diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryParser.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryParser.java
index 757bbb91b24..fc899ac5d1e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryParser.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryParser.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class SpanNearQueryParser implements QueryParser<SpanNearQueryBuilder> {
 
     public static final ParseField SLOP_FIELD = new ParseField("slop");
-    public static final ParseField COLLECT_PAYLOADS_FIELD = new ParseField("collect_payloads");
+    public static final ParseField COLLECT_PAYLOADS_FIELD = new ParseField("collect_payloads").withAllDeprecated("no longer supported");
     public static final ParseField CLAUSES_FIELD = new ParseField("clauses");
     public static final ParseField IN_ORDER_FIELD = new ParseField("in_order");
 
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryBuilderTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryBuilderTests.java
index c1fc9bb1b12..dc8d096f688 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryBuilderTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/query/SpanNearQueryBuilderTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.spans.SpanNearQuery;
 import org.apache.lucene.search.spans.SpanQuery;
 import org.elasticsearch.Version;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.ParseFieldMatcher;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -146,6 +147,6 @@ public class SpanNearQueryBuilderTests extends AbstractQueryTestCase<SpanNearQue
                 "  }\n" +
                 "}";
 
-        parseQuery(json); // Just don't throw an error and we're fine
+        parseQuery(json, ParseFieldMatcher.EMPTY); // Just don't throw an error and we're fine
     }
 }