diff --git a/packages/api/src/elastic/labels.ts b/packages/api/src/elastic/labels.ts
index 687d8f0d2..ffbbeb3c8 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/elastic/labels.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/elastic/labels.ts
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ export const deleteLabelForHighlights = async (
                   path: 'highlights',
                   query: {
                     nested: {
-                      path: 'labels',
+                      path: 'highlights.labels',
                       query: {
                         term: {
                           'highlights.labels.name': label,
diff --git a/packages/api/test/resolvers/labels.test.ts b/packages/api/test/resolvers/labels.test.ts
index 0701cdc0b..7b469f80e 100644
--- a/packages/api/test/resolvers/labels.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api/test/resolvers/labels.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ import { getRepository } from '../../src/entity/utils'
 import { getPageById } from '../../src/elastic/pages'
 import { addLabelInPage } from '../../src/elastic/labels'
 import { createPubSubClient } from '../../src/datalayer/pubsub'
-import { addHighlightToPage } from '../../src/elastic/highlights'
+import {
+  addHighlightToPage,
+  getHighlightById,
+} from '../../src/elastic/highlights'
 
 describe('Labels API', () => {
   const username = 'fakeUser'
@@ -239,6 +242,30 @@ describe('Labels API', () => {
           expect(updatedPage?.labels).not.to.include(toDeleteLabel)
         })
       })
+
+      context('when a highlight has this label', () => {
+        const highlightId = 'testDeleteLabel'
+
+        before(async () => {
+          const highlight: Highlight = {
+            id: highlightId,
+            patch: 'test patch',
+            quote: 'test quote',
+            shortId: 'test shortId',
+            userId: user.id,
+            createdAt: new Date(),
+            labels: [toDeleteLabel],
+          }
+          await addHighlightToPage(page.id, highlight, ctx)
+        })
+
+        it('should update highlight', async () => {
+          await graphqlRequest(query, authToken).expect(200)
+          const updatedHighlight = await getHighlightById(highlightId)
+
+          expect(updatedHighlight?.labels).not.to.include(toDeleteLabel)
+        })
+      })
     })
 
     context('when label not exist', () => {