diff --git a/pixels-common/src/main/resources/pixels.properties b/pixels-common/src/main/resources/pixels.properties
index cdfad1b847..b9f81ddce6 100644
--- a/pixels-common/src/main/resources/pixels.properties
+++ b/pixels-common/src/main/resources/pixels.properties
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ index.rocksdb.target.file.size.base=67108864
 # rocksdb file size multiplier (default to 1)
 index.rocksdb.target.file.size.multiplier=1
 # rocksdb key fixed prefix length
-index.rocksdb.prefix.length=12
+index.rocksdb.prefix.length=4
 # rocksdb max subcompactions
 index.rocksdb.max.subcompactions=1
 # rocksdb compression type (e.g. NO_COMPRESSION, SNAPPY_COMPRESSION, ZLIB_COMPRESSION, BZ2_COMPRESSION, LZ4_COMPRESSION, LZ4HC_COMPRESSION, ZSTD_COMPRESSION)
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ index.cache.capacity=10000000
 # The expiration time (in seconds) of cache entries
 index.cache.expiration.seconds=3600
 #  whether each index corresponds to its own column family
-index.rocksdb.multicf=false
+index.rocksdb.multicf=true
 index.bucket.num=128
 # the directory where the sqlite files of main index are stored, each main index is stored as a sqlite file
 index.sqlite.path=/tmp/sqlite
diff --git a/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/pom.xml b/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/pom.xml
index 2e019d349f..7cf0f69986 100644
--- a/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/pom.xml
+++ b/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/pom.xml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-
-        <dep.rocksdb.version>10.2.1</dep.rocksdb.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/src/main/java/io/pixelsdb/pixels/index/rocksdb/RocksDBFactory.java b/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/src/main/java/io/pixelsdb/pixels/index/rocksdb/RocksDBFactory.java
index a6441818c4..5b1fd91ed9 100644
--- a/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/src/main/java/io/pixelsdb/pixels/index/rocksdb/RocksDBFactory.java
+++ b/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/src/main/java/io/pixelsdb/pixels/index/rocksdb/RocksDBFactory.java
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ private static ColumnFamilyDescriptor createCFDescriptor(byte[] name, Integer ke
         int fixedLengthPrefix = Integer.parseInt(config.getProperty("index.rocksdb.prefix.length"));
         if (keyLen != null)
         {
-            fixedLengthPrefix = keyLen + Long.BYTES; // key buffer + index id
+            // Prefix must only cover the logical lookup key.
+            // It must not include the encoded timestamp suffix.
+            fixedLengthPrefix = keyLen + (multiCF ? 0 : Long.BYTES);
         }
         CompactionStyle compactionStyle = CompactionStyle.valueOf(config.getProperty("index.rocksdb.compaction.style"));
 
diff --git a/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/src/test/java/io/pixelsdb/pixels/index/rocksdb/TestRocksDBIndex.java b/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/src/test/java/io/pixelsdb/pixels/index/rocksdb/TestRocksDBIndex.java
index 67ed0306eb..4212bf054f 100644
--- a/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/src/test/java/io/pixelsdb/pixels/index/rocksdb/TestRocksDBIndex.java
+++ b/pixels-index/pixels-index-rocksdb/src/test/java/io/pixelsdb/pixels/index/rocksdb/TestRocksDBIndex.java
@@ -25,39 +25,52 @@
 import io.pixelsdb.pixels.common.exception.SinglePointIndexException;
 import io.pixelsdb.pixels.common.index.IndexOption;
 import io.pixelsdb.pixels.common.index.SinglePointIndex;
+import io.pixelsdb.pixels.common.utils.ConfigFactory;
+import io.pixelsdb.pixels.common.utils.IndexUtils;
 import io.pixelsdb.pixels.index.IndexProto;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.rocksdb.ColumnFamilyHandle;
 import org.rocksdb.ReadOptions;
 import org.rocksdb.RocksDB;
 import org.rocksdb.RocksDBException;
+import org.rocksdb.RocksIterator;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import static io.pixelsdb.pixels.index.rocksdb.RocksDBIndex.toBuffer;
 import static io.pixelsdb.pixels.index.rocksdb.RocksDBIndex.toKeyBuffer;
+import static io.pixelsdb.pixels.index.rocksdb.RocksDBIndex.startsWith;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
 
 public class TestRocksDBIndex
 {
+    private static final boolean MULTI_CF =
+            Boolean.parseBoolean(ConfigFactory.Instance().getProperty("index.rocksdb.multicf"));
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TestRocksDBIndex.class);
     private RocksDB rocksDB;
     private static final long TABLE_ID = 100L;
     private static final long INDEX_ID = 100L;
+    private static final int VNODE_ID = 0;
     private SinglePointIndex uniqueIndex;
     private SinglePointIndex nonUniqueIndex;
-
+    private ColumnFamilyHandle columnFamilyHandle;
     @BeforeEach
     public void setUp() throws RocksDBException,SinglePointIndexException
     {
         IndexOption option = IndexOption.builder()
-                .vNodeId(0)
+                .vNodeId(VNODE_ID)
                 .build();
         uniqueIndex = new RocksDBIndex(TABLE_ID, INDEX_ID, true, option);
         nonUniqueIndex = new RocksDBIndex(TABLE_ID, INDEX_ID + 1, false, option);
         rocksDB = RocksDBFactory.getRocksDB();
+        columnFamilyHandle = RocksDBFactory.getOrCreateColumnFamily(TABLE_ID, INDEX_ID, VNODE_ID);
     }
 
