diff --git a/includes/classes/Indexable/Term/QueryIntegration.php b/includes/classes/Indexable/Term/QueryIntegration.php
index 236856c624..f6a5b1f8cf 100644
--- a/includes/classes/Indexable/Term/QueryIntegration.php
+++ b/includes/classes/Indexable/Term/QueryIntegration.php
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ protected function format_hits_as_terms( $terms, $new_terms, $query_vars ) {
 			}
 
 			$term->elasticsearch = true; // Super useful for debugging.
+			$term = new \WP_Term( $term ); // Necessary for WordPress actions that expect WP_Term as the object type.
 
 			if ( $term ) {
 				$new_terms[] = $term;