diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 61f94e79a..59bf7dca1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 * Fixing it to retrieve space_type from index setting when both method and top level don't have the value. [#2374](https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/pull/2374)
 * Fixing the bug where setting rescore as false for on_disk knn_vector query is a no-op (#2399)[https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/pull/2399]
 * Fixing bug where mapping accepts both dimension and model-id (#2410)[https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/pull/2410]
+* Add version check for full field name validation (#2477)[https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/pull/2477]
 ### Infrastructure
 * Updated C++ version in JNI from c++11 to c++17 [#2259](https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/pull/2259)
 * Upgrade bytebuddy and objenesis version to match OpenSearch core and, update github ci runner for macos [#2279](https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/pull/2279)
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapper.java
index 7a0ee00af..594e6628e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapper.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 import static org.opensearch.knn.index.mapper.KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.createKNNMethodContextFromLegacy;
 import static org.opensearch.knn.index.mapper.KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.createStoredFieldForByteVector;
 import static org.opensearch.knn.index.mapper.KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.createStoredFieldForFloatVector;
+import static org.opensearch.knn.index.mapper.KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useFullFieldNameValidation;
 import static org.opensearch.knn.index.mapper.KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.validateIfCircuitBreakerIsNotTriggered;
 import static org.opensearch.knn.index.mapper.KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.validateIfKNNPluginEnabled;
 import static org.opensearch.knn.index.mapper.ModelFieldMapper.UNSET_MODEL_DIMENSION_IDENTIFIER;
@@ -237,7 +238,9 @@ protected Explicit<Boolean> ignoreMalformed(BuilderContext context) {
 
         @Override
         public KNNVectorFieldMapper build(BuilderContext context) {
-            validateFullFieldName(context);
+            if (useFullFieldNameValidation(indexCreatedVersion)) {
+                validateFullFieldName(context);
+            }
 
             final MultiFields multiFieldsBuilder = this.multiFieldsBuilder.build(this, context);
             final CopyTo copyToBuilder = copyTo.build();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.java
index a9ca56d4b..124009819 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.java
@@ -146,6 +146,16 @@ static boolean useLuceneKNNVectorsFormat(final Version indexCreatedVersion) {
         return indexCreatedVersion.onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Determines if full field name validation should be applied based on the index creation version.
+     *
+     * @param indexCreatedVersion The version when the index was created
+     * @return true if the index version is 2.17.0 or later, false otherwise
+     */
+    static boolean useFullFieldNameValidation(final Version indexCreatedVersion) {
+        return indexCreatedVersion != null && indexCreatedVersion.onOrAfter(Version.V_2_17_0);
+    }
+
     public static SpaceType getSpaceType(final Settings indexSettings) {
         String spaceType = indexSettings.get(KNNSettings.INDEX_KNN_SPACE_TYPE.getKey());
         if (spaceType == null) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperTests.java
index 5d4629fec..76ccacb2f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperTests.java
@@ -1176,6 +1176,7 @@ public void testMethodFieldMapperParseCreateField_validInput_thenDifferentFieldT
                 when(parseContext.parser()).thenReturn(createXContentParser(dataType));
 
                 utilMockedStatic.when(() -> KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useLuceneKNNVectorsFormat(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(true);
+                utilMockedStatic.when(() -> KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useFullFieldNameValidation(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(true);
 
                 OriginalMappingParameters originalMappingParameters = new OriginalMappingParameters(
                     dataType,
@@ -1220,6 +1221,7 @@ public void testMethodFieldMapperParseCreateField_validInput_thenDifferentFieldT
                 );
 
                 utilMockedStatic.when(() -> KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useLuceneKNNVectorsFormat(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(false);
+                utilMockedStatic.when(() -> KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useFullFieldNameValidation(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(false);
 
                 document = new ParseContext.Document();
                 contentPath = new ContentPath();
@@ -1284,6 +1286,7 @@ public void testModelFieldMapperParseCreateField_validInput_thenDifferentFieldTy
                 when(parseContext.parser()).thenReturn(createXContentParser(dataType));
 
                 utilMockedStatic.when(() -> KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useLuceneKNNVectorsFormat(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(true);
+                utilMockedStatic.when(() -> KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useFullFieldNameValidation(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(true);
 
                 OriginalMappingParameters originalMappingParameters = new OriginalMappingParameters(
                     VectorDataType.DEFAULT,
@@ -1331,6 +1334,7 @@ public void testModelFieldMapperParseCreateField_validInput_thenDifferentFieldTy
                 );
 
                 utilMockedStatic.when(() -> KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useLuceneKNNVectorsFormat(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(false);
+                utilMockedStatic.when(() -> KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useFullFieldNameValidation(Mockito.any())).thenReturn(true);
 
                 document = new ParseContext.Document();
                 contentPath = new ContentPath();
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperUtilTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperUtilTests.java
index d0fa150a5..8bcf9fdbe 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperUtilTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/knn/index/mapper/KNNVectorFieldMapperUtilTests.java
@@ -77,4 +77,13 @@ public void testUseLuceneKNNVectorsFormat_withDifferentInputs_thenSuccess() {
         Assert.assertTrue(KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useLuceneKNNVectorsFormat(Version.V_2_17_0));
         Assert.assertTrue(KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useLuceneKNNVectorsFormat(Version.V_3_0_0));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test useFullFieldNameValidation method for different OpenSearch versions
+     */
+    public void testUseFullFieldNameValidation() {
+        Assert.assertFalse(KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useFullFieldNameValidation(Version.V_2_16_0));
+        Assert.assertTrue(KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useFullFieldNameValidation(Version.V_2_17_0));
+        Assert.assertTrue(KNNVectorFieldMapperUtil.useFullFieldNameValidation(Version.V_2_18_0));
+    }
 }