diff --git a/api/core/rag/datasource/vdb/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_vector.py b/api/core/rag/datasource/vdb/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_vector.py
index 8d57855120..f585e12b2e 100644
--- a/api/core/rag/datasource/vdb/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_vector.py
+++ b/api/core/rag/datasource/vdb/elasticsearch/elasticsearch_vector.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import json
 import logging
+import math
 from typing import Any, Optional
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
@@ -112,7 +113,8 @@ class ElasticSearchVector(BaseVector):
 
     def search_by_vector(self, query_vector: list[float], **kwargs: Any) -> list[Document]:
         top_k = kwargs.get("top_k", 10)
-        knn = {"field": Field.VECTOR.value, "query_vector": query_vector, "k": top_k}
+        num_candidates = math.ceil(top_k * 1.5)
+        knn = {"field": Field.VECTOR.value, "query_vector": query_vector, "k": top_k, "num_candidates": num_candidates}
 
         results = self._client.search(index=self._collection_name, knn=knn, size=top_k)