diff --git a/pkg/simple/client/es/versions/opensearchv1/opensearchv1.go b/pkg/simple/client/es/versions/opensearchv1/opensearchv1.go
index f2d438855..3537284ff 100644
--- a/pkg/simple/client/es/versions/opensearchv1/opensearchv1.go
+++ b/pkg/simple/client/es/versions/opensearchv1/opensearchv1.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ func (o *OpenSearch) Search(indices string, body []byte, scroll bool) ([]byte, e
 	opts := []func(*opensearchapi.SearchRequest){
 		o.client.Search.WithContext(context.Background()),
 		o.client.Search.WithIndex(indices),
+		o.client.Search.WithRestTotalHitsAsInt(true),
 		o.client.Search.WithIgnoreUnavailable(true),
 		o.client.Search.WithBody(bytes.NewBuffer(body)),
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/simple/client/es/versions/opensearchv2/opensearchv2.go b/pkg/simple/client/es/versions/opensearchv2/opensearchv2.go
index 5f4d15900..eceb34118 100644
--- a/pkg/simple/client/es/versions/opensearchv2/opensearchv2.go
+++ b/pkg/simple/client/es/versions/opensearchv2/opensearchv2.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ func New(address string, basicAuth bool, username, password, index string) (*Ope
 func (o *OpenSearch) Search(indices string, body []byte, scroll bool) ([]byte, error) {
 	opts := []func(*opensearchapi.SearchRequest){
 		o.client.Search.WithContext(context.Background()),
+		o.client.Search.WithRestTotalHitsAsInt(true),
 		o.client.Search.WithIndex(indices),
 		o.client.Search.WithIgnoreUnavailable(true),
 		o.client.Search.WithBody(bytes.NewBuffer(body)),