diff --git a/src/core/search/ast_expr.cc b/src/core/search/ast_expr.cc
index 86c763d97..5f21003a5 100644
--- a/src/core/search/ast_expr.cc
+++ b/src/core/search/ast_expr.cc
@@ -56,11 +56,18 @@ AstTagsNode::AstTagsNode(AstExpr&& l, std::string tag) {
   tags.push_back(move(tag));
 }
 
-AstKnnNode::AstKnnNode(AstNode&& filter, size_t limit, std::string_view field, OwnedFtVector vec)
-    : filter{make_unique<AstNode>(std::move(filter))},
+AstKnnNode::AstKnnNode(size_t limit, std::string_view field, OwnedFtVector vec,
+                       std::string_view score_alias)
+    : filter{nullptr},
       limit{limit},
       field{field.substr(1)},
-      vec{std::move(vec)} {
+      vec{std::move(vec)},
+      score_alias{score_alias} {
+}
+
+AstKnnNode::AstKnnNode(AstNode&& filter, AstKnnNode&& self) {
+  *this = std::move(self);
+  this->filter = make_unique<AstNode>(std::move(filter));
 }
 
 }  // namespace dfly::search
diff --git a/src/core/search/ast_expr.h b/src/core/search/ast_expr.h
index bd7331ceb..3518399ef 100644
--- a/src/core/search/ast_expr.h
+++ b/src/core/search/ast_expr.h
@@ -74,12 +74,19 @@ struct AstTagsNode {
 
 // Applies nearest neighbor search to the final result set
 struct AstKnnNode {
-  AstKnnNode(AstNode&& sub, size_t limit, std::string_view field, OwnedFtVector vec);
+  AstKnnNode() = default;
+  AstKnnNode(size_t limit, std::string_view field, OwnedFtVector vec, std::string_view score_alias);
+  AstKnnNode(AstNode&& sub, AstKnnNode&& self);
+
+  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const AstKnnNode& matrix) {
+    return stream;
+  }
 
   std::unique_ptr<AstNode> filter;
   size_t limit;
   std::string field;
   OwnedFtVector vec;
+  std::string score_alias;
 };
 
 using NodeVariants =
@@ -89,6 +96,10 @@ using NodeVariants =
 struct AstNode : public NodeVariants {
   using variant::variant;
 
+  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const AstNode& matrix) {
+    return stream;
+  }
+
   const NodeVariants& Variant() const& {
     return *this;
   }
@@ -99,11 +110,4 @@ using AstExpr = AstNode;
 }  // namespace search
 }  // namespace dfly
 
-namespace std {
-
-inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const dfly::search::AstExpr& ast) {
-  // os << "ast{" << ast->Debug() << "}";
-  return os;
-}
-
-}  // namespace std
+namespace std {}  // namespace std
diff --git a/src/core/search/lexer.lex b/src/core/search/lexer.lex
index 2966607da..efffc7b09 100644
--- a/src/core/search/lexer.lex
+++ b/src/core/search/lexer.lex
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ term_char [_]|\w
 "}"            return Parser::make_RCURLBR (loc());
 "|"            return Parser::make_OR_OP (loc());
 "KNN"          return Parser::make_KNN (loc());
+"AS"           return Parser::make_AS (loc());
 
 -?[0-9]+       return make_INT64(matched_view(), loc());
 
diff --git a/src/core/search/parser.y b/src/core/search/parser.y
index 77aadbe34..1bd9f3f9b 100644
--- a/src/core/search/parser.y
+++ b/src/core/search/parser.y
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ using namespace std;
   RCURLBR  "}"
   OR_OP    "|"
   KNN      "KNN"
+  AS       "AS"
 ;
 
 %token AND_OP
@@ -75,6 +76,9 @@ using namespace std;
 %nterm <AstExpr> final_query filter search_expr search_unary_expr search_or_expr search_and_expr
 %nterm <AstExpr> field_cond field_cond_expr field_unary_expr field_or_expr field_and_expr tag_list
 
+%nterm <AstKnnNode> knn_query
+%nterm <std::string> opt_knn_alias
+
 %printer { yyo << $$; } <*>;
 
