diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/nested/VectorNestedIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/nested/VectorNestedIT.java
index aaab14941d4bb..cbe7e7be51902 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/nested/VectorNestedIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/search/nested/VectorNestedIT.java
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESIntegTestCase;
 
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertAcked;
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertHitCount;
+import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertNoFailuresAndResponse;
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.assertResponse;
 import static org.elasticsearch.xcontent.XContentFactory.jsonBuilder;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
@@ -75,4 +78,89 @@ public void testSimpleNested() throws Exception {
         );
     }
 
+    public void testNestedKNnnSearch() {
+        testNestedWithTwoSegments(false);
+    }
+
+    public void testNestedKNnnSearchWithMultipleSegments() {
+        testNestedWithTwoSegments(true);
+    }
+
+    private void testNestedWithTwoSegments(boolean flush) {
+        assertAcked(prepareCreate("test").setMapping("""
+            {
+              "properties": {
+                "name": {
+                  "type": "keyword"
+                },
+                "nested": {
+                  "type": "nested",
+                  "properties": {
+                    "paragraph_id": {
+                      "type": "keyword"
+                    },
+                    "vector": {
+                      "type": "dense_vector",
+                      "dims": 5,
+                      "similarity": "l2_norm",
+                      "index_options": {
+                        "type": "hnsw"
+                      }
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            """).setSettings(Settings.builder().put(indexSettings()).put("index.number_of_shards", 1)));
+        ensureGreen();
+
+        prepareIndex("test").setId("1")
+            .setSource(
+                "name",
+                "dog",
+                "nested",
+                new Object[] {
+                    Map.of("paragraph_id", 0, "vector", new float[] { 230.0f, 300.33f, -34.8988f, 15.555f, -200.0f }),
+                    Map.of("paragraph_id", 1, "vector", new float[] { 240.0f, 300f, -3f, 1f, -20f }) }
+            )
+            .get();
+
+        prepareIndex("test").setId("2")
+            .setSource(
+                "name",
+                "cat",
+                "nested",
+                new Object[] {
+                    Map.of("paragraph_id", 0, "vector", new float[] { -0.5f, 100.0f, -13f, 14.8f, -156.0f }),
+                    Map.of("paragraph_id", 1, "vector", new float[] { 0f, 100.0f, 0f, 14.8f, -156.0f }),
+                    Map.of("paragraph_id", 2, "vector", new float[] { 0f, 1.0f, 0f, 1.8f, -15.0f }) }
+            )
+            .get();
+
+        if (flush) {
+            refresh("test");
+        }
+
+        prepareIndex("test").setId("3")
+            .setSource(
+                "name",
+                "rat",
+                "nested",
+                new Object[] { Map.of("paragraph_id", 0, "vector", new float[] { 0.5f, 111.3f, -13.0f, 14.8f, -156.0f }) }
+            )
+            .get();
+
+        waitForRelocation(ClusterHealthStatus.GREEN);
+        refresh();
+
+        var knn = new KnnSearchBuilder("nested.vector", new float[] { -0.5f, 90.0f, -10f, 14.8f, -156.0f }, 2, 3, null, null);
+        var request = prepareSearch("test").addFetchField("name").setKnnSearch(List.of(knn));
+        assertNoFailuresAndResponse(request, response -> {
+            assertHitCount(response, 2);
+            assertEquals("2", response.getHits().getHits()[0].getId());
+            assertEquals("cat", response.getHits().getHits()[0].field("name").getValue());
+            assertEquals("3", response.getHits().getHits()[1].getId());
+            assertEquals("rat", response.getHits().getHits()[1].field("name").getValue());
+        });
+    }
 }