diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/search/groq2024/createGroq2024Search.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/groq2024/createGroq2024Search.ts
index 204bf405d20..3af52a5aeb3 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/search/groq2024/createGroq2024Search.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/groq2024/createGroq2024Search.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import {map} from 'rxjs'
 
 import {
   type Groq2024SearchResults,
+  type SearchSort,
   type SearchStrategyFactory,
   type SearchTerms,
+  type SortDirection,
 } from '../common/types'
 import {createSearchQuery} from './createSearchQuery'
 
@@ -32,10 +34,16 @@ export const createGroq2024Search: SearchStrategyFactory<Groq2024SearchResults>
   return function search(searchParams, searchOptions = {}) {
     const searchTerms = getSearchTerms(searchParams, typesFromFactory)
 
-    const {query, params, options} = createSearchQuery(searchTerms, searchParams, {
+    const mergedOptions = {
       ...factoryOptions,
       ...searchOptions,
-    })
+    }
+
+    const {query, params, options, sortOrder} = createSearchQuery(
+      searchTerms,
+      searchParams,
+      mergedOptions,
+    )
 
     return client.observable
       .withConfig({
@@ -53,19 +61,56 @@ export const createGroq2024Search: SearchStrategyFactory<Groq2024SearchResults>
           // the penultimate result must be used to determine the start of the next page.
           const lastResult = hasNextPage ? hits.at(-2) : hits.at(-1)
 
-          // TODO: This cursor must change if not sorting by `_score`.
-          const nextCursor = hasNextPage
-            ? `(_score < ${lastResult?._score} || (_score == ${lastResult?._score} && _id > "${lastResult?._id}"))`
-            : undefined
-
           return {
             type: 'groq2024',
             // Search overfetches by 1 to determine whether there is another page to fetch. Therefore,
             // exclude the final result if it's beyond the limit.
             hits: hits.map((hit) => ({hit})).slice(0, searchOptions.limit),
-            nextCursor,
+            nextCursor: hasNextPage ? getNextCursor({lastResult, sortOrder}) : undefined,
           }
         }),
       )
   }
 }
+
+function getNextCursor({
+  lastResult,
+  sortOrder,
+}: {
+  lastResult?: SanityDocumentLike
+  sortOrder: SearchSort[]
+}): string | undefined {
+  if (!lastResult) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  return (
+    sortOrder
+      // Content Lake always orders by `_id asc` as a tiebreaker.
+      .concat({field: '_id', direction: 'asc'})
+      .reduce<string | undefined>((cursor, sortEntry, index) => {
+        const nextPredicate = sortOrder
+          .slice(0, index)
+          .map((previousSortEntry) => getCursorPredicate(previousSortEntry, lastResult, '=='))
+          .concat(getCursorPredicate(sortEntry, lastResult))
+          .join(' && ')
+
+        return [cursor, `(${nextPredicate})`]
+          .filter((segment) => typeof segment !== 'undefined')
+          .join(' || ')
+      }, undefined)
+  )
+}
+
+const sortComparators: Record<SortDirection, '>' | '<'> = {
+  asc: '>',
+  desc: '<',
+}
+
+function getCursorPredicate(
+  sort: SearchSort,
+  lastEntry: SanityDocumentLike,
+  comparator: '>' | '<' | '==' = sortComparators[sort.direction],
+): string {
+  return [sort.field, comparator, JSON.stringify(lastEntry[sort.field])].join(' ')
+}
diff --git a/packages/sanity/src/core/search/groq2024/createSearchQuery.ts b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/groq2024/createSearchQuery.ts
index 1581a9fabc1..47a72fafe95 100644
--- a/packages/sanity/src/core/search/groq2024/createSearchQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/sanity/src/core/search/groq2024/createSearchQuery.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ interface SearchQuery {
   query: string
   params: SearchParams
   options: Record<string, unknown>
+  sortOrder: SearchSort[]
 }
 
 function isSchemaType(
@@ -65,16 +66,19 @@ export function createSearchQuery(
     )
     .filter(({paths}) => paths.length !== 0)
 
+  // TODO: Unnecessary when `!isScored`.
   const flattenedSpecs = specs
     .map(({typeName, paths}) => paths.map((path) => ({...path, typeName})))
     .flat()
     .filter(({weight}) => weight !== 0)
 
+  // TODO: Unnecessary when `!isScored`.
   const groupedSpecs = groupBy(
     flattenedSpecs,
     (entry) => `text::matchQuery(${entry.path}, $__query), ${entry.weight}`,
   )
 
+  // TODO: Unnecessary when `!isScored`.
   const score = Object.entries(groupedSpecs)
     .map(([args, entries]) => {
       if (entries.length === 1) {
@@ -84,23 +88,28 @@ export function createSearchQuery(
     })
     .concat([`text::matchQuery(@, $__query)`])
 
+  const sortOrder = options?.sort ?? [{field: '_score', direction: 'desc'}]
+  const isScored = sortOrder.some(({field}) => field === '_score')
+
   const filters = [
     '_type in $__types',
+    // TODO: It will be necessary to omit zero-weighted paths when `!isScored`.
+    isScored ? false : `text::matchQuery(@, $__query)`,
     options.filter ? `(${options.filter})` : false,
     searchTerms.filter ? `(${searchTerms.filter})` : false,
     '!(_id in path("versions.**"))',
     options.cursor,
   ].filter((baseFilter) => typeof baseFilter === 'string')
 
-  const sortOrder = toOrderClause(options?.sort ?? [{field: '_score', direction: 'desc'}])
-  const projectionFields = ['_type', '_id', '_score']
+  // TODO: Any field used in `sortOrder` must be projected in order to create a cursor.
+  const projectionFields = ['_type', '_id', ...(isScored ? ['_score'] : [])]
   const projection = projectionFields.join(', ')
 
   const query = [
     `*[${filters.join(' && ')}]`,
-    ['|', `score(${score.join(', ')})`],
-    ['|', `order(${sortOrder})`],
-    `[_score > 0]`,
+    isScored ? ['|', `score(${score.join(', ')})`] : [],
+    ['|', `order(${toOrderClause(sortOrder)})`],
+    isScored ? `[_score > 0]` : [],
     `[0...$__limit]`,
     `{${projection}}`,
   ]
@@ -129,5 +138,6 @@ export function createSearchQuery(
     query: [pragma, query].join('\n'),
     options: pick(options, ['tag']),
     params,
+    sortOrder,
   }
 }