diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/rank-rrf/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rank/rrf/RRFRetrieverBuilderIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/rank-rrf/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rank/rrf/RRFRetrieverBuilderIT.java
index 33328c5790eea..e4e06b5031005 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/rank-rrf/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rank/rrf/RRFRetrieverBuilderIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/rank-rrf/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/rank/rrf/RRFRetrieverBuilderIT.java
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ public void testRRFFiltersPropagatedToKnnQueryVectorBuilder() {
         ElasticsearchAssertions.assertResponse(req, resp -> {
             assertNull(resp.pointInTimeId());
             assertNotNull(resp.getHits().getTotalHits());
-            assertThat(resp.getHits().getTotalHits().value(), equalTo(1L));
+            assertThat(resp.getHits().getTotalHits().value, equalTo(1L));
             assertThat(resp.getHits().getHits()[0].getId(), equalTo("doc_7"));
         });
     }