diff --git a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/knowledge-retrieval/search-ai/search-ai-results/search-ai-results.component.spec.ts b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/knowledge-retrieval/search-ai/search-ai-results/search-ai-results.component.spec.ts
index a2ee18fa7..0b5e78683 100644
--- a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/knowledge-retrieval/search-ai/search-ai-results/search-ai-results.component.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/knowledge-retrieval/search-ai/search-ai-results/search-ai-results.component.spec.ts
@@ -541,13 +541,14 @@ describe('SearchAiResultsComponent', () => {
         }
       } as ResultSetPaging).pipe(delay(50));
 
-    const setupReferencesTest = (objectIds: string[] = [], searchResult: Observable<ResultSetPaging>[] = []) => {
+    const setupReferencesTest = (objectIds: string[] = [], searchResult: Observable<ResultSetPaging>[] = [], hasNodeId = false) => {
       spyOn(contentApiService, 'search').and.returnValues(...searchResult);
       spyOn(userPreferencesService, 'get').and.returnValue(knowledgeRetrievalNodes);
 
       const answer = getAiAnswerEntry();
       answer.entry.objectReferences = objectIds.map((id) => ({
-        objectId: id,
+        objectId: `sourceId__${id}`,
+        nodeId: hasNodeId ? `plain-${id}` : undefined,
         references: []
       }));
 
@@ -624,6 +625,18 @@ describe('SearchAiResultsComponent', () => {
       expect(unitTestingUtils.getByDataAutomationId(`aca-search-ai-results-${secondNodeId}-document`)).toBeTruthy();
     }));
 
+    it('should use nodeId when available when fetching references', fakeAsync(() => {
+      setupReferencesTest([nodeId], [toSearchResult([node1])], true);
+      expect(contentApiService.search).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        jasmine.objectContaining({
+          query: {
+            query: `ID:"plain-${nodeId}"`,
+            language: 'afts'
+          }
+        })
+      );
+    }));
+
     describe('Reload References', () => {
       const getReloadButton = (): DebugElement =>
         unitTestingUtils.getByDataAutomationId('aca-search-ai-response-container-body-references-container-retry-references-loading-button');
diff --git a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/knowledge-retrieval/search-ai/search-ai-results/search-ai-results.component.ts b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/knowledge-retrieval/search-ai/search-ai-results/search-ai-results.component.ts
index 216c89df6..00c2a2456 100644
--- a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/knowledge-retrieval/search-ai/search-ai-results/search-ai-results.component.ts
+++ b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/knowledge-retrieval/search-ai/search-ai-results/search-ai-results.component.ts
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ export class SearchAiResultsComponent extends PageComponent implements OnInit {
   private fetchReferences(answer?: AiAnswer): Observable<Node[]> {
     this._hasReferencesLoadingError = false;
 
-    const objectIds = answer?.objectReferences?.map((reference) => reference.objectId);
+    const objectIds = answer?.objectReferences?.map((reference) => reference.nodeId ?? reference.objectId.split('__')[1]);
 
     if (!objectIds?.length) {
       return of([]);