diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java
index 73cfca3ec912f..dd4e4d073cb1b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilder.java
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ public SearchSourceBuilder(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
                 derivedFields = in.readList(DerivedField::new);
             }
         }
-        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
+        if (in.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
             searchPipeline = in.readOptionalString();
         }
     }
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
                 out.writeList(derivedFields);
             }
         }
-        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_2_18_0)) {
+        if (out.getVersion().onOrAfter(Version.V_3_0_0)) {
             out.writeOptionalString(searchPipeline);
         }
     }
@@ -1239,6 +1239,7 @@ private SearchSourceBuilder shallowCopy(
         rewrittenBuilder.pointInTimeBuilder = pointInTimeBuilder;
         rewrittenBuilder.derivedFieldsObject = derivedFieldsObject;
         rewrittenBuilder.derivedFields = derivedFields;
+        rewrittenBuilder.searchPipeline = searchPipeline;
         return rewrittenBuilder;
     }
 
@@ -1637,6 +1638,10 @@ public XContentBuilder innerToXContent(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) t
 
         }
 
+        if (searchPipeline != null) {
+            builder.field(SEARCH_PIPELINE.getPreferredName(), searchPipeline);
+        }
+
         return builder;
     }
 
@@ -1914,7 +1919,8 @@ public int hashCode() {
             trackTotalHitsUpTo,
             pointInTimeBuilder,
             derivedFieldsObject,
-            derivedFields
+            derivedFields,
+            searchPipeline
         );
     }
 
@@ -1959,7 +1965,8 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj) {
             && Objects.equals(trackTotalHitsUpTo, other.trackTotalHitsUpTo)
             && Objects.equals(pointInTimeBuilder, other.pointInTimeBuilder)
             && Objects.equals(derivedFieldsObject, other.derivedFieldsObject)
-            && Objects.equals(derivedFields, other.derivedFields);
+            && Objects.equals(derivedFields, other.derivedFields)
+            && Objects.equals(searchPipeline, other.searchPipeline);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java
index 9697f4cee0d58..da8ccc9e121e0 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/builder/SearchSourceBuilderTests.java
@@ -421,6 +421,27 @@ public void testDerivedFieldsParsingAndSerializationObjectType() throws IOExcept
         }
     }
 
+    public void testSearchPipelineParsingAndSerialization() throws IOException {
+        String restContent = "{ \"query\": { \"match_all\": {} }, \"from\": 0, \"size\": 10, \"search_pipeline\": \"my_pipeline\" }";
+        String expectedContent = "{\"from\":0,\"size\":10,\"query\":{\"match_all\":{\"boost\":1.0}},\"search_pipeline\":\"my_pipeline\"}";
+
+        try (XContentParser parser = createParser(JsonXContent.jsonXContent, restContent)) {
+            SearchSourceBuilder searchSourceBuilder = SearchSourceBuilder.fromXContent(parser);
+            searchSourceBuilder = rewrite(searchSourceBuilder);
+
+            try (BytesStreamOutput output = new BytesStreamOutput()) {
+                searchSourceBuilder.writeTo(output);
+                try (StreamInput in = new NamedWriteableAwareStreamInput(output.bytes().streamInput(), namedWriteableRegistry)) {
+                    SearchSourceBuilder deserializedBuilder = new SearchSourceBuilder(in);
+                    String actualContent = deserializedBuilder.toString();
+                    assertEquals(expectedContent, actualContent);
+                    assertEquals(searchSourceBuilder.hashCode(), deserializedBuilder.hashCode());
+                    assertNotSame(searchSourceBuilder, deserializedBuilder);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public void testAggsParsing() throws IOException {
         {
             String restContent = "{\n"