diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-client/src/search/__tests__/fetchMeilisearchResults.test.ts b/packages/autocomplete-client/src/search/__tests__/fetchMeilisearchResults.test.ts
index 8ced9f1a..572e3b6d 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete-client/src/search/__tests__/fetchMeilisearchResults.test.ts
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-client/src/search/__tests__/fetchMeilisearchResults.test.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   MOVIES,
   meilisearchClient,
 } from '../../../__tests__/test.utils'
+import { HighlightMetadata } from '../highlight'
 
 type Movie = (typeof MOVIES)[number]
 
@@ -184,4 +185,136 @@ describe('fetchMeilisearchResults', () => {
       matchedWords: [],
     })
   })
+
+  describe('nested object and array highlighting', () => {
+    interface Person {
+      id: number
+      name: string
+      nicknames: string[]
+      familyMembers: Array<{
+        relationship: string
+        name: string
+      }>
+    }
+
+    interface PersonHighlightResult {
+      id: HighlightMetadata
+      name: HighlightMetadata
+      nicknames: HighlightMetadata[]
+      familyMembers: Array<{
+        relationship: HighlightMetadata
+        name: HighlightMetadata
+      }>
+    }
+
+    const PERSON: Person = {
+      id: 1,
+      name: 'Joseph',
+      nicknames: ['Joe', 'Joey'],
+      familyMembers: [
+        {
+          relationship: 'mother',
+          name: 'Susan',
+        },
+        {
+          relationship: 'father',
+          name: 'John',
+        },
+      ],
+    }
+    const PEOPLE_INDEX = 'people_highlight_test'
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      await meilisearchClient.deleteIndex(PEOPLE_INDEX)
+      const task = await meilisearchClient
+        .index(PEOPLE_INDEX)
+        .addDocuments([PERSON])
+      await meilisearchClient.waitForTask(task.taskUid)
+    })
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      await meilisearchClient.deleteIndex(PEOPLE_INDEX)
+    })
+
+    test('highlights in array values', async () => {
+      const pre = '<em>'
+      const post = '</em>'
+      const results = await fetchMeilisearchResults<Person>({
+        searchClient,
+        queries: [
+          {
+            indexName: PEOPLE_INDEX,
+            query: 'Joe',
+            params: {
+              highlightPreTag: pre,
+              highlightPostTag: post,
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      })
+
+      const highlightResult = results[0].hits[0]
+        ._highlightResult as PersonHighlightResult
+      expect(highlightResult.nicknames[0]).toEqual({
+        value: `${pre}Joe${post}`,
+        fullyHighlighted: true,
+        matchLevel: 'full',
+        matchedWords: ['Joe'],
+      })
+    })
+
+    test('highlights in nested objects within arrays', async () => {
+      const pre = '<em>'
+      const post = '</em>'
+      const results = await fetchMeilisearchResults<Person>({
+        searchClient,
+        queries: [
+          {
+            indexName: PEOPLE_INDEX,
+            query: 'Susan',
+            params: {
+              highlightPreTag: pre,
+              highlightPostTag: post,
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      })
+
+      const highlightResult = results[0].hits[0]
+        ._highlightResult as PersonHighlightResult
+      expect(highlightResult.familyMembers[0].name).toEqual({
+        value: `${pre}Susan${post}`,
+        fullyHighlighted: true,
+        matchLevel: 'full',
+        matchedWords: ['Susan'],
+      })
+    })
+
+    test('highlights multiple nested fields', async () => {
+      const pre = '<em>'
+      const post = '</em>'
+      const results = await fetchMeilisearchResults<Person>({
+        searchClient,
+        queries: [
+          {
+            indexName: PEOPLE_INDEX,
+            query: 'mother',
+            params: {
+              highlightPreTag: pre,
+              highlightPostTag: post,
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      })
+
+      const highlightResult = results[0].hits[0]
+        ._highlightResult as PersonHighlightResult
+      expect(highlightResult.familyMembers[0].relationship).toEqual({
+        value: `${pre}mother${post}`,
+        fullyHighlighted: true,
+        matchLevel: 'full',
+        matchedWords: ['mother'],
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-client/src/search/fetchMeilisearchResults.ts b/packages/autocomplete-client/src/search/fetchMeilisearchResults.ts
index ebb7751e..05d3411e 100644
--- a/packages/autocomplete-client/src/search/fetchMeilisearchResults.ts
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-client/src/search/fetchMeilisearchResults.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import {
   HITS_PER_PAGE,
 } from '../constants'
 import { SearchClient as MeilisearchSearchClient } from '../types/SearchClient'
-import { HighlightResult } from 'instantsearch.js/es/types/algoliasearch'
+import { FieldHighlight } from 'instantsearch.js/es/types/algoliasearch'
+import { calculateHighlightMetadata } from './highlight'
+import { mapOneOrMany } from '../utils'
 
 interface SearchParams {
   /**
@@ -28,32 +30,12 @@ interface SearchParams {
   >
 }
 
