diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PublishedContentQuery.cs b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PublishedContentQuery.cs
index 891f938a2b..e8f25aeae1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PublishedContentQuery.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Infrastructure/PublishedContentQuery.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ public class PublishedContentQuery : IPublishedContentQuery
     private readonly IPublishedSnapshot _publishedSnapshot;
     private readonly IVariationContextAccessor _variationContextAccessor;
 
+    private static readonly HashSet<string> s_returnedQueryFields =
+        new() { ExamineFieldNames.ItemIdFieldName, ExamineFieldNames.CategoryFieldName };
+
     /// <summary>
     ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="PublishedContentQuery" /> class.
     /// </summary>
@@ -293,8 +296,8 @@ public class PublishedContentQuery : IPublishedContentQuery
             ordering = query.ManagedQuery(term, fields);
         }
 
-        // Only select item ID field, because results are loaded from the published snapshot based on this single value
-        IOrdering? queryExecutor = ordering.SelectFields(_itemIdFieldNameHashSet);
+            // Filter selected fields because results are loaded from the published snapshot based on these
+            IOrdering? queryExecutor = ordering.SelectFields(s_returnedQueryFields);
 
 
         ISearchResults? results = skip == 0 && take == 0
@@ -328,8 +331,8 @@ public class PublishedContentQuery : IPublishedContentQuery
 
         if (query is IOrdering ordering)
         {
-            // Only select item ID field, because results are loaded from the published snapshot based on this single value
-            query = ordering.SelectFields(_itemIdFieldNameHashSet);
+                // Filter selected fields because results are loaded from the published snapshot based on these
+                query = ordering.SelectFields(s_returnedQueryFields);
         }
 
         ISearchResults? results = skip == 0 && take == 0