diff --git a/solr-conf-templates/9.x/schema.xml b/solr-conf-templates/9.x/schema.xml
index 82896aaa..663ea294 100644
--- a/solr-conf-templates/9.x/schema.xml
+++ b/solr-conf-templates/9.x/schema.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,9 @@
   <!-- points to the root document of a block of nested documents. Required for nested
      document support, may be removed otherwise
   -->
-  <field name="_root_" type="string" indexed="true" stored="false" docValues="false"/>
+  <field name="_root_" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" docValues="false" />
+  <fieldType name="_nest_path_" class="solr.NestPathField" />
+  <field name="_nest_path_" type="_nest_path_" />
 
   <!-- Only remove the "id" field if you have a very good reason to. While not strictly
   required, it is highly recommended. A <uniqueKey> is present in almost all Solr