-interface HighlightMetadata {
-  value: string
-  fullyHighlighted: boolean
-  matchLevel: 'none' | 'partial' | 'full'
-  matchedWords: string[]
-}
-
 export function fetchMeilisearchResults<TRecord = Record<string, any>>({
   searchClient,
   queries,
 }: SearchParams): Promise<Array<AlgoliaSearchResponse<TRecord>>> {
   return searchClient
-    .search<TRecord>(
-      queries.map((searchParameters) => {
-        const { params, ...headers } = searchParameters
-        return {
-          ...headers,
-          params: {
-            hitsPerPage: HITS_PER_PAGE,
-            highlightPreTag: HIGHLIGHT_PRE_TAG,
-            highlightPostTag: HIGHLIGHT_POST_TAG,
-            ...params,
-          },
-        }
-      })
-    )
+    .search<TRecord>(buildSearchRequest(queries))
     .then(
       (response: Awaited<ReturnType<typeof searchClient.search<TRecord>>>) => {
         return response.results.map(
@@ -64,28 +46,7 @@ export function fetchMeilisearchResults<TRecord = Record<string, any>>({
             const query = queries[resultsArrayIndex]
             return {
               ...result,
-              hits: result.hits.map((hit) => ({
-                ...hit,
-                _highlightResult: (
-                  Object.entries(hit?._highlightResult || {}) as Array<
-                    | [keyof TRecord, { value: string }]
-                    | [keyof TRecord, Array<{ value: string }>] // if the field is an array
-                  >
-                ).reduce((acc, [field, highlightResult]) => {
-                  return {
-                    ...acc,
-                    // if the field is an array, highlightResult is an array of objects
-                    [field]: mapOneOrMany(highlightResult, (highlightResult) =>
-                      calculateHighlightMetadata(
-                        query.query || '',
-                        query.params?.highlightPreTag || HIGHLIGHT_PRE_TAG,
-                        query.params?.highlightPostTag || HIGHLIGHT_POST_TAG,
-                        highlightResult.value
-                      )
-                    ),
-                  }
-                }, {} as HighlightResult<TRecord>),
-              })),
+              hits: buildHits<TRecord>(result, query),
             }
           }
         )
@@ -93,57 +54,45 @@ export function fetchMeilisearchResults<TRecord = Record<string, any>>({
     )
 }
 
-/**
- * Calculate the highlight metadata for a given highlight value.
- * @param query - The query string.
- * @param preTag - The pre tag.
- * @param postTag - The post tag.
- * @param highlightValue - The highlight value response from Meilisearch.
- * @returns The highlight metadata.
- */
-function calculateHighlightMetadata(
-  query: string,
-  preTag: string,
-  postTag: string,
-  highlightValue: string
-): HighlightMetadata {
-  // Extract all highlighted segments
-  const highlightRegex = new RegExp(`${preTag}(.*?)${postTag}`, 'g')
-  const matches: string[] = []
-  let match
-  while ((match = highlightRegex.exec(highlightValue)) !== null) {
-    matches.push(match[1])
-  }
-
-  // Remove highlight tags to get the highlighted text without the tags
-  const cleanValue = highlightValue.replace(
-    new RegExp(`${preTag}|${postTag}`, 'g'),
-    ''
-  )
-
-  // Determine if the entire attribute is highlighted
-  // fullyHighlighted = true if cleanValue and the concatenation of all matched segments are identical
-  const highlightedText = matches.join('')
-  const fullyHighlighted = cleanValue === highlightedText
-
-  // Determine match level:
-  // - 'none' if no matches
-  // - 'partial' if some matches but not fully highlighted
-  // - 'full' if the highlighted text is the entire field value content
-  let matchLevel: 'none' | 'partial' | 'full' = 'none'
-  if (matches.length > 0) {
-    matchLevel = cleanValue.includes(query) ? 'full' : 'partial'
-  }
-
-  return {
-    value: highlightValue,
-    fullyHighlighted,
-    matchLevel,
-    matchedWords: matches,
-  }
+function buildSearchRequest(queries: AlgoliaMultipleQueriesQuery[]) {
+  return queries.map((searchParameters) => {
+    const { params, ...headers } = searchParameters
+    return {
+      ...headers,
+      params: {
+        hitsPerPage: HITS_PER_PAGE,
+        highlightPreTag: HIGHLIGHT_PRE_TAG,
+        highlightPostTag: HIGHLIGHT_POST_TAG,
+        ...params,
+      },
+    }
+  })
 }
 