 %%
@@ -82,8 +86,16 @@ using namespace std;
 final_query:
   filter
       { driver->Set(move($1)); }
-  | filter ARROW LBRACKET KNN INT64 FIELD TERM RBRACKET
-      { driver->Set(AstKnnNode(move($1), $5, $6, BytesToFtVector($7))); }
+  | filter ARROW knn_query
+      { driver->Set(AstKnnNode(move($1), move($3))); }
+
+knn_query:
+  LBRACKET KNN INT64 FIELD TERM opt_knn_alias RBRACKET
+    { $$ = AstKnnNode($3, $4, BytesToFtVector($5), $6); }
+
+opt_knn_alias:
+  AS TERM { $$ = move($2); }
+  | { $$ = std::string{}; }
 
 filter:
   search_expr               { $$ = move($1); }
diff --git a/src/core/search/search.cc b/src/core/search/search.cc
index d05766788..d9b6d6e41 100644
--- a/src/core/search/search.cc
+++ b/src/core/search/search.cc
@@ -488,10 +488,10 @@ SearchResult SearchAlgorithm::Search(const FieldIndices* index) const {
   return bs.Search(*query_);
 }
 
-optional<size_t> SearchAlgorithm::HasKnn() const {
+optional<pair<size_t, string_view>> SearchAlgorithm::HasKnn() const {
   DCHECK(query_);
-  if (holds_alternative<AstKnnNode>(*query_))
-    return get<AstKnnNode>(*query_).limit;
+  if (auto* knn = get_if<AstKnnNode>(query_.get()); knn)
+    return make_pair(knn->limit, string_view{knn->score_alias});
   return nullopt;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/search/search.h b/src/core/search/search.h
index 8679fb3ee..ffce5274b 100644
--- a/src/core/search/search.h
+++ b/src/core/search/search.h
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ class SearchAlgorithm {
 
   SearchResult Search(const FieldIndices* index) const;
 
-  // Return KNN limit if it is enabled
-  std::optional<size_t> HasKnn() const;
+  // if enabled, return limit & alias for knn query
+  std::optional<std::pair<size_t /*limit*/, std::string_view /*alias*/>> HasKnn() const;
 
   void EnableProfiling();
 
diff --git a/src/server/search/doc_index.cc b/src/server/search/doc_index.cc
index 6a36b98fe..741c3f5e0 100644
--- a/src/server/search/doc_index.cc
+++ b/src/server/search/doc_index.cc
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ const absl::flat_hash_map<string_view, search::SchemaField::FieldType> kSchemaTy
 
 }  // namespace
 
+bool SearchParams::ShouldReturnField(std::string_view field) const {
+  auto cb = [field](const auto& entry) { return entry.first == field; };
+  return !return_fields || any_of(return_fields->begin(), return_fields->end(), cb);
+}
+
 optional<search::SchemaField::FieldType> ParseSearchFieldType(string_view name) {
   auto it = kSchemaTypes.find(name);
   return it != kSchemaTypes.end() ? make_optional(it->second) : nullopt;
diff --git a/src/server/search/doc_index.h b/src/server/search/doc_index.h
index d5d353da8..48129efc0 100644
--- a/src/server/search/doc_index.h
+++ b/src/server/search/doc_index.h
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ struct SearchParams {
   bool IdsOnly() const {
     return return_fields && return_fields->empty();
   }
+
+  bool ShouldReturnField(std::string_view field) const;
 };
 
 // Stores basic info about a document index.
diff --git a/src/server/search/search_family.cc b/src/server/search/search_family.cc
index f8715ba27..b71f6d92b 100644
--- a/src/server/search/search_family.cc
+++ b/src/server/search/search_family.cc
@@ -241,11 +241,11 @@ void ReplyWithResults(const SearchParams& params, absl::Span<SearchResult> resul
   }
 }
 
-void ReplyKnn(size_t knn_limit, const SearchParams& params, absl::Span<SearchResult> results,
-              ConnectionContext* cntx) {
-  vector<const SerializedSearchDoc*> docs;
-  for (const auto& shard_results : results) {
-    for (const auto& doc : shard_results.docs) {
+void ReplyKnn(size_t knn_limit, string_view knn_score_alias, const SearchParams& params,
+              absl::Span<SearchResult> results, ConnectionContext* cntx) {
+  vector<SerializedSearchDoc*> docs;
+  for (auto& shard_results : results) {
+    for (auto& doc : shard_results.docs) {
       docs.push_back(&doc);
     }
   }
@@ -262,15 +262,24 @@ void ReplyKnn(size_t knn_limit, const SearchParams& params, absl::Span<SearchRes
   bool ids_only = params.IdsOnly();
   size_t reply_size = ids_only ? (result_count + 1) : (result_count * 2 + 1);
 
