diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/query/HybridQueryBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/query/HybridQueryBuilder.java
index bea94e603..f478160f9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/query/HybridQueryBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/neuralsearch/query/HybridQueryBuilder.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public final class HybridQueryBuilder extends AbstractQueryBuilder<HybridQueryBu
 
     static final int MAX_NUMBER_OF_SUB_QUERIES = 5;
     private final static int DEFAULT_PAGINATION_DEPTH = 10;
-    private static final int LOWER_BOUND_OF_PAGINATION_DEPTH = 0;
+    private static final int LOWER_BOUND_OF_PAGINATION_DEPTH = 1;
 
     public HybridQueryBuilder(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         super(in);