diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/index/codec/KNN80Codec/KNN80DocValuesReader.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/index/codec/KNN80Codec/KNN80DocValuesReader.java
index 223f9d09..6654dc34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/index/codec/KNN80Codec/KNN80DocValuesReader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/index/codec/KNN80Codec/KNN80DocValuesReader.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.codecs.DocValuesProducer;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.BinaryDocValues;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.DocIDMerger;
+import org.apache.lucene.index.DocValuesType;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.EmptyDocValuesProducer;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.FieldInfo;
 import org.apache.lucene.index.MergeState;
@@ -42,9 +43,13 @@ public BinaryDocValues getBinary(FieldInfo field) {
         try {
             List<BinaryDocValuesSub> subs = new ArrayList<>(this.mergeState.docValuesProducers.length);
             for (int i = 0; i < this.mergeState.docValuesProducers.length; i++) {
+                BinaryDocValues values = null;
                 DocValuesProducer docValuesProducer = mergeState.docValuesProducers[i];
                 if (docValuesProducer != null) {
-                    BinaryDocValues values = docValuesProducer.getBinary(field);
+                    FieldInfo readerFieldInfo = mergeState.fieldInfos[i].fieldInfo(field.name);
+                    if (readerFieldInfo != null && readerFieldInfo.getDocValuesType() == DocValuesType.BINARY) {
+                        values = docValuesProducer.getBinary(readerFieldInfo);
+                    }
                     if (values != null) {
                         subs.add(new BinaryDocValuesSub(mergeState.docMaps[i], values));
                     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/KNNRestTestCase.java b/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/KNNRestTestCase.java
index fe6aa8f1..4b34f637 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/KNNRestTestCase.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/KNNRestTestCase.java
@@ -251,10 +251,36 @@ protected void addKnnDoc(String index, String docId, String fieldName, Object[]
         XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject()
                 .field(fieldName, vector)
                 .endObject();
+        request.setJsonEntity(Strings.toString(builder));
+        Response response = client().performRequest(request);
+
+        request = new Request(
+                "POST",
+                "/" + index + "/_refresh"
+        );
+        response = client().performRequest(request);
+        assertEquals(request.getEndpoint() + ": failed", RestStatus.OK,
+                RestStatus.fromCode(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a single numeric field Doc to an index
+     */
+    protected void addDocWithNumericField(String index, String docId, String fieldName, int value) throws IOException {
+        Request request = new Request(
+                "POST",
+                "/" + index + "/_doc/" + docId + "?refresh=true"
+        );
+
+        XContentBuilder builder = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject()
+                .field(fieldName, value)
+                .endObject();
 
         request.setJsonEntity(Strings.toString(builder));
 
         Response response = client().performRequest(request);
+
+
         assertEquals(request.getEndpoint() + ": failed", RestStatus.CREATED,
                 RestStatus.fromCode(response.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()));
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/index/KNNMapperSearcherIT.java b/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/index/KNNMapperSearcherIT.java
index 2a02a140..6a71d34c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/index/KNNMapperSearcherIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazon/opendistroforelasticsearch/knn/index/KNNMapperSearcherIT.java
@@ -67,6 +67,29 @@ public void testKNNResultsWithForceMerge() throws Exception {
         }
     }
 
+    public void testKNNResultsUpdateDocAndForceMerge() throws Exception {
+        createKnnIndex(INDEX_NAME, createKnnIndexMapping(FIELD_NAME, 2));
+        addDocWithNumericField(INDEX_NAME, "1", "abc", 100 );
+        addTestData();
+        forceMergeKnnIndex(INDEX_NAME);
+
+        /**
+         * Query params
+         */
+        float[] queryVector = {1.0f, 1.0f}; // vector to be queried
+        int k = 1; //  nearest 1 neighbor
+
+        KNNQueryBuilder knnQueryBuilder = new KNNQueryBuilder(FIELD_NAME, queryVector, k);
+
+        Response response = searchKNNIndex(INDEX_NAME, knnQueryBuilder, k);
+        List<KNNResult> results = parseSearchResponse(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity()), FIELD_NAME);
+
+        assertEquals(k, results.size());
+        for(KNNResult result : results) {
+            assertEquals("2", result.getDocId());
+        }
+    }
+
     public void testKNNResultsWithoutForceMerge() throws Exception {
         createKnnIndex(INDEX_NAME, createKnnIndexMapping(FIELD_NAME, 2));
         addTestData();