --git a/ui.content/pom.xml b/ui.content/pom.xml
index 58e7b84304..0a3441e0e9 100644
--- a/ui.content/pom.xml
+++ b/ui.content/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.adobe.acs</groupId>
         <artifactId>acs-aem-commons</artifactId>
-        <version>6.8.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
     <!-- ====================================================================== -->