diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/analytics/recall_ranking.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/analytics/recall_ranking.ts
index b3cd00998ef1e..e75950af7f158 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/analytics/recall_ranking.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/analytics/recall_ranking.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 import { RootSchema, EventTypeOpts } from '@kbn/core/server';
 
 interface ScoredDocument {
-  elserScore: number;
+  esScore: number;
   llmScore: number;
 }
 
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ const schema: RootSchema<RecallRanking> = {
     type: 'array',
     items: {
       properties: {
-        elserScore: {
+        esScore: {
           type: 'float',
           _meta: {
-            description: 'The score produced by ELSER text_expansion',
+            description: 'The score produced by Elasticsearch',
           },
         },
         llmScore: {
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/functions/context.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/functions/context.ts
index 80770b297f08e..4ccdc495435a9 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/functions/context.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/functions/context.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export function registerContextFunction({
         const userPrompt = userMessage?.message.content!;
         const userMessageFunctionName = userMessage?.message.name;
 
-        const { scores, relevantDocuments, suggestions } = await recallAndScore({
+        const { llmScores, relevantDocuments, suggestions } = await recallAndScore({
           recall: client.recall,
           chat,
           logger: resources.logger,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export function registerContextFunction({
         return {
           content: { ...content, learnings: relevantDocuments as unknown as Serializable },
           data: {
-            scores,
+            llmScores,
             suggestions,
           },
         };
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/routes/chat/route.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/routes/chat/route.ts
index 09b30c9e0f4c7..bb5a5095e30a5 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/routes/chat/route.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/routes/chat/route.ts
@@ -217,12 +217,12 @@ const chatRecallRoute = createObservabilityAIAssistantServerRoute({
         signal,
       })
     ).pipe(
-      map(({ scores, suggestions, relevantDocuments }) => {
+      map(({ llmScores, suggestions, relevantDocuments }) => {
         return createFunctionResponseMessage({
           name: 'context',
           data: {
             suggestions,
-            scores,
+            llmScores,
           },
           content: {
             relevantDocuments,
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/knowledge_base_service/index.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/knowledge_base_service/index.ts
index 2fbed5d394a40..c886b5187ab95 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/knowledge_base_service/index.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/knowledge_base_service/index.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export interface RecalledEntry {
   id: string;
   title?: string;
   text: string;
-  score: number | null;
+  esScore: number | null;
   is_correction?: boolean;
   labels?: Record<string, string>;
 }
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class KnowledgeBaseService {
       is_correction: hit._source?.is_correction,
       labels: hit._source?.labels,
       title: hit._source?.title ?? hit._source?.doc_id, // use `doc_id` as fallback title for backwards compatibility
-      score: hit._score!,
+      esScore: hit._score!,
       id: hit._id!,
     }));
   }
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ export class KnowledgeBaseService {
 
     const sortedEntries = orderBy(
       documentsFromKb.concat(documentsFromConnectors),
-      'score',
+      'esScore',
       'desc'
     ).slice(0, limit.size ?? 20);
 
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/knowledge_base_service/recall_from_search_connectors.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/knowledge_base_service/recall_from_search_connectors.ts
index fd6d8a0d698ad..afe112eb52322 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/knowledge_base_service/recall_from_search_connectors.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/service/knowledge_base_service/recall_from_search_connectors.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@ export async function recallFromSearchConnectors({
     }),
   ]);
 
-  return orderBy([...semanticTextConnectors, ...legacyConnectors], (entry) => entry.score, 'desc');
+  return orderBy(
+    [...semanticTextConnectors, ...legacyConnectors],
+    (entry) => entry.esScore,
+    'desc'
+  );
 }
 
 async function recallFromSemanticTextConnectors({
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ async function recallFromSemanticTextConnectors({
 
   const results = response.hits.hits.map((hit) => ({
     text: JSON.stringify(hit._source),
-    score: hit._score!,
+    esScore: hit._score!,
     is_correction: false,
     id: hit._id!,
   }));
@@ -194,7 +198,7 @@ async function recallFromLegacyConnectors({
 
