Hero products - problem with synchronization catalogs in Hybris Backoffice - sap-commerce-cloud

Whenever I set some hero products in a sequence in Backoffice cockpit in the Stage product catalog, after synchronization from Stage -> Online set of Hero Products in the Online catalog is not reflecting the same sequence as set in Staged.
Although "SolrHeroProductDefinition" is added in the synchronization properties, this issue is being observed.
Expectation is whenever I create or update the sequence of hero products in staged catalog, then after catalog sync, the same sequence should reflect in its online verion.
Any solution to this would be helpful.
Please note that we are facing this issue in Hybris version 5.5.

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