diff --git a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/doc/use_es_doc_search.ts b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/doc/use_es_doc_search.ts
index 619c6ecb0f88f..522ebad1691a9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/doc/use_es_doc_search.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/discover/public/application/components/doc/use_es_doc_search.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export function buildSearchBody(id: string, indexPattern: IndexPattern): Record<
     stored_fields: computedFields.storedFields,
     _source: true,
     script_fields: computedFields.scriptFields,
-    fields: ['*'],
+    docvalue_fields: computedFields.docvalueFields,
   };
 }