   const results = response.hits.hits.map((hit) => ({
     text: JSON.stringify(hit._source),
-    score: hit._score!,
+    esScore: hit._score!,
     is_correction: false,
     id: hit._id!,
   }));
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/parse_suggestion_scores.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/parse_suggestion_scores.test.ts
index abeeda3c37657..c5fb1bdfa584d 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/parse_suggestion_scores.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/parse_suggestion_scores.test.ts
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ describe('parseSuggestionScores', () => {
     ).toEqual([
       {
         id: 'my-id',
-        score: 1,
+        llmScore: 1,
       },
       {
         id: 'my-other-id',
-        score: 7,
+        llmScore: 7,
       },
       {
         id: 'my-another-id',
-        score: 10,
+        llmScore: 10,
       },
     ]);
   });
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ describe('parseSuggestionScores', () => {
     expect(parseSuggestionScores(`idone,1;idtwo,7;idthree,10`)).toEqual([
       {
         id: 'idone',
-        score: 1,
+        llmScore: 1,
       },
       {
         id: 'idtwo',
-        score: 7,
+        llmScore: 7,
       },
       {
         id: 'idthree',
-        score: 10,
+        llmScore: 10,
       },
     ]);
   });
@@ -54,15 +54,15 @@ describe('parseSuggestionScores', () => {
     expect(parseSuggestionScores(`a,1 b,7 c,10`)).toEqual([
       {
         id: 'a',
-        score: 1,
+        llmScore: 1,
       },
       {
         id: 'b',
-        score: 7,
+        llmScore: 7,
       },
       {
         id: 'c',
-        score: 10,
+        llmScore: 10,
       },
     ]);
   });
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/parse_suggestion_scores.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/parse_suggestion_scores.ts
index 464504bed85a8..51b79a181e5ed 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/parse_suggestion_scores.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/parse_suggestion_scores.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 export function parseSuggestionScores(scoresAsString: string) {
   // make sure that spaces, semi-colons etc work as separators as well
-  const scores = scoresAsString
+  const llmScores = scoresAsString
     .replace(/[^0-9a-zA-Z\-_,]/g, ' ')
     .trim()
     .split(/\s+/)
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ export function parseSuggestionScores(scoresAsString: string) {
 
       return {
         id,
-        score: parseInt(score, 10),
+        llmScore: parseInt(score, 10),
       };
     });
 
-  return scores;
+  return llmScores;
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/recall_and_score.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/recall_and_score.test.ts
index c980279b46be2..7414d6a9c1695 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/recall_and_score.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/recall_and_score.test.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe('recallAndScore', () => {
   describe('when no documents are recalled', () => {
     let result: {
       relevantDocuments?: RecalledSuggestion[];
-      scores?: Array<{ id: string; score: number }>;
+      llmScores?: Array<{ id: string; llmScore: number }>;
       suggestions: RecalledSuggestion[];
     };
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ describe('recallAndScore', () => {
     });
 
     it('returns empty suggestions', async () => {
-      expect(result).toEqual({ relevantDocuments: [], scores: [], suggestions: [] });
+      expect(result).toEqual({ relevantDocuments: [], llmScores: [], suggestions: [] });
     });
 
     it('invokes recall with user prompt and screen context', async () => {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ describe('recallAndScore', () => {
   });
 
   it('handles errors when scoring fails', async () => {
-    mockRecall.mockResolvedValue([{ id: 'doc1', text: 'Hello world', score: 0.5 }]);
+    mockRecall.mockResolvedValue([{ id: 'doc1', text: 'Hello world', esScore: 0.5 }]);
     (scoreSuggestions as jest.Mock).mockRejectedValue(new Error('Scoring failed'));
 
     const result = await recallAndScore({
@@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ describe('recallAndScore', () => {
   });
 
   it('calls scoreSuggestions with correct arguments', async () => {
-    const recalledDocs = [{ id: 'doc1', text: 'Hello world', score: 0.8 }];
+    const recalledDocs = [{ id: 'doc1', text: 'Hello world', esScore: 0.8 }];
     mockRecall.mockResolvedValue(recalledDocs);
     (scoreSuggestions as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({
-      scores: [{ id: 'doc1', score: 7 }],
+      llmScores: [{ id: 'doc1', llmScore: 7 }],
       relevantDocuments: recalledDocs,
     });
 
