diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/fulltext/QueryBuilderResolver.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/fulltext/QueryBuilderResolver.java
index b8cb199dd7888..ef3828a3f2fbb 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/fulltext/QueryBuilderResolver.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/expression/function/fulltext/QueryBuilderResolver.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ private static QueryRewriteContext queryRewriteContext(TransportActionServices s
         ResolvedIndices resolvedIndices = ResolvedIndices.resolveWithIndexNamesAndOptions(
             indexNames.toArray(String[]::new),
             IndexResolver.FIELD_CAPS_INDICES_OPTIONS,
-            services.clusterService().state().metadata().getProject(),
+            services.projectResolver().getProjectMetadata(services.clusterService().state()),
             services.indexNameExpressionResolver(),
             services.transportService().getRemoteClusterService(),
             System.currentTimeMillis()
diff --git a/x-pack/qa/multi-project/xpack-rest-tests-with-multiple-projects/build.gradle b/x-pack/qa/multi-project/xpack-rest-tests-with-multiple-projects/build.gradle
index 436767ee1bd16..bccb5afde732c 100644
--- a/x-pack/qa/multi-project/xpack-rest-tests-with-multiple-projects/build.gradle
+++ b/x-pack/qa/multi-project/xpack-rest-tests-with-multiple-projects/build.gradle
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ tasks.named("yamlRestTest").configure {
     '^deprecation/10_basic/*',
     '^dlm/10_usage/*',
     '^esql/60_usage/*',
-    '^esql/180_match_operator/*',
     '^health/10_usage/*',
     '^ilm/80_health/*',
     '^logsdb/10_usage/*',