diff --git a/docs/changelog/125566.yaml b/docs/changelog/125566.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3088c650c28c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/125566.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+pr: 125566
+summary: Bracket syntax for accessing dotted field names in ingest processors
+area: Ingest Node
+type: enhancement
+issues: []
diff --git a/modules/ingest-common/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest/280_rename.yml b/modules/ingest-common/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest/280_rename.yml
index 26a0d5eef50ae..9fcdef2704217 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-common/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest/280_rename.yml
+++ b/modules/ingest-common/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/ingest/280_rename.yml
@@ -108,3 +108,30 @@ teardown:
         index: test
         id: "1"
   - match: { _source.event.original: "overridden original message" }
+
+---
+"Test Rename dotted field access":
+  - do:
+      ingest.put_pipeline:
+        id: "1"
+        body:
+          processors:
+            - rename:
+                field: "attributes['foo.bar']"
+                target_field: "attributes['bar.foo']"
+  - match: { acknowledged: true }
+
+  - do:
+      index:
+        index: test
+        id: "1"
+        pipeline: "1"
+        body:
+          attributes:
+            "foo.bar": "test"
+
+  - do:
+      get:
+        index: test
+        id: "1"
+  - match: { _source.attributes.bar\.foo: "test" }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocument.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocument.java
index 11c725bacc510..b769dc02259ed 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocument.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocument.java
@@ -1041,12 +1041,63 @@ private FieldPath(String path) {
                     newPath = path;
                 }
             }
-            this.pathElements = newPath.split("\\.");
-            if (pathElements.length == 1 && pathElements[0].isEmpty()) {
+            this.pathElements = parsePath(newPath);
+            if (pathElements.length == 0 || (pathElements.length == 1 && pathElements[0].isEmpty())) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("path [" + path + "] is not valid");
             }
         }
 
+        private String[] parsePath(String path) {
+            List<String> elements = new ArrayList<>();
+            StringBuilder current = new StringBuilder();
+            boolean inBrackets = false;
+            boolean doubleQuote = false;
+            for (int i = 0; i < path.length(); i++) {
+                char c = path.charAt(i);
+                char next = 0;
+                if (i < path.length() - 1) {
+                    next = path.charAt(i + 1);
+                }
+
+                if (inBrackets == false && c == '[' && (next == '\'' || next == '"')) {
+                    if (current.isEmpty() == false) {
+                        elements.add(current.toString());
+                        current.setLength(0);
+                    }
+                    inBrackets = true;
+                    doubleQuote = next == '"';
+                    i++;
+                } else if (inBrackets && (c == '\'' || c == '"') && next == ']') {
+                    char expected = doubleQuote ? '"' : '\'';
+                    if (expected != c) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException("path [" + path + "] is not valid");
+                    }
+                    String element = current.toString();
+                    elements.add(element);
+                    current.setLength(0);
+                    inBrackets = false;
+                    i++;
+                } else if (inBrackets == false && c == '.') {
+                    if (current.isEmpty() == false) {
+                        elements.add(current.toString());
+                        current.setLength(0);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    current.append(c);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (inBrackets) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("path [" + path + "] is not valid");
+            }
+
+            if (current.isEmpty() == false) {
+                elements.add(current.toString());
+            }
+
+            return elements.toArray(new String[0]);
+        }
+
         public Object initialContext(IngestDocument document) {
             return useIngestContext ? document.getIngestMetadata() : document.getCtxMap();
         }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocumentTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocumentTests.java
index b7120eec3d252..c160b5bc72239 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocumentTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/IngestDocumentTests.java
@@ -1227,4 +1227,49 @@ public void testSourceHashMapIsNotCopied() {
             assertThat(document2.getCtxMap().getMetadata(), not(sameInstance(document1.getCtxMap().getMetadata())));
         }
     }
+
+    public void testPathWithBracketNotation() {
+        // Test basic bracket notation
+        IngestDocument document = RandomDocumentPicks.randomIngestDocument(random());
+
+        // Test bracket notation with single quotes
+        document.setFieldValue("foo", Map.of("dotted.field", "value1"));
+        assertThat(document.getFieldValue("foo['dotted.field']", String.class), equalTo("value1"));
+        assertThat(document.getFieldValue("foo.['dotted.field']", String.class), equalTo("value1"));
+
+        // Test bracket notation with double quotes
+        assertThat(document.getFieldValue("foo[\"dotted.field\"]", String.class), equalTo("value1"));
+
+        // Test multiple bracket notations mixed with dots
+        document.setFieldValue("foo", Map.of("nested.field", Map.of("bar", Map.of("another.field", "value2"))));
+        assertThat(document.getFieldValue("foo['nested.field'].bar[\"another.field\"]", String.class), equalTo("value2"));
+    }
+
+    public void testInvalidBracketNotation() {
+        IngestDocument document = RandomDocumentPicks.randomIngestDocument(random());
+        document.setFieldValue("foo", Map.of("dotted.field", "value"));
+
+        // Missing closing bracket
+        IllegalArgumentException e1 = expectThrows(
+            IllegalArgumentException.class,
+            () -> document.getFieldValue("foo['dotted.field", String.class)
+        );
+        assertThat(e1.getMessage(), containsString("path [foo['dotted.field] is not valid"));
+
+        // Missing quotes
+        document.setFieldValue("foo[dotted", Map.of("field]", "value"));
+
+        assertThat(document.getFieldValue("foo[dotted.field]", String.class), equalTo("value"));
+
+        // Mixed quotes
+        IllegalArgumentException e3 = expectThrows(
+            IllegalArgumentException.class,
+            () -> document.getFieldValue("foo['dotted.field\"]", String.class)
+        );
+        assertThat(e3.getMessage(), containsString("path [foo['dotted.field\"]] is not valid"));
+
+        // Empty brackets
+        IllegalArgumentException e4 = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> document.getFieldValue("['']", String.class));
+        assertThat(e4.getMessage(), containsString("path [['']] is not valid"));
+    }
 }