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ describe('recallAndScore', () => {
 
   it('handles the normal conversation flow correctly', async () => {
     mockRecall.mockResolvedValue([
-      { id: 'fav_color', text: 'My favourite color is blue.', score: 0.9 },
+      { id: 'fav_color', text: 'My favourite color is blue.', esScore: 0.9 },
     ]);
     (scoreSuggestions as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({
-      scores: [{ id: 'fav_color', score: 7 }],
+      llmScores: [{ id: 'fav_color', llmScore: 7 }],
       relevantDocuments: [{ id: 'fav_color', text: 'My favourite color is blue.' }],
     });
 
@@ -211,10 +211,10 @@ describe('recallAndScore', () => {
 
   it('handles contextual insights conversation flow correctly', async () => {
     mockRecall.mockResolvedValue([
-      { id: 'alert_cause', text: 'The alert was triggered due to high CPU usage.', score: 0.85 },
+      { id: 'alert_cause', text: 'The alert was triggered due to high CPU usage.', esScore: 0.85 },
     ]);
     (scoreSuggestions as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({
-      scores: [{ id: 'alert_cause', score: 6 }],
+      llmScores: [{ id: 'alert_cause', llmScore: 6 }],
       relevantDocuments: [
         { id: 'alert_cause', text: 'The alert was triggered due to high CPU usage.' },
       ],
@@ -239,10 +239,10 @@ describe('recallAndScore', () => {
   });
 
   it('reports analytics with the correct structure', async () => {
-    const recalledDocs = [{ id: 'doc1', text: 'Hello world', score: 0.8 }];
+    const recalledDocs = [{ id: 'doc1', text: 'Hello world', esScore: 0.8 }];
     mockRecall.mockResolvedValue(recalledDocs);
     (scoreSuggestions as jest.Mock).mockResolvedValue({
-      scores: [{ id: 'doc1', score: 7 }],
+      llmScores: [{ id: 'doc1', llmScore: 7 }],
       relevantDocuments: recalledDocs,
     });
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ describe('recallAndScore', () => {
 
     expect(mockAnalytics.reportEvent).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
       recallRankingEventType,
-      expect.objectContaining({ scoredDocuments: [{ elserScore: 0.8, llmScore: 7 }] })
+      expect.objectContaining({ scoredDocuments: [{ esScore: 0.8, llmScore: 7 }] })
     );
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/recall_and_score.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/recall_and_score.ts
index 056e858b4e439..dd42b2e7045ce 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/recall_and_score.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/recall_and_score.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import type { FunctionCallChatFunction } from '../../service/types';
 import { RecallRanking, recallRankingEventType } from '../../analytics/recall_ranking';
 import { RecalledEntry } from '../../service/knowledge_base_service';
 
-export type RecalledSuggestion = Pick<RecalledEntry, 'id' | 'text' | 'score'>;
+export type RecalledSuggestion = Pick<RecalledEntry, 'id' | 'text' | 'esScore'>;
 
 export async function recallAndScore({
   recall,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export async function recallAndScore({
   signal: AbortSignal;
 }): Promise<{
   relevantDocuments?: RecalledSuggestion[];
-  scores?: Array<{ id: string; score: number }>;
+  llmScores?: Array<{ id: string; llmScore: number }>;
   suggestions: RecalledSuggestion[];
 }> {
   const queries = [
@@ -47,19 +47,19 @@ export async function recallAndScore({
   ].filter((query) => query.text.trim());
 
   const suggestions: RecalledSuggestion[] = (await recall({ queries })).map(
-    ({ id, text, score }) => ({ id, text, score })
+    ({ id, text, esScore }) => ({ id, text, esScore })
   );
 
   if (!suggestions.length) {
     return {
       relevantDocuments: [],
-      scores: [],
+      llmScores: [],
       suggestions: [],
     };
   }
 
   try {
-    const { scores, relevantDocuments } = await scoreSuggestions({
+    const { llmScores, relevantDocuments } = await scoreSuggestions({
       suggestions,
       logger,
       messages,
@@ -72,15 +72,15 @@ export async function recallAndScore({
 
     analytics.reportEvent<RecallRanking>(recallRankingEventType, {
       scoredDocuments: suggestions.map((suggestion) => {
-        const llmScore = scores.find((score) => score.id === suggestion.id);
+        const llmScore = llmScores.find((score) => score.id === suggestion.id);
         return {
-          elserScore: suggestion.score ?? -1,
-          llmScore: llmScore ? llmScore.score : -1,
+          esScore: suggestion.esScore ?? -1,
+          llmScore: llmScore ? llmScore.llmScore : -1,
         };
       }),
     });
 
