diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/search/query/HybridQueryPhaseSearcherTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/search/query/HybridQueryPhaseSearcherTests.java
index 2aafa2ece..bd920f41a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/search/query/HybridQueryPhaseSearcherTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/search/query/HybridQueryPhaseSearcherTests.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.TextFieldMapper;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
+import org.opensearch.index.query.DisMaxQueryBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.QueryShardContext;
 import org.opensearch.index.query.TermQueryBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.index.remote.RemoteStoreEnums;
@@ -516,6 +517,104 @@ public void testWrappedHybridQuery_whenHybridWrappedIntoBool_thenFail() {
         releaseResources(directory, w, reader);
     }
 
+    @SneakyThrows
+    public void testWrappedHybridQuery_whenHybridNestedInDisjunctionQuery_thenFail() {
+        HybridQueryPhaseSearcher hybridQueryPhaseSearcher = new HybridQueryPhaseSearcher();
+        QueryShardContext mockQueryShardContext = mock(QueryShardContext.class);
+        when(mockQueryShardContext.index()).thenReturn(dummyIndex);
+        TextFieldMapper.TextFieldType fieldType = (TextFieldMapper.TextFieldType) createMapperService().fieldType(TEXT_FIELD_NAME);
+        when(mockQueryShardContext.fieldMapper(eq(TEXT_FIELD_NAME))).thenReturn(fieldType);
+        MapperService mapperService = mock(MapperService.class);
+        when(mapperService.hasNested()).thenReturn(false);
+
+        Directory directory = newDirectory();
+        IndexWriter w = new IndexWriter(directory, newIndexWriterConfig(new MockAnalyzer(random())));
+        FieldType ft = new FieldType(TextField.TYPE_NOT_STORED);
+        ft.setIndexOptions(random().nextBoolean() ? IndexOptions.DOCS : IndexOptions.DOCS_AND_FREQS);
+        ft.setOmitNorms(random().nextBoolean());
+        ft.freeze();
+        int docId1 = RandomizedTest.randomInt();
+        w.addDocument(getDocument(TEXT_FIELD_NAME, docId1, TEST_DOC_TEXT1, ft));
+        w.commit();
+
+        IndexReader reader = DirectoryReader.open(w);
+        SearchContext searchContext = mock(SearchContext.class);
+
+        ContextIndexSearcher contextIndexSearcher = new ContextIndexSearcher(
+            reader,
+            IndexSearcher.getDefaultSimilarity(),
+            IndexSearcher.getDefaultQueryCache(),
+            IndexSearcher.getDefaultQueryCachingPolicy(),
+            true,
+            null,
+            searchContext
+        );
+
+        ShardId shardId = new ShardId(dummyIndex, 1);
+        SearchShardTarget shardTarget = new SearchShardTarget(
+            randomAlphaOfLength(10),
+            shardId,
+            randomAlphaOfLength(10),
+            OriginalIndices.NONE
+        );
+        when(searchContext.shardTarget()).thenReturn(shardTarget);
+        when(searchContext.searcher()).thenReturn(contextIndexSearcher);
+        when(searchContext.size()).thenReturn(4);
+        QuerySearchResult querySearchResult = new QuerySearchResult();
+        when(searchContext.queryResult()).thenReturn(querySearchResult);
+        when(searchContext.numberOfShards()).thenReturn(1);
+        when(searchContext.searcher()).thenReturn(contextIndexSearcher);
+        IndexShard indexShard = mock(IndexShard.class);
+        when(indexShard.shardId()).thenReturn(new ShardId("test", "test", 0));
+        when(indexShard.getSearchOperationListener()).thenReturn(mock(SearchOperationListener.class));
+        when(searchContext.indexShard()).thenReturn(indexShard);
+        when(searchContext.bucketCollectorProcessor()).thenReturn(SearchContext.NO_OP_BUCKET_COLLECTOR_PROCESSOR);
+        when(searchContext.mapperService()).thenReturn(mapperService);
+        when(searchContext.getQueryShardContext()).thenReturn(mockQueryShardContext);
+        IndexMetadata indexMetadata = getIndexMetadata();
+        Settings settings = Settings.builder().put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, Integer.toString(1)).build();
+        IndexSettings indexSettings = new IndexSettings(indexMetadata, settings);
+        when(mockQueryShardContext.getIndexSettings()).thenReturn(indexSettings);
+
+        LinkedList<QueryCollectorContext> collectors = new LinkedList<>();
+        boolean hasFilterCollector = randomBoolean();
+        boolean hasTimeout = randomBoolean();
+
+        // Create a HybridQueryBuilder
+        HybridQueryBuilder hybridQueryBuilder = new HybridQueryBuilder();
+        hybridQueryBuilder.add(QueryBuilders.termQuery(TEXT_FIELD_NAME, QUERY_TEXT1));
+        hybridQueryBuilder.add(QueryBuilders.termQuery(TEXT_FIELD_NAME, QUERY_TEXT2));
+        hybridQueryBuilder.paginationDepth(10);
+
+        // Create a regular term query
+        TermQueryBuilder termQuery = QueryBuilders.termQuery(TEXT_FIELD_NAME, QUERY_TEXT2);
+
+        // Create a disjunction query (OR) with the hybrid query and the term query
+        DisMaxQueryBuilder disjunctionMaxQueryBuilder = QueryBuilders.disMaxQuery().add(hybridQueryBuilder).add(termQuery);
+
+        Query query = disjunctionMaxQueryBuilder.toQuery(mockQueryShardContext);
+        when(searchContext.query()).thenReturn(query);
+
+        IllegalArgumentException exception = expectThrows(
+            IllegalArgumentException.class,
+            () -> hybridQueryPhaseSearcher.searchWith(
+                searchContext,
+                contextIndexSearcher,
+                query,
+                collectors,
+                hasFilterCollector,
+                hasTimeout
+            )
+        );
+
+        org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat(
+            exception.getMessage(),
+            containsString("hybrid query must be a top level query and cannot be wrapped into other queries")
+        );
+
+        releaseResources(directory, w, reader);
+    }
+
     @SneakyThrows
     public void testWrappedHybridQuery_whenHybridWrappedIntoBoolAndIncorrectStructure_thenFail() {
         HybridQueryPhaseSearcher hybridQueryPhaseSearcher = new HybridQueryPhaseSearcher();