diff --git a/quickwit/Cargo.lock b/quickwit/Cargo.lock
index a8d34e1406a..146dbee4707 100644
--- a/quickwit/Cargo.lock
+++ b/quickwit/Cargo.lock
@@ -4733,7 +4733,7 @@ checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
 [[package]]
 name = "ownedbytes"
 version = "0.7.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=c71ec80#c71ec8086d6563c4bb7e573182a26b280a3ac519"
+source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=9f81d59#9f81d59ecd283a4ce1b6527a447c705b5fba0b1a"
 dependencies = [
  "stable_deref_trait",
 ]
@@ -8159,7 +8159,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "tantivy"
 version = "0.23.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=c71ec80#c71ec8086d6563c4bb7e573182a26b280a3ac519"
+source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=9f81d59#9f81d59ecd283a4ce1b6527a447c705b5fba0b1a"
 dependencies = [
  "aho-corasick",
  "arc-swap",
@@ -8212,7 +8212,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "tantivy-bitpacker"
 version = "0.6.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=c71ec80#c71ec8086d6563c4bb7e573182a26b280a3ac519"
+source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=9f81d59#9f81d59ecd283a4ce1b6527a447c705b5fba0b1a"
 dependencies = [
  "bitpacking",
 ]
@@ -8220,7 +8220,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "tantivy-columnar"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=c71ec80#c71ec8086d6563c4bb7e573182a26b280a3ac519"
+source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=9f81d59#9f81d59ecd283a4ce1b6527a447c705b5fba0b1a"
 dependencies = [
  "downcast-rs",
  "fastdivide",
@@ -8235,7 +8235,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "tantivy-common"
 version = "0.7.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=c71ec80#c71ec8086d6563c4bb7e573182a26b280a3ac519"
+source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=9f81d59#9f81d59ecd283a4ce1b6527a447c705b5fba0b1a"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "byteorder",
@@ -8258,7 +8258,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "tantivy-query-grammar"
 version = "0.22.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=c71ec80#c71ec8086d6563c4bb7e573182a26b280a3ac519"
+source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=9f81d59#9f81d59ecd283a4ce1b6527a447c705b5fba0b1a"
 dependencies = [
  "nom",
 ]
@@ -8266,7 +8266,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "tantivy-sstable"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=c71ec80#c71ec8086d6563c4bb7e573182a26b280a3ac519"
+source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=9f81d59#9f81d59ecd283a4ce1b6527a447c705b5fba0b1a"
 dependencies = [
  "tantivy-bitpacker",
  "tantivy-common",
@@ -8277,7 +8277,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "tantivy-stacker"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=c71ec80#c71ec8086d6563c4bb7e573182a26b280a3ac519"
+source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=9f81d59#9f81d59ecd283a4ce1b6527a447c705b5fba0b1a"
 dependencies = [
  "murmurhash32",
  "rand_distr",
@@ -8287,7 +8287,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "tantivy-tokenizer-api"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=c71ec80#c71ec8086d6563c4bb7e573182a26b280a3ac519"
+source = "git+https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/?rev=9f81d59#9f81d59ecd283a4ce1b6527a447c705b5fba0b1a"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
diff --git a/quickwit/Cargo.toml b/quickwit/Cargo.toml
index 51b3df6d541..1a6bd977802 100644
--- a/quickwit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/quickwit/Cargo.toml
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ quickwit-serve = { path = "quickwit-serve" }
 quickwit-storage = { path = "quickwit-storage" }
 quickwit-telemetry = { path = "quickwit-telemetry" }
 
-tantivy = { git = "https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/", rev = "c71ec80", default-features = false, features = [
+tantivy = { git = "https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/", rev = "9f81d59", default-features = false, features = [
   "lz4-compression",
   "mmap",
   "quickwit",
diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-doc-mapper/src/default_doc_mapper/default_mapper.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-doc-mapper/src/default_doc_mapper/default_mapper.rs
index f94cb39340d..512a35e1ab7 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-doc-mapper/src/default_doc_mapper/default_mapper.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-doc-mapper/src/default_doc_mapper/default_mapper.rs
@@ -1735,6 +1735,28 @@ mod tests {
         .contains("concatenate type must have at least one sub-field"));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_concatenate_field_in_default_field() {
+        serde_json::from_str::<DefaultDocMapper>(
+            r#"{
+                "default_search_fields": ["concat"],
+                "field_mappings": [
+                    {
+                        "name": "some_text",
+                        "type": "text"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "name": "concat",
+                        "type": "concatenate",
+                        "concatenate_fields": ["some_text"]
+                    }
+                ],
+                "mode": "strict"
+            }"#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_concatenate_field_in_mapping() {
         test_doc_from_json_test_aux(
diff --git a/quickwit/rest-api-tests/scenarii/default_search_fields/0002_invalid_default_fields.yaml b/quickwit/rest-api-tests/scenarii/default_search_fields/0002_invalid_default_fields.yaml
index ba66f5db6c5..67ec2ba2620 100644
--- a/quickwit/rest-api-tests/scenarii/default_search_fields/0002_invalid_default_fields.yaml
+++ b/quickwit/rest-api-tests/scenarii/default_search_fields/0002_invalid_default_fields.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ expected:
   message:
     $expect: "\"unknown default search field `regular_field`\" in val"
 ---
-# should fail because default search field targets the root
-# of a json field.
+# should fail because default search field targets a sub field of a
+# non-json field
 method: POST
 endpoint: indexes/
 json:
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ json:
   doc_mapping:
     mode: dynamic
     field_mappings:
-      - name: inner_json
-        type: json
+      - name: text
+        type: text
   search_settings:
     default_search_fields:
-      - inner_json
+      - text.inner
 status_code: 400
 expected:
   message:
-    $expect: "\"unknown default search field `inner_json`\" in val"
+    $expect: "\"unknown default search field `text.inner`\" in val"
 ---
 # should fail because dynamic field is not indexed.
 method: POST