-    return { scores, relevantDocuments, suggestions };
+    return { llmScores, relevantDocuments, suggestions };
   } catch (error) {
     logger.error(`Error scoring documents: ${error.message}`, { error });
     return {
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/score_suggestions.test.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/score_suggestions.test.ts
index 6be5e71e4f5cf..01c510e4fad0d 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/score_suggestions.test.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/score_suggestions.test.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import { ChatEvent } from '../../../common/conversation_complete';
 import { contextualInsightsMessages, normalConversationMessages } from './recall_and_score.test';
 
 const suggestions: RecalledSuggestion[] = [
-  { id: 'doc1', text: 'Relevant document 1', score: 0.9 },
-  { id: 'doc2', text: 'Relevant document 2', score: 0.8 },
-  { id: 'doc3', text: 'Less relevant document 3', score: 0.3 },
+  { id: 'doc1', text: 'Relevant document 1', esScore: 0.9 },
+  { id: 'doc2', text: 'Relevant document 2', esScore: 0.8 },
+  { id: 'doc3', text: 'Less relevant document 3', esScore: 0.3 },
 ];
 
 const userPrompt = 'What is my favourite color?';
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ describe('scoreSuggestions', () => {
       logger: mockLogger,
     });
 
-    expect(result.scores).toEqual([
-      { id: 'doc1', score: 7 },
-      { id: 'doc2', score: 5 },
-      { id: 'doc3', score: 3 },
+    expect(result.llmScores).toEqual([
+      { id: 'doc1', llmScore: 7 },
+      { id: 'doc2', llmScore: 5 },
+      { id: 'doc3', llmScore: 3 },
     ]);
 
     expect(result.relevantDocuments).toEqual([
-      { id: 'doc1', text: 'Relevant document 1', score: 0.9 },
-      { id: 'doc2', text: 'Relevant document 2', score: 0.8 },
+      { id: 'doc1', text: 'Relevant document 1', esScore: 0.9 },
+      { id: 'doc2', text: 'Relevant document 2', esScore: 0.8 },
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ describe('scoreSuggestions', () => {
     });
 
     expect(result.relevantDocuments).toEqual([
-      { id: 'doc1', text: 'Relevant document 1', score: 0.9 },
+      { id: 'doc1', text: 'Relevant document 1', esScore: 0.9 },
     ]);
   });
 
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ describe('scoreSuggestions', () => {
       logger: mockLogger,
     });
 
-    expect(result.scores).toEqual([
-      { id: 'doc1', score: 7 },
-      { id: 'doc2', score: 5 },
-      { id: 'doc3', score: 3 },
+    expect(result.llmScores).toEqual([
+      { id: 'doc1', llmScore: 7 },
+      { id: 'doc2', llmScore: 5 },
+      { id: 'doc3', llmScore: 3 },
     ]);
   });
 });
diff --git a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/score_suggestions.ts b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/score_suggestions.ts
index cfacc37469268..f7975d0325048 100644
--- a/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/score_suggestions.ts
+++ b/x-pack/platform/plugins/shared/observability_ai_assistant/server/utils/recall/score_suggestions.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export async function scoreSuggestions({
   logger: Logger;
 }): Promise<{
   relevantDocuments: RecalledSuggestion[];
-  scores: Array<{ id: string; score: number }>;
+  llmScores: Array<{ id: string; llmScore: number }>;
 }> {
   const shortIdTable = new ShortIdTable();
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export async function scoreSuggestions({
     Documents:
     ${JSON.stringify(
       suggestions.map((suggestion) => ({
-        ...omit(suggestion, 'score'), // Omit score to not bias the LLM
+        ...omit(suggestion, 'esScore'), // Omit ES score to not bias the LLM
         id: shortIdTable.take(suggestion.id), // Shorten id to save tokens
       })),
       null,
@@ -126,21 +126,21 @@ export async function scoreSuggestions({
     scoreFunctionRequest.message.function_call.arguments
   );
 
