diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/HighlightPhase.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/HighlightPhase.java
index 619f13a94b7..34a7d357aa6 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/HighlightPhase.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/highlight/HighlightPhase.java
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public class HighlightPhase implements SearchHitPhase {
                         }
                     }
                     FastVectorHighlighter highlighter = new FastVectorHighlighter(true, false, fragListBuilder, fragmentsBuilder);
-                    FieldQuery fieldQuery = buildFieldQuery(highlighter, context.query(), hitContext.reader(), field);
+                    FieldQuery fieldQuery = buildFieldQuery(highlighter, context.parsedQuery().query(), hitContext.reader(), field);
 
                     String[] fragments;
                     try {