diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/GeoPersistentReplicator.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/GeoPersistentReplicator.java
index c81ebe8d6ffcd..bc480635babb3 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/GeoPersistentReplicator.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/GeoPersistentReplicator.java
@@ -152,6 +152,18 @@ protected boolean replicateEntries(List<Entry> entries) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                if (msg.isExpired(messageTTLInSeconds)) {
+                    msgExpired.recordEvent(0 /* no value stat */);
+                    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                        log.debug("[{}] Discarding expired message at position {}, replicateTo {}",
+                                replicatorId, entry.getPosition(), msg.getReplicateTo());
+                    }
+                    cursor.asyncDelete(entry.getPosition(), this, entry.getPosition());
+                    entry.release();
+                    msg.recycle();
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 if (STATE_UPDATER.get(this) != State.Started || isLocalMessageSkippedOnce) {
                     // The producer is not ready yet after having stopped/restarted. Drop the message because it will
                     // recovered when the producer is ready
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
index bfc95b94e9631..2c6e2dec3ff4e 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/PersistentTopic.java
@@ -2009,6 +2009,10 @@ public void checkMessageExpiry() {
                    sub.expireMessages(messageTtlInSeconds);
                 }
             });
+            replicators.forEach((__, replicator)
+                    -> ((PersistentReplicator) replicator).expireMessages(messageTtlInSeconds));
+            shadowReplicators.forEach((__, replicator)
+                    -> ((PersistentReplicator) replicator).expireMessages(messageTtlInSeconds));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/ShadowReplicator.java b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/ShadowReplicator.java
index f8a602f68b908..cb2e0457e36bf 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/ShadowReplicator.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/persistent/ShadowReplicator.java
@@ -77,6 +77,18 @@ protected boolean replicateEntries(List<Entry> entries) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                if (msg.isExpired(messageTTLInSeconds)) {
+                    msgExpired.recordEvent(0 /* no value stat */);
+                    if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                        log.debug("[{}] Discarding expired message at position {}, replicateTo {}",
+                                replicatorId, entry.getPosition(), msg.getReplicateTo());
+                    }
+                    cursor.asyncDelete(entry.getPosition(), this, entry.getPosition());
+                    entry.release();
+                    msg.recycle();
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 if (STATE_UPDATER.get(this) != State.Started || isLocalMessageSkippedOnce) {
                     // The producer is not ready yet after having stopped/restarted. Drop the message because it will
                     // recovered when the producer is ready
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/ReplicatorTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/ReplicatorTest.java
index bf2276fdf4155..d1d7358f346f3 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/ReplicatorTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/service/ReplicatorTest.java
@@ -1781,36 +1781,36 @@ public void testReplicatorWithTTL() throws Exception {
 
         @Cleanup
         Producer<byte[]> persistentProducer1 = client1.newProducer().topic(topic.toString()).create();
+        // Send V1 message, which will be replicated to the remote cluster by the replicator.
         persistentProducer1.send("V1".getBytes());
-
         waitReplicateFinish(topic, admin1);
 
+        // Pause replicator
         PersistentTopic persistentTopic =
                 (PersistentTopic) pulsar1.getBrokerService().getTopicReference(topic.toString()).get();
         persistentTopic.getReplicators().forEach((cluster, replicator) -> {
             PersistentReplicator persistentReplicator = (PersistentReplicator) replicator;
-            // Pause replicator
             pauseReplicator(persistentReplicator);
         });
 
+        // Send V2 and V3 messages, then let them expire. These messages will not be replicated to the remote cluster.
         persistentProducer1.send("V2".getBytes());
         persistentProducer1.send("V3".getBytes());
-
         Thread.sleep(1000);
-
         admin1.topics().expireMessagesForAllSubscriptions(topic.toString(), 1);
 
+        // Start replicator
         persistentTopic.getReplicators().forEach((cluster, replicator) -> {
             PersistentReplicator persistentReplicator = (PersistentReplicator) replicator;
             persistentReplicator.startProducer();
         });
-
         waitReplicateFinish(topic, admin1);
 
+        // Send V4 message, which will be replicated to the remote cluster.
         persistentProducer1.send("V4".getBytes());
-
         waitReplicateFinish(topic, admin1);
 
+        // Receive messages from the remote cluster: only V1 and V4 messages should be received.
         @Cleanup
         PulsarClient client2 = PulsarClient.builder().serviceUrl(url2.toString()).statsInterval(0, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                 .build();
@@ -1828,7 +1828,7 @@ public void testReplicatorWithTTL() throws Exception {
             result.add(new String(receive.getValue()));
         }
 
-        assertEquals(result, Lists.newArrayList("V1", "V2", "V3", "V4"));
+        assertEquals(result, Lists.newArrayList("V1", "V4"));
     }
 
     @Test