-  const scores = parseSuggestionScores(scoresAsString)
+  const llmScores = parseSuggestionScores(scoresAsString)
     // Restore original IDs (added fallback to id for testing purposes)
-    .map(({ id, score }) => ({ id: shortIdTable.lookup(id) || id, score }));
+    .map(({ id, llmScore }) => ({ id: shortIdTable.lookup(id) || id, llmScore }));
 
-  if (scores.length === 0) {
+  if (llmScores.length === 0) {
     // seemingly invalid or no scores, return all
-    return { relevantDocuments: suggestions, scores: [] };
+    return { relevantDocuments: suggestions, llmScores: [] };
   }
 
   const suggestionIds = suggestions.map((document) => document.id);
 
   // get top 5 documents ids with scores > 4
-  const relevantDocumentIds = scores
-    .filter(({ score }) => score > 4)
-    .sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score)
+  const relevantDocumentIds = llmScores
+    .filter(({ llmScore }) => llmScore > 4)
+    .sort((a, b) => b.llmScore - a.llmScore)
     .slice(0, 5)
     .filter(({ id }) => suggestionIds.includes(id ?? '')) // Remove hallucinated documents
     .map(({ id }) => id);
@@ -153,6 +153,6 @@ export async function scoreSuggestions({
 
   return {
     relevantDocuments,
-    scores: scores.map((score) => ({ id: score.id, score: score.score })),
+    llmScores: llmScores.map((score) => ({ id: score.id, llmScore: score.llmScore })),
   };
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/complete/functions/context.spec.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/complete/functions/context.spec.ts
index 1803ef86cf98b..6f7ec963f267d 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/complete/functions/context.spec.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/complete/functions/context.spec.ts
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ export default function ApiTest({ getService }: DeploymentAgnosticFtrProviderCon
           parsedContextResponseData.suggestions.forEach((suggestion: RecalledSuggestion) => {
             expect(suggestion).to.have.property('id');
             expect(suggestion).to.have.property('text');
-            expect(suggestion).to.have.property('score');
+            expect(suggestion).to.have.property('esScore');
           });
 
           const suggestionTexts = parsedContextResponseData.suggestions
diff --git a/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/complete/functions/recall.spec.ts b/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/complete/functions/recall.spec.ts
index 10815d250e84a..f064dde938ff6 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/complete/functions/recall.spec.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/api_integration/deployment_agnostic/apis/observability/ai_assistant/complete/functions/recall.spec.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export default function ApiTest({ getService }: DeploymentAgnosticFtrProviderCon
     describe('GET /internal/observability_ai_assistant/functions/recall', () => {
       it('produces unique scores for each doc', async () => {
         const entries = await recall('What happened during the database outage?');
-        const uniqueScores = uniq(entries.map(({ score }) => score));
+        const uniqueScores = uniq(entries.map(({ esScore }) => esScore));
         expect(uniqueScores.length).to.be.greaterThan(1);
         expect(uniqueScores.length).to.be(8);
       });
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export default function ApiTest({ getService }: DeploymentAgnosticFtrProviderCon
       it('returns entries in a consistent order', async () => {
         const entries = await recall('whales');
 
-        expect(entries.map(({ id, score }) => `${formatScore(score!)} - ${id}`)).to.eql([
+        expect(entries.map(({ id, esScore }) => `${formatScore(esScore!)} - ${id}`)).to.eql([
           'high - animal_whale_migration_patterns',
           'low - animal_elephants_social_structure',
           'low - technical_api_gateway_timeouts',
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ export default function ApiTest({ getService }: DeploymentAgnosticFtrProviderCon
 
       it('returns the "Cheetah" entry from search connectors as the top result', async () => {
         const entries = await recall('Cheetah');
-        const { text, score } = first(entries)!;
+        const { text, esScore } = first(entries)!;
 
         // search connector entries have their entire doc stringified in `text` field
         const parsedDoc = JSON.parse(text) as { title: string; text: string };
         expect(parsedDoc.title).to.eql('The Life of a Cheetah');
-        expect(score).to.greaterThan(0.1);
+        expect(esScore).to.greaterThan(0.1);
       });
 
       it('returns different result order for different queries', async () => {