diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/tests/upgrade/v1_12/snapshots/v1_12_0.rs/check_the_index_features/search_with_retrieve_vectors.snap b/crates/meilisearch/tests/upgrade/v1_12/snapshots/v1_12_0.rs/check_the_index_features/search_with_retrieve_vectors.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5baf8155c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/tests/upgrade/v1_12/snapshots/v1_12_0.rs/check_the_index_features/search_with_retrieve_vectors.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+source: crates/meilisearch/tests/upgrade/v1_12/v1_12_0.rs
+---
+[
+  {
+    "id": 1,
+    "name": "kefir",
+    "surname": [
+      "kef",
+      "kefkef",
+      "kefirounet",
+      "boubou"
+    ],
+    "age": 1.4,
+    "description": "kefir est un petit chien blanc très mignon",
+    "_vectors": {
+      "doggo_embedder": {
+        "embeddings": "[vector]",
+        "regenerate": true
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "id": 2,
+    "name": "intel",
+    "surname": [
+      "untel",
+      "tétel",
+      "iouiou"
+    ],
+    "age": 11.5,
+    "description": "intel est un grand beagle très mignon",
+    "_vectors": {
+      "doggo_embedder": {
+        "embeddings": "[vector]",
+        "regenerate": false
+      }
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/tests/upgrade/v1_12/v1_12_0.rs b/crates/meilisearch/tests/upgrade/v1_12/v1_12_0.rs
index 372e24792..b98f27b2d 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/tests/upgrade/v1_12/v1_12_0.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/tests/upgrade/v1_12/v1_12_0.rs
@@ -295,4 +295,8 @@ async fn check_the_index_features(server: &Server) {
     let (results, _status) =
         kefir.search_post(json!({ "sort": ["age:asc"], "filter": "surname = kefirounet" })).await;
     snapshot!(results, name: "search_with_sort_and_filter");
+
+    // ensuring we can get the vectors and their `regenerate` is still good.
+    let (results, _status) = kefir.search_post(json!({"retrieveVectors": true})).await;
+    snapshot!(json_string!(results["hits"], {"[]._vectors.doggo_embedder.embeddings" => "[vector]"}), name: "search_with_retrieve_vectors");
 }