diff --git a/src/aggregation/metric/stats.rs b/src/aggregation/metric/stats.rs
index 8c6e3b036..99d2ddceb 100644
--- a/src/aggregation/metric/stats.rs
+++ b/src/aggregation/metric/stats.rs
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@ mod tests {
                     "field": "score",
                 },
             },
+            "count_str": {
+                "value_count": {
+                    "field": "text",
+                },
+            },
             "range": range_agg
         }))
         .unwrap();
@@ -514,6 +519,13 @@ mod tests {
             })
         );
 
+        assert_eq!(
+            res["count_str"],
+            json!({
+                "value": 7.0,
+            })
+        );
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/src/aggregation/mod.rs b/src/aggregation/mod.rs
index 7b1f21b29..4bfe9a6d2 100644
--- a/src/aggregation/mod.rs
+++ b/src/aggregation/mod.rs
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ mod tests {
             .set_indexing_options(
                 TextFieldIndexing::default().set_index_option(IndexRecordOption::WithFreqs),
             )
-            .set_fast(None)
+            .set_fast(Some("raw"))
             .set_stored();
         let text_field = schema_builder.add_text_field("text", text_fieldtype);
         let date_field = schema_builder.add_date_field("date", FAST);