diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/node_metadata.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/node_metadata.c
index b5423a8a2..d040514bc 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/node_metadata.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/node_metadata.c
@@ -787,7 +787,6 @@ SyncDistributedObjectsToNode(WorkerNode *workerNode)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	EnsureNoModificationsHaveBeenDone();
 	EnsureSequentialModeMetadataOperations();
 
 	Assert(ShouldPropagate());
diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/pg_get_object_address_12_13_14.c b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/pg_get_object_address_12_13_14.c
index f2d66fb59..c2a8e29e3 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/metadata/pg_get_object_address_12_13_14.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/metadata/pg_get_object_address_12_13_14.c
@@ -402,8 +402,7 @@ ErrorIfCurrentUserCanNotDistributeObject(ObjectType type, ObjectAddress *addr,
 	bool skipAclCheck = false;
 	Oid idToCheck = InvalidOid;
 
-	/* Since we don't handle sequences like object, add it separately */
-	if (!(SupportedDependencyByCitus(addr) || type == OBJECT_SEQUENCE))
+	if (!SupportedDependencyByCitus(addr))
 	{
 		ereport(ERROR, (errmsg("Object type %d can not be distributed by Citus", type)));
 	}
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
index e77ce2df1..aa5d10149 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/multi_replicate_reference_table.out
@@ -464,7 +464,11 @@ SELECT create_reference_table('replicate_reference_table_insert');
 BEGIN;
 INSERT INTO replicate_reference_table_insert VALUES(1);
 SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
-ERROR:  cannot open new connections after the first modification command within a transaction
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
 ROLLBACK;
 DROP TABLE replicate_reference_table_insert;
 -- test COPY then adding a new node in a transaction
@@ -479,7 +483,11 @@ SET citus.enable_local_execution = 'off';
 BEGIN;
 COPY replicate_reference_table_copy FROM STDIN;
 SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
-ERROR:  cannot open new connections after the first modification command within a transaction
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
 ROLLBACK;
 RESET citus.enable_local_execution;
 DROP TABLE replicate_reference_table_copy;
@@ -494,7 +502,11 @@ SELECT create_reference_table('replicate_reference_table_ddl');
 BEGIN;
 ALTER TABLE replicate_reference_table_ddl ADD column2 int;
 SELECT 1 FROM master_add_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
-ERROR:  cannot open new connections after the first modification command within a transaction
+ ?column?
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+        1
+(1 row)
+
 ROLLBACK;
 DROP TABLE replicate_reference_table_ddl;
 -- test DROP table after adding new node in a transaction
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/start_stop_metadata_sync.out b/src/test/regress/expected/start_stop_metadata_sync.out
index 3cbbf1572..1f82c60cb 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/start_stop_metadata_sync.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/start_stop_metadata_sync.out
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ SELECT * FROM test_matview;
 (1 row)
 
 SELECT * FROM pg_dist_partition WHERE logicalrelid::text LIKE 'events%' ORDER BY logicalrelid::text;
-        logicalrelid        | partmethod |                                                         partkey                                                          | colocationid | repmodel | autoconverted
+        logicalrelid        | partmethod |                                                          partkey                                                           | colocationid | repmodel | autoconverted
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  events                     | h          | {VAR :varno 1 :varattno 1 :vartype 1184 :vartypmod -1 :varcollid 0 :varlevelsup 0 :varnoold 1 :varoattno 1 :location -1} |      1390012 | s        | f
  events_2021_feb            | h          | {VAR :varno 1 :varattno 1 :vartype 1184 :vartypmod -1 :varcollid 0 :varlevelsup 0 :varnoold 1 :varoattno 1 :location -1} |      1390012 | s        | f
@@ -468,7 +468,9 @@ BEGIN;
 (1 row)
 
 	SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
-ERROR:  cannot open new connections after the first modification command within a transaction
+ERROR:  cannot execute metadata syncing operation because there was a parallel operation on a distributed table in the transaction
+DETAIL:  When modifying metadata, Citus needs to perform all operations over a single connection per node to ensure consistency.
+HINT:  Try re-running the transaction with "SET LOCAL citus.multi_shard_modify_mode TO 'sequential';"
 ROLLBACK;
 -- this is safe because start_metadata_sync_to_node already switches to
 -- sequential execution
@@ -539,7 +541,11 @@ BEGIN;
 
 	-- sync at the end of the tx
 	SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
-ERROR:  cannot open new connections after the first modification command within a transaction
+ start_metadata_sync_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
 ROLLBACK;
 -- multi-shard commands are not allowed with start_metadata_sync
 BEGIN;
@@ -576,7 +582,11 @@ BEGIN;
 
 	-- sync at the end of the tx
 	SELECT start_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
-ERROR:  cannot open new connections after the first modification command within a transaction
+ start_metadata_sync_to_node
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+(1 row)
+
 ROLLBACK;
 -- cleanup
 \c - - - :master_port