diff --git a/jstests/sharding/query/agg/OWNERS.yml b/jstests/sharding/query/agg/OWNERS.yml
index 3a4f8ea9d02..d1f7cf96356 100644
--- a/jstests/sharding/query/agg/OWNERS.yml
+++ b/jstests/sharding/query/agg/OWNERS.yml
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ filters:
   - "*targeting*":
     approvers:
       - 10gen/query-optimization
+  - "*orphan_filtering*":
+    approvers:
+      - 10gen/query-optimization
diff --git a/jstests/sharding/query/agg/agg_orphan_filtering_renamed_shardkey.js b/jstests/sharding/query/agg/agg_orphan_filtering_renamed_shardkey.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7388d63f285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jstests/sharding/query/agg/agg_orphan_filtering_renamed_shardkey.js
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+// Tests whether orphan document are filtered correctly for pipelines involving equalities on
+// renamed shard key in presence of shards and moving chunks
+// @tags: [requires_sharding, requires_fcv_82]
+
+import {configureFailPoint} from "jstests/libs/fail_point_util.js";
+import {ShardingTest} from "jstests/libs/shardingtest.js";
+
+const docs = [
+    {_id: 0, shardKey: 6, data: NumberInt(0)},
+    {_id: 1, shardKey: 0, data: NumberInt(0)},
+];
+
+// renaming sharding key and applying an $or on predicates on the renamed key and another field.
+const renameShardKeyWithOrOnRenamedField = [
+    {$project: {renamedShardKey: "$shardKey"}},
+    {$match: {$or: [{renamedShardKey: 6, data: {$ne: 1}}]}},
+];
+
+// renaming sharding key and applying an $and on predicates on the renamed key and another field.
+const renameShardKeyWithAndOnRenamedField = [
+    {$project: {renamedShardKey: "$shardKey"}},
+    {$match: {$and: [{renamedShardKey: 6, data: {$ne: 1}}]}},
+];
+
+// only applying an $or on predicates on the renamed key and another field.
+const orOnShardKey = [{$match: {$or: [{shardKey: 6, data: {$ne: 1}}]}}];
+
+// renaming sharding key and applying only an equality predicate on the renamed key.
+const renameShardKeyWithSimpleQueryOnRenamedField = [
+    {$project: {renamedShardKey: "$shardKey"}},
+    {$match: {renamedShardKey: 6}},
+];
+
+// applying only an equality predicate on the shard key.
+const simpleQueryOnShardKey = [{$match: {shardKey: 6}}];
+
+// grouping on the sharding key and applying an equality on the grouping key.
+const groupOnShardKeyAndQueryOnGroupField = [{$group: {_id: "$shardKey"}}, {$match: {_id: 6}}];
+
+const queries = [
+    renameShardKeyWithOrOnRenamedField,
+    renameShardKeyWithAndOnRenamedField,
+    orOnShardKey,
+    renameShardKeyWithSimpleQueryOnRenamedField,
+    simpleQueryOnShardKey,
+    groupOnShardKeyAndQueryOnGroupField,
+];
+
+function dbHasOrphan(st, coll) {
+    let allShards =
+        st.getDB("admin")
+            .aggregate([{$shardedDataDistribution: {}}, {$match: {ns: coll.getFullName()}}])
+            .next();
+    let hasOrphan = false;
+    for (const shard of allShards.shards) {
+        hasOrphan = hasOrphan || shard.numOrphanedDocs;
+    }
+    return hasOrphan;
+}
+
+const st = new ShardingTest({shards: 2, mongos: 1});
+const shardedDb = st.getDB("test");
+assert(st.adminCommand({enablesharding: "test", primaryShard: st.shard0.shardName}));
+const coll = shardedDb.coll;
+
+for (const query of queries) {
+    assert(coll.drop());
+    assert.commandWorked(coll.insert(docs));
+    assert.commandWorked(coll.createIndex({shardKey: 1}));
+
+    const resultsBeforeSharding = coll.aggregate(query).toArray();
+
+    assert(st.adminCommand({shardcollection: coll.getFullName(), key: {shardKey: 1}}));
+    const resultsAfterSharding = coll.aggregate(query).toArray();
+
+    // The results before and after sharding should be identical.
+    assert.eq(
+        resultsBeforeSharding, resultsAfterSharding, {resultsBeforeSharding, resultsAfterSharding});
+
+    // one doc on each shard
+    assert(st.adminCommand({split: coll.getFullName(), middle: {shardKey: 3}}));
+    const resultsAfterSplitting = coll.aggregate(query).toArray();
+
+    // The results before and after splitting should be identical.
+    assert.eq(resultsBeforeSharding,
+              resultsAfterSplitting,
+              {resultsBeforeSharding, resultsAfterSplitting});
+
+    let suspendRangeDeletionShard0Fp =
+        configureFailPoint(st.rs0.getPrimary(), "suspendRangeDeletion");
+
+    // shard0 will have shardKey=0 doc and the orphaned shardKey=6 doc, and shard1 will have only
+    // the shardKey=6 document.
+    assert(st.adminCommand(
+        {moveChunk: coll.getFullName(), find: {shardKey: 6}, to: st.shard1.shardName}));
+    suspendRangeDeletionShard0Fp.wait();
+
+    const resultsAfterMovingChunk = coll.aggregate(query).toArray();
+
+    // ensure there is an orphaned document before the query.
+    assert.eq(dbHasOrphan(st, coll), 1);
+
+    // Assert on results of queries despite orphaned documents.
+    // The results before and after moving chunks should be identical.
+    assert.eq(resultsBeforeSharding,
+              resultsAfterMovingChunk,
+              {resultsBeforeSharding, resultsAfterMovingChunk});
+
+    // ensure there is an orphaned document even after the query.
+    assert.eq(dbHasOrphan(st, coll), 1);
+
+    // release range deletion to clean orphaned documents
+    suspendRangeDeletionShard0Fp.off();
+}
+
+st.stop();
diff --git a/src/mongo/db/query/query_planner_params.cpp b/src/mongo/db/query/query_planner_params.cpp
index 87d06a702ae..194fd3afb4f 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/query/query_planner_params.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/query/query_planner_params.cpp
@@ -715,6 +715,12 @@ bool QueryPlannerParams::requiresShardFiltering(const CanonicalQuery& canonicalQ
         return false;
     }
 
+    // Check whether the query is running over multiple shards and will require merging.
+    const auto expCtx = canonicalQuery.getExpCtx();
+    if (expCtx->getNeedsMerge()) {
+        return true;
+    }
+
     const auto& shardKeyPattern = collection.getShardKeyPattern();
     // Shards cannot own orphans for the key ranges they own, so there is no need
     // to include a shard filtering stage. By omitting the shard filter, it may be