diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/data_views/common/data_view.stub.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/data_views/common/data_view.stub.ts
index e11f251d0ffb3..0f6759181425f 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/data_views/common/data_view.stub.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/data_views/common/data_view.stub.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
+import { DataViewType } from './types';
 import { stubFieldSpecMap, stubLogstashFieldSpecMap } from './field.stub';
 import { createStubDataView } from './data_views/data_view.stub';
 export {
@@ -23,6 +24,16 @@ export const stubDataView = createStubDataView({
   },
 });
 
+export const stubRollupDataView = createStubDataView({
+  spec: {
+    id: 'logstash-*',
+    fields: stubFieldSpecMap,
+    title: 'logstash-*',
+    timeFieldName: '@timestamp',
+    type: DataViewType.ROLLUP,
+  },
+});
+
 export const stubIndexPattern = stubDataView;
 
 export const stubDataViewWithoutTimeField = createStubDataView({
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/common/utils/sorting/get_sort_for_search_source.test.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/common/utils/sorting/get_sort_for_search_source.test.ts
index 8c1b8d5a90a38..449ebab7a2a08 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/common/utils/sorting/get_sort_for_search_source.test.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/common/utils/sorting/get_sort_for_search_source.test.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@
 
 import type { SortOrder } from '@kbn/saved-search-plugin/public';
 import { getSortForSearchSource } from './get_sort_for_search_source';
-import { stubDataView, stubDataViewWithoutTimeField } from '@kbn/data-plugin/common/stubs';
+import {
+  stubDataView,
+  stubDataViewWithoutTimeField,
+  stubRollupDataView,
+} from '@kbn/data-plugin/common/stubs';
 
 describe('getSortForSearchSource function', function () {
   test('should be a function', function () {
@@ -94,4 +98,24 @@ describe('getSortForSearchSource function', function () {
       })
     ).toEqual([{ _score: 'asc' }]);
   });
+
+  test('should return an object including format when data view is not a rollup', function () {
+    expect(
+      getSortForSearchSource({
+        sort: [['@timestamp', 'desc']],
+        dataView: stubDataView,
+        defaultSortDir: 'desc',
+      })
+    ).toEqual([{ '@timestamp': { format: 'strict_date_optional_time', order: 'desc' } }]);
+  });
+
+  test('should not return an object excluding format when data view is a rollup', function () {
+    expect(
+      getSortForSearchSource({
+        sort: [['@timestamp', 'desc']],
+        dataView: stubRollupDataView,
+        defaultSortDir: 'desc',
+      })
+    ).toEqual([{ '@timestamp': 'desc' }]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/common/utils/sorting/get_sort_for_search_source.ts b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/common/utils/sorting/get_sort_for_search_source.ts
index dfd444a918f15..e47f8b3e13462 100644
--- a/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/common/utils/sorting/get_sort_for_search_source.ts
+++ b/src/platform/plugins/shared/discover/common/utils/sorting/get_sort_for_search_source.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * License v3.0 only", or the "Server Side Public License, v 1".
  */
 
-import type { DataView } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
+import { type DataView, DataViewType } from '@kbn/data-views-plugin/common';
 import type { EsQuerySortValue, SortDirection } from '@kbn/data-plugin/common';
 import type { SortOrder } from '@kbn/saved-search-plugin/public';
 import { getSort } from './get_sort';
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function getSortForSearchSource({
   const sortPairs = getSort(sort, dataView, false); // ES|QL request is not using search source
 
   const sortForSearchSource = sortPairs.map((sortPair: Record<string, string>) => {
-    if (timeFieldName && sortPair[timeFieldName]) {
+    if (dataView.type !== DataViewType.ROLLUP && timeFieldName && sortPair[timeFieldName]) {
       return getESQuerySortForTimeField({
         sortDir: sortPair[timeFieldName] as SortDirection,
         timeFieldName,