diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df2471a2c8..c3a08d6c78 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
   their drop-down menus.
 * Fix desktop styling bug where buttons inside a `Toast` could be rendered with a different color
   than the rest of the toast contents.
+* Fix `GridModel` bug where `Store` would fail to recognize dot-separated field names as paths
+  when provided as part of a field spec in object form.
 
 ## v53.0.0 - 2022-10-19
 
diff --git a/cmp/grid/GridModel.js b/cmp/grid/GridModel.js
index 68027a82f0..b82e660f86 100644
--- a/cmp/grid/GridModel.js
+++ b/cmp/grid/GridModel.js
@@ -1445,7 +1445,7 @@ export class GridModel extends HoistModel {
         const newFields = [];
         forEach(leafColsByFieldName, (col, name) => {
             if (name !== 'id' && !storeFieldNames.includes(name)) {
-                newFields.push({name, displayName: col.displayName, ...col.fieldSpec});
+                newFields.push({displayName: col.displayName, ...col.fieldSpec, name});
             }
         });