diff --git a/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchMetadata.java
index cc3aa9f72c44..adcf2a1e0bce 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/ElasticsearchMetadata.java
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
 import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.toImmutableSet;
 import static com.google.common.collect.Iterators.singletonIterator;
 import static io.airlift.slice.SliceUtf8.getCodePointAt;
+import static io.airlift.slice.SliceUtf8.lengthOfCodePoint;
 import static io.trino.plugin.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchTableHandle.Type.QUERY;
 import static io.trino.plugin.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchTableHandle.Type.SCAN;
 import static io.trino.spi.StandardErrorCode.INVALID_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT;
@@ -592,7 +593,7 @@ protected static String likeToRegexp(Slice pattern, Optional<Slice> escape)
         int position = 0;
         while (position < pattern.length()) {
             int currentChar = getCodePointAt(pattern, position);
-            position += 1;
+            position += lengthOfCodePoint(currentChar);
             checkEscape(!escaped || currentChar == '%' || currentChar == '_' || currentChar == escapeChar.get());
             if (!escaped && escapeChar.isPresent() && currentChar == escapeChar.get()) {
                 escaped = true;
diff --git a/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/BaseElasticsearchConnectorTest.java b/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/BaseElasticsearchConnectorTest.java
index 8fe0d4c3b93d..a7a05c55f544 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/BaseElasticsearchConnectorTest.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/BaseElasticsearchConnectorTest.java
@@ -1053,6 +1053,30 @@ public void testLike()
                 .put("text_column", "soome%text")
                 .buildOrThrow());
 
+        // Add another document to make sure utf8 character sequence length is right
+        index(indexName, ImmutableMap.<String, Object>builder()
+                .put("keyword_column", "中文")
+                .put("text_column", "中文")
+                .buildOrThrow());
+
+        // Add another document to make sure utf8 character sequence length is right
+        index(indexName, ImmutableMap.<String, Object>builder()
+                .put("keyword_column", "こんにちは")
+                .put("text_column", "こんにちは")
+                .buildOrThrow());
+
+        // Add another document to make sure utf8 character sequence length is right
+        index(indexName, ImmutableMap.<String, Object>builder()
+                .put("keyword_column", "안녕하세요")
+                .put("text_column", "안녕하세요")
+                .buildOrThrow());
+
+        // Add another document to make sure utf8 character sequence length is right
+        index(indexName, ImmutableMap.<String, Object>builder()
+                .put("keyword_column", "Привет")
+                .put("text_column", "Привет")
+                .buildOrThrow());
+
         assertThat(query("" +
                 "SELECT " +
                 "keyword_column " +
@@ -1075,6 +1099,38 @@ public void testLike()
                 "WHERE keyword_column LIKE 'soome$%%' ESCAPE '$'"))
                 .matches("VALUES VARCHAR 'soome%text'")
                 .isFullyPushedDown();
+
+        assertThat(query("" +
+                "SELECT " +
+                "text_column " +
+                "FROM " + indexName + " " +
+                "WHERE keyword_column LIKE '中%'"))
+                .matches("VALUES VARCHAR '中文'")
+                .isFullyPushedDown();
+
+        assertThat(query("" +
+                "SELECT " +
+                "text_column " +
+                "FROM " + indexName + " " +
+                "WHERE keyword_column LIKE 'こんに%'"))
+                .matches("VALUES VARCHAR 'こんにちは'")
+                .isFullyPushedDown();
+
+        assertThat(query("" +
+                "SELECT " +
+                "text_column " +
+                "FROM " + indexName + " " +
+                "WHERE keyword_column LIKE '안녕하%'"))
+                .matches("VALUES VARCHAR '안녕하세요'")
+                .isFullyPushedDown();
+
+        assertThat(query("" +
+                "SELECT " +
+                "text_column " +
+                "FROM " + indexName + " " +
+                "WHERE keyword_column LIKE 'При%'"))
+                .matches("VALUES VARCHAR 'Привет'")
+                .isFullyPushedDown();
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/TestElasticsearchMetadata.java b/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/TestElasticsearchMetadata.java
index 8a6b5795b9b1..9ab47e1d93d6 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/TestElasticsearchMetadata.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-elasticsearch/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/elasticsearch/TestElasticsearchMetadata.java
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ public void testLikeToRegexp()
         assertEquals(likeToRegexp("s_.m%ex\\t", Optional.of("$")), "s.\\.m.*ex\\\\t");
         assertEquals(likeToRegexp("\000%", Optional.empty()), "\000.*");
         assertEquals(likeToRegexp("\000%", Optional.of("\000")), "%");
+        assertEquals(likeToRegexp("中文%", Optional.empty()), "中文.*");
+        assertEquals(likeToRegexp("こんにちは%", Optional.empty()), "こんにちは.*");
+        assertEquals(likeToRegexp("안녕하세요%", Optional.empty()), "안녕하세요.*");
+        assertEquals(likeToRegexp("Привет%", Optional.empty()), "Привет.*");
     }
 
     private static String likeToRegexp(String pattern, Optional<String> escapeChar)