+  // Clear knn score alias if its excluded from return values
+  if (!params.ShouldReturnField(knn_score_alias))
+    knn_score_alias = "";
+
   facade::SinkReplyBuilder::ReplyAggregator agg{cntx->reply_builder()};
 
   (*cntx)->StartArray(reply_size);
   (*cntx)->SendLong(docs.size());
   for (auto* doc : absl::MakeSpan(docs).subspan(params.limit_offset, result_count)) {
-    if (ids_only)
+    if (ids_only) {
       (*cntx)->SendBulkString(doc->key);
-    else
-      SendSerializedDoc(*doc, cntx);
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (!knn_score_alias.empty())
+      doc->values[knn_score_alias] = absl::StrCat(doc->knn_distance);
+
+    SendSerializedDoc(*doc, cntx);
   }
 }
 
@@ -433,8 +442,8 @@ void SearchFamily::FtSearch(CmdArgList args, ConnectionContext* cntx) {
       return (*cntx)->SendError(std::move(*res.error));
   }
 
-  if (auto knn_limit = search_algo.HasKnn(); knn_limit)
-    ReplyKnn(*knn_limit, *params, absl::MakeSpan(docs), cntx);
+  if (auto knn_params = search_algo.HasKnn(); knn_params)
+    ReplyKnn(knn_params->first, knn_params->second, *params, absl::MakeSpan(docs), cntx);
   else
     ReplyWithResults(*params, absl::MakeSpan(docs), cntx);
 }
diff --git a/src/server/transaction.cc b/src/server/transaction.cc
index 1c1d1a094..903d22be4 100644
--- a/src/server/transaction.cc
+++ b/src/server/transaction.cc
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ void Transaction::EnableShard(ShardId sid) {
 
 void Transaction::EnableAllShards() {
   unique_shard_cnt_ = shard_set->size();
-  unique_shard_id_ = kInvalidSid;
+  unique_shard_id_ = unique_shard_cnt_ == 1 ? 0 : kInvalidSid;
   shard_data_.resize(shard_set->size());
   for (auto& sd : shard_data_)
     sd.local_mask |= ACTIVE;
diff --git a/tests/dragonfly/search_test.py b/tests/dragonfly/search_test.py
index a110d0bb7..cb9b8ab08 100644
--- a/tests/dragonfly/search_test.py
+++ b/tests/dragonfly/search_test.py
@@ -304,6 +304,42 @@ async def test_multidim_knn(async_client: aioredis.Redis, index_type, algo_type)
     await i3.dropindex()
 
 
+async def test_knn_score_return(async_client: aioredis.Redis):
+    i1 = async_client.ft("i1")
+    vector_field = VectorField(
+        "pos",
+        algorithm="FLAT",
+        attributes={
+            "DIM": 1,
+            "DISTANCE_METRIC": "L2",
+            "INITICAL_CAP": 100,
+        },
+    )
+
+    await i1.create_index(
+        [vector_field],
+        definition=IndexDefinition(index_type=IndexType.HASH),
+    )
+
+    pipe = async_client.pipeline()
+    for i in range(100):
+        pipe.hset(f"k{i}", mapping={"pos": np.array(i, dtype=np.float32).tobytes()})
+    await pipe.execute()
+
+    params = {"vec": np.array([1.0], dtype=np.float32).tobytes()}
+    result = await i1.search("* => [KNN 3 @pos $vec AS distance]", params)
+
+    assert result.total == 3
+    assert [d["distance"] for d in result.docs] == ["0", "1", "1"]
+
+    result = await i1.search(
+        Query("* => [KNN 3 @pos $vec AS distance]").return_fields("pos"), params
+    )
+    assert not any(hasattr(d, "distance") for d in result.docs)
+
+    await i1.dropindex()
+
+
 @dfly_args({"proactor_threads": 4, "dbfilename": "search-data"})
 async def test_index_persistence(df_server):
     client = aioredis.Redis(port=df_server.port)