# Elasticsearch 8.5 Java Client increase field weights during search
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-5-java-client-increase-field-weights-during-search/330408
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** language-clients
**Created:** [April 20, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-5-java-client-increase-field-weights-during-search/330408 "2023-04-20T16:17:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Denko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Denko)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-5-java-client-increase-field-weights-during-search/330408/1 "2023-04-20T16:17:23Z")
Hi! I'm trying to figure out how to boost weights for some of the fields in the index during a search. For instance, I have the **name** field and I'd like Elasticsearch to give it x2 relevance score. Is it possible to do this with the client? When I used version 7 I had a method
```auto
/** Add several fields to run the query against with a specific boost. */
public SimpleQueryStringBuilder fields(Map fields) {
Objects.requireNonNull(fields, "fields cannot be null");
for (float fieldBoost : fields.values()) {
checkNegativeBoost(fieldBoost);
}
this.fieldsAndWeights.putAll(fields);
return this;
}
```
What is the alternative?
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### Author:  [@Denko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Denko)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-5-java-client-increase-field-weights-during-search/330408/2 "2023-04-20T16:46:49Z")
I've found one approach to concatenate ^ sign with a weight to needed fields. For example, `"fields": ["name^2"]` not sure it works though. Will try.
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### Author:  [@Denko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Denko)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-5-java-client-increase-field-weights-during-search/330408/3 "2023-04-20T17:35:04Z")
Yes, it works! Though it is not a solution using the client and I'm still wondering if there is one
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-5-java-client-increase-field-weights-during-search/330408/4 "2023-05-18T17:35:26Z")
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