-// Helper to apply a function to a single value or an array of values
-function mapOneOrMany<T, U>(value: T | T[], mapFn: (value: T) => U): U | U[] {
-  return Array.isArray(value) ? value.map(mapFn) : mapFn(value)
+function buildHits<TRecord>(
+  result: AlgoliaSearchResponse<TRecord>,
+  query: AlgoliaMultipleQueriesQuery
+) {
+  return result.hits.map((hit) => ({
+    ...hit,
+    _highlightResult: (
+      Object.entries(hit?._highlightResult || {}) as Array<
+        | [keyof TRecord, { value: string }]
+        | [keyof TRecord, Array<{ value: string }>] // if the field is an array
+      >
+    ).reduce((acc, [field, highlightResult]) => {
+      return {
+        ...acc,
+        // if the field is an array, highlightResult is an array of objects
+        [field]: mapOneOrMany(highlightResult, (highlightResult) =>
+          calculateHighlightMetadata(
+            query.query || '',
+            query.params?.highlightPreTag || HIGHLIGHT_PRE_TAG,
+            query.params?.highlightPostTag || HIGHLIGHT_POST_TAG,
+            highlightResult.value
+          )
+        ),
+      }
+    }, {} as FieldHighlight<TRecord>),
+  }))
 }
diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-client/src/search/highlight.ts b/packages/autocomplete-client/src/search/highlight.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9523c2fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-client/src/search/highlight.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+export interface HighlightMetadata {
+  value: string
+  fullyHighlighted: boolean
+  matchLevel: 'none' | 'partial' | 'full'
+  matchedWords: string[]
+}
+
+/**
+ * Calculate the highlight metadata for a given highlight value.
+ * @param query - The query string.
+ * @param preTag - The pre tag.
+ * @param postTag - The post tag.
+ * @param highlightValue - The highlight value response from Meilisearch.
+ * @returns The highlight metadata.
+ */
+export function calculateHighlightMetadata(
+  query: string,
+  preTag: string,
+  postTag: string,
+  highlightValue: string
+): HighlightMetadata {
+  // Extract all highlighted segments
+  const highlightRegex = new RegExp(`${preTag}(.*?)${postTag}`, 'g')
+  const matches: string[] = []
+  let match
+  while ((match = highlightRegex.exec(highlightValue)) !== null) {
+    matches.push(match[1])
+  }
+
+  // Remove highlight tags to get the highlighted text without the tags
+  const cleanValue = highlightValue.replace(
+    new RegExp(`${preTag}|${postTag}`, 'g'),
+    ''
+  )
+
+  // Determine if the entire attribute is highlighted
+  // fullyHighlighted = true if cleanValue and the concatenation of all matched segments are identical
+  const highlightedText = matches.join('')
+  const fullyHighlighted = cleanValue === highlightedText
+
+  // Determine match level:
+  // - 'none' if no matches
+  // - 'partial' if some matches but not fully highlighted
+  // - 'full' if the highlighted text is the entire field value content
+  let matchLevel: 'none' | 'partial' | 'full' = 'none'
+  if (matches.length > 0) {
+    matchLevel = cleanValue.includes(query) ? 'full' : 'partial'
+  }
+
+  return {
+    value: highlightValue,
+    fullyHighlighted,
+    matchLevel,
+    matchedWords: matches,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/autocomplete-client/src/utils.ts b/packages/autocomplete-client/src/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..866dc1cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/autocomplete-client/src/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/**
+ * Apply a function to a single value or an array of values
+ * @param value - The value or array of values to apply the function to
+ * @param mapFn - The function to apply to the value or array of values
+ * @returns The result of the function applied to the value or array of values
+ */
+export function mapOneOrMany<T, U>(
+  value: T | T[],
+  mapFn: (value: T) => U
+): U | U[] {
+  return Array.isArray(value) ? value.map(mapFn) : mapFn(value)
+}