diff --git a/src/indexer/index_writer.rs b/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
index 2323806d12..f2e5477501 100644
--- a/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
+++ b/src/indexer/index_writer.rs
@@ -1651,6 +1651,7 @@ mod tests {
         force_end_merge: bool,
     ) -> crate::Result<Index> {
         let mut schema_builder = schema::Schema::builder();
+        let json_field = schema_builder.add_json_field("json", FAST | TEXT | STORED);
         let ip_field = schema_builder.add_ip_addr_field("ip", FAST | INDEXED | STORED);
         let ips_field = schema_builder
             .add_ip_addr_field("ips", IpAddrOptions::default().set_fast().set_indexed());
@@ -1729,7 +1730,9 @@ mod tests {
                             id_field=>id,
                         ))?;
                     } else {
+                        let json = json!({"date1": format!("2022-{id}-01T00:00:01Z"), "date2": format!("{id}-05-01T00:00:01Z"), "id": id, "ip": ip.to_string()});
                         index_writer.add_document(doc!(id_field=>id,
+                                json_field=>json,
                                 bytes_field => id.to_le_bytes().as_slice(),
                                 id_opt_field => id,
                                 ip_field => ip,
diff --git a/src/indexer/merger.rs b/src/indexer/merger.rs
index 87bc4c8c8c..8612f66c55 100644
--- a/src/indexer/merger.rs
+++ b/src/indexer/merger.rs
@@ -605,6 +605,10 @@ impl IndexMerger {
                             segment_postings.positions(&mut positions_buffer);
                             segment_postings.term_freq()
                         } else {
+                            // The positions_buffer may contain positions from the previous term
+                            // Existence of positions depend on the value type in JSON fields.
+                            // https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/issues/2283
+                            positions_buffer.clear();
                             0u32
                         };
 
diff --git a/src/indexer/segment_writer.rs b/src/indexer/segment_writer.rs
index 1888f3b47e..c0bd8d4403 100644
--- a/src/indexer/segment_writer.rs
+++ b/src/indexer/segment_writer.rs
@@ -879,6 +879,31 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(searcher.search(&phrase_query, &Count).unwrap(), 0);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_json_term_with_numeric_merge_panic_regression_bug_2283() {
+        // https://github.com/quickwit-oss/tantivy/issues/2283
+        let mut schema_builder = Schema::builder();
+        let json = schema_builder.add_json_field("json", TEXT);
+        let schema = schema_builder.build();
+        let index = Index::create_in_ram(schema);
+        let mut writer = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
+        let doc = json!({"field": "a"});
+        writer.add_document(doc!(json=>doc)).unwrap();
+        writer.commit().unwrap();
+        let doc = json!({"field": "a", "id": 1});
+        writer.add_document(doc!(json=>doc.clone())).unwrap();
+        writer.commit().unwrap();
+
+        // Force Merge
+        writer.wait_merging_threads().unwrap();
+        let mut index_writer: IndexWriter = index.writer_for_tests().unwrap();
+        let segment_ids = index
+            .searchable_segment_ids()
+            .expect("Searchable segments failed.");
+        index_writer.merge(&segment_ids).wait().unwrap();
+        assert!(index_writer.wait_merging_threads().is_ok());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_bug_regression_1629_position_when_array_with_a_field_value_that_does_not_contain_any_token(
     ) {