diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bd9ec337e9449..5be3fa6af7665 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Pass index settings to system ingest processor factories. ([#18708](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18708))
 - Include named queries from rescore contexts in matched_queries array ([#18697](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18697))
 - Add the configurable limit on rule cardinality ([#18663](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18663))
+- Disable approximation framework when dealing with multiple sorts ([#18763](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18763))
 - [Experimental] Start in "clusterless" mode if a clusterless ClusterPlugin is loaded ([#18479](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18479))
 - [Star-Tree] Add star-tree search related stats ([#18707](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18707))
 - Add support for plugins to profile information ([#18656](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/18656))
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximateMatchAllQuery.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximateMatchAllQuery.java
index 62557bf21eee9..bcd40095dbc8f 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximateMatchAllQuery.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximateMatchAllQuery.java
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ protected boolean canApproximate(SearchContext context) {
         }
 
         if (context.request() != null && context.request().source() != null && context.innerHits().getInnerHits().isEmpty()) {
+            if (context.request().source().sorts() != null && context.request().source().sorts().size() > 1) {
+                return false;
+            }
             FieldSortBuilder primarySortField = FieldSortBuilder.getPrimaryFieldSortOrNull(context.request().source());
             if (primarySortField != null
                 && primarySortField.missing() == null
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximatePointRangeQuery.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximatePointRangeQuery.java
index e6d11d02eacf6..adecb8c89ef82 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximatePointRangeQuery.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximatePointRangeQuery.java
@@ -447,6 +447,9 @@ public boolean canApproximate(SearchContext context) {
             this.setSize(Math.max(context.from() + context.size(), context.trackTotalHitsUpTo()) + 1);
         }
         if (context.request() != null && context.request().source() != null) {
+            if (context.request().source().sorts() != null && context.request().source().sorts().size() > 1) {
+                return false;
+            }
             FieldSortBuilder primarySortField = FieldSortBuilder.getPrimaryFieldSortOrNull(context.request().source());
             if (primarySortField != null) {
                 if (!primarySortField.fieldName().equals(pointRangeQuery.getField())) {
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximatePointRangeQueryTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximatePointRangeQueryTests.java
index a62a5568cc0bb..e7ef69b2ad8c6 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximatePointRangeQueryTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/approximate/ApproximatePointRangeQueryTests.java
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@
 import org.opensearch.common.time.DateFormatter;
 import org.opensearch.common.time.DateMathParser;
 import org.opensearch.index.mapper.DateFieldMapper.DateFieldType;
+import org.opensearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.search.internal.SearchContext;
+import org.opensearch.search.internal.ShardSearchRequest;
+import org.opensearch.search.sort.FieldSortBuilder;
 import org.opensearch.search.sort.SortOrder;
 import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
 
@@ -1142,4 +1145,47 @@ private void verifyRangeQueries(
             approxDocsAsc.scoreDocs.length
         );
     }
+
+    public void testApproximateWithSort() {
+        long lower = RandomNumbers.randomLongBetween(random(), 0, 100);
+        long upper = RandomNumbers.randomLongBetween(random(), lower + 10, lower + 1000);
+        ApproximatePointRangeQuery query = new ApproximatePointRangeQuery(
+            numericType.fieldName,
+            numericType.encode(lower),
+            numericType.encode(upper),
+            1,
+            numericType.format
+        );
+        // Test 1: Multiple sorts should prevent approximation
+        {
+            SearchContext mockContext = mock(SearchContext.class);
+            ShardSearchRequest mockRequest = mock(ShardSearchRequest.class);
+            SearchSourceBuilder source = new SearchSourceBuilder();
+            source.sort(new FieldSortBuilder(numericType.fieldName).order(SortOrder.ASC));
+            source.sort(new FieldSortBuilder("another_field").order(SortOrder.ASC));
+            source.terminateAfter(SearchContext.DEFAULT_TERMINATE_AFTER);
+            when(mockContext.aggregations()).thenReturn(null);
+            when(mockContext.trackTotalHitsUpTo()).thenReturn(10000);
+            when(mockContext.from()).thenReturn(0);
+            when(mockContext.size()).thenReturn(10);
+            when(mockContext.request()).thenReturn(mockRequest);
+            when(mockRequest.source()).thenReturn(source);
+            assertFalse("Should not approximate with multiple sorts", query.canApproximate(mockContext));
+        }
+        // Test 2: Single sort on the same field should allow approximation
+        {
+            SearchContext mockContext = mock(SearchContext.class);
+            ShardSearchRequest mockRequest = mock(ShardSearchRequest.class);
+            SearchSourceBuilder source = new SearchSourceBuilder();
+            source.sort(new FieldSortBuilder(numericType.fieldName).order(SortOrder.ASC));
+            source.terminateAfter(SearchContext.DEFAULT_TERMINATE_AFTER);
+            when(mockContext.aggregations()).thenReturn(null);
+            when(mockContext.trackTotalHitsUpTo()).thenReturn(10000);
+            when(mockContext.from()).thenReturn(0);
+            when(mockContext.size()).thenReturn(10);
+            when(mockContext.request()).thenReturn(mockRequest);
+            when(mockRequest.source()).thenReturn(source);
+            assertTrue("Should approximate with single sort on same field", query.canApproximate(mockContext));
+        }
+    }
 }