diff --git a/commons/com.b2international.index.tests/src/com/b2international/index/Fixtures.java b/commons/com.b2international.index.tests/src/com/b2international/index/Fixtures.java
index 2ba9763c165..bda47bdf643 100644
--- a/commons/com.b2international.index.tests/src/com/b2international/index/Fixtures.java
+++ b/commons/com.b2international.index.tests/src/com/b2international/index/Fixtures.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2022 B2i Healthcare Pte Ltd, http://b2i.sg
+ * Copyright 2011-2023 B2i Healthcare Pte Ltd, http://b2i.sg
  * 
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -319,12 +319,13 @@ public int hashCode() {
 	}
 	
 	@Doc
-	public static class MultipleNestedData {
+	public static class MultipleNestedData implements WithScore {
 		
 		@ID
 		String id;
 		String field1 = "field1";
 		Collection<NestedData> nestedDatas = newHashSet();
+		float score;
 		
 		@JsonCreator
 		public MultipleNestedData(@JsonProperty("id") String id, @JsonProperty("nestedDatas") Collection<NestedData> nestedDatas) {
@@ -332,6 +333,16 @@ public MultipleNestedData(@JsonProperty("id") String id, @JsonProperty("nestedDa
 			this.nestedDatas.addAll(nestedDatas);
 		}
 		
+		@Override
+		public float getScore() {
+			return score;
+		}
+		
+		@Override
+		public void setScore(float score) {
+			this.score = score;
+		}
+		
 		@Override
 		public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 			if (this == obj) return true;
@@ -352,10 +363,18 @@ public int hashCode() {
 	public static class NestedData {
 		
 		String field2;
+		
+		@Field(aliases = @FieldAlias(name = "text", analyzer = Analyzers.TOKENIZED, type = FieldAliasType.TEXT))
+		String analyzedField;
 
+		public NestedData(String field2) {
+			this(field2, null);
+		}
+		
 		@JsonCreator
-		public NestedData(@JsonProperty("field2") String field2) {
+		public NestedData(@JsonProperty("field2") String field2, @JsonProperty("analyzedField") String analyzedField) {
 			this.field2 = field2;
+			this.analyzedField = analyzedField;
 		}
 		
 		@Override
@@ -364,12 +383,12 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
 			if (obj == null) return false;
 			if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false;
 			NestedData other = (NestedData) obj;
-			return Objects.equals(field2, other.field2);
+			return Objects.equals(field2, other.field2) && Objects.equals(analyzedField, other.analyzedField);
 		}
 		
 		@Override
 		public int hashCode() {
-			return Objects.hash(field2);
+			return Objects.hash(field2, analyzedField);
 		}
 		
 	}
diff --git a/commons/com.b2international.index.tests/src/com/b2international/index/SortIndexTest.java b/commons/com.b2international.index.tests/src/com/b2international/index/SortIndexTest.java
index a8aea5f0982..567b700bde6 100644
--- a/commons/com.b2international.index.tests/src/com/b2international/index/SortIndexTest.java
+++ b/commons/com.b2international.index.tests/src/com/b2international/index/SortIndexTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2022 B2i Healthcare Pte Ltd, http://b2i.sg
+ * Copyright 2011-2023 B2i Healthcare Pte Ltd, http://b2i.sg
  * 
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.collect.Lists.newArrayList;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Sets.newTreeSet;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
@@ -24,14 +25,20 @@
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.UUIDs;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import com.b2international.index.Fixtures.Data;
+import com.b2international.index.Fixtures.MultipleNestedData;
+import com.b2international.index.Fixtures.NestedData;
 import com.b2international.index.query.Expressions;
 import com.b2international.index.query.Query;
 import com.b2international.index.query.SortBy;
 import com.b2international.index.query.SortBy.Order;
-import com.google.common.collect.*;
+import com.google.common.collect.FluentIterable;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 
 /**
  * @since 5.4
@@ -42,7 +49,7 @@ public class SortIndexTest extends BaseIndexTest {
 
 	@Override
 	protected Collection<Class<?>> getTypes() {
-		return List.<Class<?>>of(Data.class);
+		return List.<Class<?>>of(Data.class, MultipleNestedData.class);
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -333,6 +340,26 @@ public void sortScore() throws Exception {
 		
 		checkDocumentOrder(ascendingQuery, data -> data.getId(), Sets.newLinkedHashSet(Lists.reverse(orderedKeys)), String.class);
 	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void sortNestedFieldWithScores() throws Exception {
+		indexDocuments(
+			new MultipleNestedData(KEY1, List.of(new NestedData("unused", "abdominal knee pain"))),
+			new MultipleNestedData(KEY2, List.of(new NestedData("unused", "knee pain"))),
+			new MultipleNestedData(UUIDs.randomBase64UUID(), List.of(new NestedData("unused", "pain")))
+		);
+		
+		Hits<MultipleNestedData> hits = search(Query.select(MultipleNestedData.class)
+			.where(Expressions.nestedMatch("nestedDatas", Expressions.matchTextAll("analyzedField.text", "knee pain")))
+			.build());
+		
+		assertThat(hits)
+			.extracting(m -> m.id)
+			.containsOnly(KEY1, KEY2);
+		assertThat(hits)
+			.extracting(m -> m.score)
+			.allSatisfy(score -> assertThat(score).isGreaterThan(0.0f));
+	}
 
 	private <T> void checkDocumentOrder(Query<Data> query, Function<? super Data, T> hitFunction, Set<T> keySet, Class<T> clazz) {
 		final Hits<Data> hits = search(query);
diff --git a/commons/com.b2international.index/src/com/b2international/index/es/query/EsQueryBuilder.java b/commons/com.b2international.index/src/com/b2international/index/es/query/EsQueryBuilder.java
index a05a8d4c930..0eb9be6ec7b 100644
--- a/commons/com.b2international.index/src/com/b2international/index/es/query/EsQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/commons/com.b2international.index/src/com/b2international/index/es/query/EsQueryBuilder.java
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ private void visit(NestedPredicate predicate) {
 		nestedQueryBuilder.visit(predicate.getExpression());
 		needsScoring = nestedQueryBuilder.needsScoring;
 		final QueryBuilder nestedQuery = nestedQueryBuilder.deque.pop();
-		deque.push(QueryBuilders.nestedQuery(nestedPath, nestedQuery, ScoreMode.None));
+		deque.push(QueryBuilders.nestedQuery(nestedPath, nestedQuery, nestedQueryBuilder.needsScoring ? ScoreMode.Max : ScoreMode.None));
 	}
 
 	private String toFieldPath(Predicate predicate) {