diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperTestCase.java
index 64c41f56045..054158a74c7 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/mapper/MapperTestCase.java
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ public abstract class MapperTestCase extends MapperServiceTestCase {
         return true;
     }
 
-    public final void testDeprecatedBoost() throws IOException {
+    public void testDeprecatedBoost() throws IOException {
         assumeTrue("Does not support [boost] parameter", supportsOrIgnoresBoost());
         createMapperService(fieldMapping(b -> {
             minimalMapping(b);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/vectors/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/vectors/mapper/SparseVectorFieldMapperTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/vectors/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/vectors/mapper/SparseVectorFieldMapperTests.java
index eb2c76a81c8..542065512e7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/vectors/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/vectors/mapper/SparseVectorFieldMapperTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/vectors/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/vectors/mapper/SparseVectorFieldMapperTests.java
@@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ public class SparseVectorFieldMapperTests extends MapperTestCase {
         builder.startObject().field("1", 1).endObject();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void testDeprecatedBoost() throws IOException {
+        assumeTrue("Does not support [boost] parameter", supportsOrIgnoresBoost());
+        createMapperService(fieldMapping(b -> {
+            minimalMapping(b);
+            b.field("boost", 2.0);
+        }));
+        String type = typeName();
+        String[] warnings = new String[] {
+            "The [sparse_vector] field type is deprecated and will be removed in 8.0.",
+            "Parameter [boost] has no effect on type [" + type + "] and will be removed in future" };
+        allowedWarnings(warnings);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected Collection<Plugin> getPlugins() {
         return Collections.singletonList(new Vectors());