diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/ExpressionAnalyzer.java b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/ExpressionAnalyzer.java
index e792e99c7ecf..27da38e1a50c 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/ExpressionAnalyzer.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/ExpressionAnalyzer.java
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@
 import static io.trino.sql.analyzer.ExpressionTreeUtils.extractWindowExpressions;
 import static io.trino.sql.analyzer.PatternRecognitionAnalysis.NavigationAnchor.FIRST;
 import static io.trino.sql.analyzer.PatternRecognitionAnalysis.NavigationAnchor.LAST;
+import static io.trino.sql.analyzer.SemanticExceptions.invalidReferenceException;
 import static io.trino.sql.analyzer.SemanticExceptions.missingAttributeException;
 import static io.trino.sql.analyzer.SemanticExceptions.semanticException;
 import static io.trino.sql.analyzer.TypeSignatureProvider.fromTypes;
@@ -852,7 +853,8 @@ protected Type visitDereferenceExpression(DereferenceExpression node, Context co
             }
 
             if (rowFieldType == null) {
-                throw missingAttributeException(node, qualifiedName);
+                throw invalidReferenceException(node, Optional.ofNullable(qualifiedName)
+                        .orElseGet(() -> QualifiedName.of(fieldName)));
             }
 
             return setExpressionType(node, rowFieldType);
diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/SemanticExceptions.java b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/SemanticExceptions.java
index db93edb8d510..559edac14afc 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/SemanticExceptions.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/main/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/SemanticExceptions.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.AMBIGUOUS_NAME;
 import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.COLUMN_NOT_FOUND;
+import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.INVALID_COLUMN_REFERENCE;
 import static io.trino.sql.analyzer.ExpressionTreeUtils.extractLocation;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ public static TrinoException missingAttributeException(Expression node, Qualifie
         throw semanticException(COLUMN_NOT_FOUND, node, "Column '%s' cannot be resolved", name);
     }
 
+    public static TrinoException invalidReferenceException(Expression node, QualifiedName name)
+    {
+        throw semanticException(INVALID_COLUMN_REFERENCE, node, "Column reference '%s' is invalid", name);
+    }
+
     public static TrinoException ambiguousAttributeException(Expression node, QualifiedName name)
     {
         throw semanticException(AMBIGUOUS_NAME, node, "Column '%s' is ambiguous", name);
diff --git a/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/TestAnalyzer.java b/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/TestAnalyzer.java
index ff5170289d75..944581bb351c 100644
--- a/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/TestAnalyzer.java
+++ b/core/trino-main/src/test/java/io/trino/sql/analyzer/TestAnalyzer.java
@@ -384,6 +384,14 @@ public void testHavingReferencesOutputAlias()
                 .hasMessage("line 1:32: Column 'x' cannot be resolved");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testRowReferencesUnknownField()
+    {
+        assertFails("SELECT row('a', 'b', 'c').field")
+                .hasErrorCode(INVALID_COLUMN_REFERENCE)
+                .hasMessage("line 1:8: Column reference 'field' is invalid");
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testSelectAllColumns()
     {
diff --git a/plugin/trino-opensearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/opensearch/BaseOpenSearchConnectorTest.java b/plugin/trino-opensearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/opensearch/BaseOpenSearchConnectorTest.java
index 650ecd9330de..25dc5fcfe106 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-opensearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/opensearch/BaseOpenSearchConnectorTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-opensearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/opensearch/BaseOpenSearchConnectorTest.java
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.INVALID_COLUMN_REFERENCE;
 import static io.trino.spi.type.DoubleType.DOUBLE;
 import static io.trino.spi.type.VarcharType.VARCHAR;
 import static io.trino.testing.MaterializedResult.resultBuilder;
 import static io.trino.testing.TestingNames.randomNameSuffix;
+import static io.trino.testing.assertions.TrinoExceptionAssert.assertTrinoExceptionThrownBy;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
@@ -1047,8 +1049,9 @@ public void testNestedVariants()
                 "SELECT a.b.c FROM nested_variants",
                 "VALUES 'value1', 'value2', 'value3', 'value4'");
 
-        assertThatThrownBy(() -> computeActual("SELECT a.\"b.c\" FROM nested_variants"))
-                .hasMessageContaining("Column 'a.b.c' cannot be resolved");
+        assertTrinoExceptionThrownBy(() -> computeActual("SELECT a.\"b.c\" FROM nested_variants"))
+                .hasErrorCode(INVALID_COLUMN_REFERENCE)
+                .hasMessageContaining("Column reference 'a.b.c' is invalid");
     }
 
     @Test