diff --git a/.changeset/es_highlight_exclude.md b/.changeset/es_highlight_exclude.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae7328abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/es_highlight_exclude.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'contexture-elasticsearch': patch
+---
+
+Handle node `exclude` while highlighting, that is, remove the excluded fields from highlighting. Also, expand `include` to handle glob expansion for highlighting.
diff --git a/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/request.js b/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/request.js
index 9c76d70b0..2c5ddd7b5 100644
--- a/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/request.js
+++ b/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/request.js
@@ -198,11 +198,22 @@ export let getRequestHighlightFields = (schema, node) => {
   // are currently using to work around performance issues when highlighting
   // fields not included in the node.
   if (!node.highlight?.highlightOtherMatches && _.isArray(node.include)) {
+    const include = expandGlobs(schema, node.include)
     let subFields = getSchemaSubFields({
-      fields: _.pick(node.include, schema.fields),
+      fields: _.pick(include, schema.fields),
     })
     highlightFields = _.pick(
-      _.uniq([...node.include, ..._.keys(subFields)]),
+      _.uniq([...include, ..._.keys(subFields)]),
+      highlightFields
+    )
+  }
+  if (_.isArray(node.exclude)) {
+    const exclude = expandGlobs(schema, node.exclude)
+    let subFields = getSchemaSubFields({
+      fields: _.pick(exclude, schema.fields),
+    })
+    highlightFields = _.omit(
+      _.uniq([...exclude, ..._.keys(subFields)]),
       highlightFields
     )
   }
diff --git a/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/request.test.js b/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/request.test.js
index d3c2ec77d..99fe1d156 100644
--- a/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/request.test.js
+++ b/packages/provider-elasticsearch/src/example-types/results/highlighting/request.test.js
@@ -464,4 +464,112 @@ describe('getRequestHighlightFields()', () => {
       },
     })
   })
+  it('should expand include', () => {
+    const schema = {
+      fields: {
+        state: {
+          elasticsearch: {
+            dataType: 'text',
+            mapping: {
+              fields: {
+                keyword: { type: 'keyword' },
+                subfield: { type: 'text' },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        'city.street': {
+          elasticsearch: {
+            dataType: 'text',
+            mapping: {
+              fields: {
+                keyword: { type: 'keyword' },
+                subfield: { type: 'text' },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    }
+    const node = { include: ['city'] }
+    const actual = getRequestHighlightFields(schema, node)
+    expect(actual).toEqual({
+      'city.street': {},
+      'city.street.subfield': {},
+    })
+  })
+  it('should expand exclude, irrespective of highlightOtherMatches', () => {
+    const schema = {
+      fields: {
+        state: {
+          elasticsearch: {
+            dataType: 'text',
+            mapping: {
+              fields: {
+                keyword: { type: 'keyword' },
+                subfield: { type: 'text' },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        'city.street': {
+          elasticsearch: {
+            dataType: 'text',
+            mapping: {
+              fields: {
+                keyword: { type: 'keyword' },
+                subfield: { type: 'text' },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    }
+    const node1 = {
+      exclude: ['city'],
+      highlight: { highlightOtherMatches: true },
+    }
+    const actual1 = getRequestHighlightFields(schema, node1)
+    expect(actual1).toEqual({ state: {}, 'state.subfield': {} })
+    const node2 = {
+      exclude: ['city'],
+      highlight: { highlightOtherMatches: false },
+    }
+    const actual2 = getRequestHighlightFields(schema, node2)
+    expect(actual2).toEqual({ state: {}, 'state.subfield': {} })
+  })
+  it('should handle both include and exclude', () => {
+    const schema = {
+      fields: {
+        state: {
+          elasticsearch: {
+            dataType: 'text',
+            mapping: {
+              fields: {
+                keyword: { type: 'keyword' },
+                subfield: { type: 'text' },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+        'city.street': {
+          elasticsearch: {
+            dataType: 'text',
+            mapping: {
+              fields: {
+                keyword: { type: 'keyword' },
+                subfield: { type: 'text' },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    }
+    const node = {
+      include: ['state'],
+      exclude: ['state'],
+    }
+    const actual = getRequestHighlightFields(schema, node)
+    expect(actual).toEqual({})
+  })
 })