     @AfterEach
@@ -77,7 +90,7 @@ public void tearDown() throws SinglePointIndexException
     public void testPutEntry() throws RocksDBException, SinglePointIndexException
     {
         // Create Entry
-        byte[] key = "testPutEntry".getBytes();
+        byte[] key = ByteBuffer.allocate(4).putInt(1).array();
         long timestamp = 1000L;
         long rowId = 100L;
 
@@ -91,7 +104,7 @@ public void testPutEntry() throws RocksDBException, SinglePointIndexException
         ByteBuffer valueBuffer = RocksDBThreadResources.getValueBuffer();
         ReadOptions readOptions = new ReadOptions();
         // Assert index has been written to rocksDB
-        int ret = rocksDB.get(readOptions, keyBuffer, valueBuffer);
+        int ret = rocksDB.get(columnFamilyHandle, readOptions, keyBuffer, valueBuffer);
         assertTrue(ret != RocksDB.NOT_FOUND);
 
         long storedRowId = valueBuffer.getLong();
@@ -172,6 +185,50 @@ public void testGetUniqueRowId() throws  SinglePointIndexException
         assertEquals(rowId2, result, "getUniqueRowId should return the rowId of the latest timestamp entry");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testSeekFindsNextVersionWithSameLogicalPrefix() throws Exception
+    {
+        // Use Default Prefix Len = 4
+        byte[] key = ByteBuffer.allocate(4).putInt(7).array();
+        long[] storedTimestamps = {1L, 3L, 5L, 7L, 9L};
+        long[] seekTimestamps = {1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 5L, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L};
+        long[] expectedTimestamps = {1L, 1L, 3L, 3L, 5L, 5L, 7L, 7L, 9L, 9L};
+
+        for (long timestamp : storedTimestamps)
+        {
+            IndexProto.IndexKey storedKey = IndexProto.IndexKey.newBuilder()
+                    .setIndexId(INDEX_ID)
+                    .setKey(ByteString.copyFrom(key))
+                    .setTimestamp(timestamp)
+                    .build();
+            uniqueIndex.putEntry(storedKey, timestamp);
+        }
+
+        ReadOptions readOptions = RocksDBThreadResources.getReadOptions();
+        readOptions.setPrefixSameAsStart(true)
+                .setTotalOrderSeek(false)
+                .setVerifyChecksums(false);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < seekTimestamps.length; i++)
+        {
+            long seekTimestamp = seekTimestamps[i];
+            long expectedTimestamp = expectedTimestamps[i];
+            ByteBuffer seekKey = toKeyBuffer(indexKey(key, seekTimestamp));
+
+            try (RocksIterator iterator = rocksDB.newIterator(columnFamilyHandle, readOptions))
+            {
+                iterator.seek(seekKey);
+                assertTrue(iterator.isValid(), "seek should find a version for timestamp " + seekTimestamp);
+                assertTrue(startsWith(ByteBuffer.wrap(iterator.key()), seekKey),
+                        "seek should remain within the same logical prefix for timestamp " + seekTimestamp);
+                long getTs = extractTimestampFromUniqueKey(iterator.key());
+                System.out.println("Timestamp: " + getTs);
+                assertEquals(expectedTimestamp, getTs,
+                        "seek should land on the closest stored version for timestamp " + seekTimestamp);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testGetRowIds() throws SinglePointIndexException
     {
@@ -207,6 +264,21 @@ public void testGetRowIds() throws SinglePointIndexException
         assertTrue(rowIds.containsAll(result) && result.containsAll(rowIds), "getRowIds should return the rowId of all entries");
     }
 
+    private static IndexProto.IndexKey indexKey(byte[] key, long timestamp)
+    {
+        return IndexProto.IndexKey.newBuilder()
+                .setIndexId(INDEX_ID)
+                .setKey(ByteString.copyFrom(key))
+                .setTimestamp(timestamp)
+                .build();
+    }
+
+    private static long extractTimestampFromUniqueKey(byte[] encodedKey)
+    {
+        ByteBuffer keyBuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(encodedKey);
+        return Long.MAX_VALUE - keyBuffer.getLong(encodedKey.length - Long.BYTES);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDeleteEntry() throws SinglePointIndexException
     {
@@ -396,4 +468,4 @@ public void benchmarkDeleteEntry() throws SinglePointIndexException
         double durationMs = (end - start) / 1_000_000.0;
         System.out.printf("Deleted %,d entries in %.2f ms (%.2f ops/sec)%n", count, durationMs, count * 1000.0 / durationMs);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 78011c6a56..92e8d7c814 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@
         <!-- slf4j-1.7.36 is compatible with 1.7.x that is widely used in third-party libraries -->
         <dep.slf4j.version>1.7.36</dep.slf4j.version>
 
+        <dep.rocksdb.version>10.2.1</dep.rocksdb.version>
+
         <!-- testing -->
         <dep.junit4.version>4.13.2</dep.junit4.version>
         <dep.junit.platform.version>1.8.2</dep.junit.platform.version>