diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/inference/InferenceResolver.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/inference/InferenceResolver.java
index f7d349281e004..abb4eef251374 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/inference/InferenceResolver.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/inference/InferenceResolver.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.client.internal.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.BytesRefs;
 import org.elasticsearch.inference.TaskType;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.inference.action.GetInferenceModelAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.Expression;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.core.expression.FoldContext;
@@ -30,13 +31,16 @@ public class InferenceResolver {
 
     private final Client client;
 
+    private final ThreadPool threadPool;
+
     /**
      * Constructs a new {@code InferenceResolver}.
      *
      * @param client The Elasticsearch client for executing inference deployment lookups
      */
-    public InferenceResolver(Client client) {
+    public InferenceResolver(Client client, ThreadPool threadPool) {
         this.client = client;
+        this.threadPool = threadPool;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -99,10 +103,10 @@ void resolveInferenceIds(Set<String> inferenceIds, ActionListener<InferenceResol
 
         final InferenceResolution.Builder inferenceResolutionBuilder = InferenceResolution.builder();
 
-        final CountDownActionListener countdownListener = new CountDownActionListener(
-            inferenceIds.size(),
-            ActionListener.wrap(_r -> listener.onResponse(inferenceResolutionBuilder.build()), listener::onFailure)
-        );
+        final CountDownActionListener countdownListener = new CountDownActionListener(inferenceIds.size(), ActionListener.wrap(_r -> {
+            threadPool.executor(ThreadPool.Names.SEARCH_COORDINATION)
+                .execute(() -> listener.onResponse(inferenceResolutionBuilder.build()));
+        }, listener::onFailure));
 
         for (var inferenceId : inferenceIds) {
             client.execute(
@@ -145,18 +149,20 @@ private static String inferenceId(Expression e) {
     }
 
     public static Factory factory(Client client) {
-        return new Factory(client);
+        return new Factory(client, client.threadPool());
     }
 
     public static class Factory {
         private final Client client;
+        private final ThreadPool threadPool;
 
-        private Factory(Client client) {
+        private Factory(Client client, ThreadPool threadPool) {
             this.client = client;
+            this.threadPool = threadPool;
         }
 
         public InferenceResolver create() {
-            return new InferenceResolver(client);
+            return new InferenceResolver(client, threadPool);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/inference/InferenceResolverTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/inference/InferenceResolverTests.java
index 8666eedbaeaaa..39917f849e6f2 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/inference/InferenceResolverTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/esql/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/esql/inference/InferenceResolverTests.java
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.FixedExecutorBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.TestThreadPool;
+import org.elasticsearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.inference.action.GetInferenceModelAction;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.parser.EsqlParser;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.esql.plugin.EsqlPlugin;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public void setThreadPool() {
             getTestClass().getSimpleName(),
             new FixedExecutorBuilder(
                 Settings.EMPTY,
-                EsqlPlugin.ESQL_WORKER_THREAD_POOL_NAME,
+                "inference_utility",
                 between(1, 10),
                 1024,
                 "esql",
@@ -101,9 +101,12 @@ public void testResolveInferenceIds() throws Exception {
         List<String> inferenceIds = List.of("rerank-plan");
         SetOnce<InferenceResolution> inferenceResolutionSetOnce = new SetOnce<>();
 
-        inferenceResolver.resolveInferenceIds(inferenceIds, ActionListener.wrap(inferenceResolutionSetOnce::set, e -> {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }));
+        inferenceResolver.resolveInferenceIds(
+            inferenceIds,
+            assertAnswerUsingThreadPool(ActionListener.wrap(inferenceResolutionSetOnce::set, e -> {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }))
+        );
 
         assertBusy(() -> {
             InferenceResolution inferenceResolution = inferenceResolutionSetOnce.get();
@@ -118,9 +121,12 @@ public void testResolveMultipleInferenceIds() throws Exception {
         List<String> inferenceIds = List.of("rerank-plan", "rerank-plan", "completion-plan");
         SetOnce<InferenceResolution> inferenceResolutionSetOnce = new SetOnce<>();
 
-        inferenceResolver.resolveInferenceIds(inferenceIds, ActionListener.wrap(inferenceResolutionSetOnce::set, e -> {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }));
+        inferenceResolver.resolveInferenceIds(
+            inferenceIds,
+            assertAnswerUsingThreadPool(ActionListener.wrap(inferenceResolutionSetOnce::set, e -> {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }))
+        );
 
         assertBusy(() -> {
             InferenceResolution inferenceResolution = inferenceResolutionSetOnce.get();
@@ -143,9 +149,12 @@ public void testResolveMissingInferenceIds() throws Exception {
 
         SetOnce<InferenceResolution> inferenceResolutionSetOnce = new SetOnce<>();
 
-        inferenceResolver.resolveInferenceIds(inferenceIds, ActionListener.wrap(inferenceResolutionSetOnce::set, e -> {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }));
+        inferenceResolver.resolveInferenceIds(
+            inferenceIds,
+            assertAnswerUsingThreadPool(ActionListener.wrap(inferenceResolutionSetOnce::set, e -> {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }))
+        );
 
         assertBusy(() -> {
             InferenceResolution inferenceResolution = inferenceResolutionSetOnce.get();
@@ -173,21 +182,17 @@ private Client mockClient() {
                 }
             };
 
-            if (randomBoolean()) {
-                sendResponse.run();
-            } else {
-                threadPool.schedule(
-                    sendResponse,
-                    TimeValue.timeValueNanos(between(1, 1_000)),
-                    threadPool.executor(EsqlPlugin.ESQL_WORKER_THREAD_POOL_NAME)
-                );
-            }
+            threadPool.schedule(sendResponse, TimeValue.timeValueNanos(between(1, 1_000)), threadPool.executor("inference_utility"));
 
             return null;
         }).when(client).execute(eq(GetInferenceModelAction.INSTANCE), any(), any());
         return client;
     }
 
+    private <T> ActionListener<T> assertAnswerUsingThreadPool(ActionListener<T> actionListener) {
+        return ActionListener.runBefore(actionListener, () -> ThreadPool.assertCurrentThreadPool(ThreadPool.Names.SEARCH_COORDINATION));
+    }
+
     private static ActionResponse getInferenceModelResponse(GetInferenceModelAction.Request request) {
         GetInferenceModelAction.Response response = mock(GetInferenceModelAction.Response.class);
 
@@ -205,7 +210,7 @@ private static ActionResponse getInferenceModelResponse(GetInferenceModelAction.
     }
 
     private InferenceResolver inferenceResolver() {
-        return new InferenceResolver(mockClient());
+        return new InferenceResolver(mockClient(), threadPool);
     }
 
     private static ModelConfigurations mockModelConfig(String inferenceId, TaskType taskType) {