diff --git a/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/ExactFilter.php b/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/ExactFilter.php
index ccb883d86e..17c664393f 100644
--- a/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/ExactFilter.php
+++ b/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/ExactFilter.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Doctrine\Common\Filter\ManagerRegistryAwareTrait;
 use ApiPlatform\Doctrine\Common\Filter\OpenApiFilterTrait;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\BackwardCompatibleFilterDescriptionTrait;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\OpenApiParameterFilterInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Operation;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Aggregation\Builder;
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ final class ExactFilter implements FilterInterface, OpenApiParameterFilterInterf
     public function apply(Builder $aggregationBuilder, string $resourceClass, ?Operation $operation = null, array &$context = []): void
     {
         $parameter = $context['parameter'];
+
+        if (null === $parameter->getProperty()) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(\sprintf('The filter parameter with key "%s" must specify a property. Please provide the property explicitly.', $parameter->getKey()));
+        }
+
         $property = $parameter->getProperty();
         $value = $parameter->getValue();
         $operator = $context['operator'] ?? 'addAnd';
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/IriFilter.php b/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/IriFilter.php
index 4f0d742dc1..df4afe6c5d 100644
--- a/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/IriFilter.php
+++ b/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/IriFilter.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Doctrine\Common\Filter\ManagerRegistryAwareTrait;
 use ApiPlatform\Doctrine\Common\Filter\OpenApiFilterTrait;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\BackwardCompatibleFilterDescriptionTrait;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\OpenApiParameterFilterInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Operation;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\ParameterProviderFilterInterface;
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@ final class IriFilter implements FilterInterface, OpenApiParameterFilterInterfac
     public function apply(Builder $aggregationBuilder, string $resourceClass, ?Operation $operation = null, array &$context = []): void
     {
         $parameter = $context['parameter'];
+
+        if (null === $parameter->getProperty()) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(\sprintf('The filter parameter with key "%s" must specify a property. Please provide the property explicitly.', $parameter->getKey()));
+        }
+
         $value = $parameter->getValue();
         $operator = $context['operator'] ?? 'addAnd';
         $match = $context['match'] = $context['match'] ??
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/PartialSearchFilter.php b/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/PartialSearchFilter.php
index f5fd2f1bb3..f85b1a5b32 100644
--- a/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/PartialSearchFilter.php
+++ b/src/Doctrine/Odm/Filter/PartialSearchFilter.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 use ApiPlatform\Doctrine\Common\Filter\OpenApiFilterTrait;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\BackwardCompatibleFilterDescriptionTrait;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\OpenApiParameterFilterInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Operation;
 use Doctrine\ODM\MongoDB\Aggregation\Builder;
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ final class PartialSearchFilter implements FilterInterface, OpenApiParameterFilt
     public function apply(Builder $aggregationBuilder, string $resourceClass, ?Operation $operation = null, array &$context = []): void
     {
         $parameter = $context['parameter'];
+
+        if (null === $parameter->getProperty()) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(\sprintf('The filter parameter with key "%s" must specify a property. Please provide the property explicitly.', $parameter->getKey()));
+        }
+
         $property = $parameter->getProperty();
         $values = $parameter->getValue();
         $match = $context['match'] = $context['match'] ??
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/AbstractUuidFilter.php b/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/AbstractUuidFilter.php
index b96f3e9bde..5f221fdc6b 100644
--- a/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/AbstractUuidFilter.php
+++ b/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/AbstractUuidFilter.php
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ public function apply(QueryBuilder $queryBuilder, QueryNameGeneratorInterface $q
             return;
         }
 
+        if (null === $parameter->getProperty()) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(\sprintf('The filter parameter with key "%s" must specify a property. Nested properties are not automatically resolved. Please provide the property explicitly.', $parameter->getKey()));
+        }
+
         $this->filterProperty($parameter->getProperty(), $parameter->getValue(), $queryBuilder, $queryNameGenerator, $resourceClass, $operation, $context);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/ExactFilter.php b/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/ExactFilter.php
index 3795615171..b075ea2feb 100644
--- a/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/ExactFilter.php
+++ b/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/ExactFilter.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Doctrine\Common\Filter\OpenApiFilterTrait;
 use ApiPlatform\Doctrine\Orm\Util\QueryNameGeneratorInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\BackwardCompatibleFilterDescriptionTrait;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\OpenApiParameterFilterInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Operation;
 use Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder;
@@ -32,6 +33,11 @@ public function apply(QueryBuilder $queryBuilder, QueryNameGeneratorInterface $q
     {
         $parameter = $context['parameter'];
         $value = $parameter->getValue();
+
+        if (null === $parameter->getProperty()) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(\sprintf('The filter parameter with key "%s" must specify a property. Please provide the property explicitly.', $parameter->getKey()));
+        }
+
         $property = $parameter->getProperty();
         $alias = $queryBuilder->getRootAliases()[0];
         $parameterName = $queryNameGenerator->generateParameterName($property);
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/IriFilter.php b/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/IriFilter.php
index 32acf8f59f..43ec3ba94a 100644
--- a/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/IriFilter.php
+++ b/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/IriFilter.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Doctrine\Common\Filter\OpenApiFilterTrait;
 use ApiPlatform\Doctrine\Orm\Util\QueryNameGeneratorInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\BackwardCompatibleFilterDescriptionTrait;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\OpenApiParameterFilterInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Operation;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\ParameterProviderFilterInterface;
@@ -34,6 +35,11 @@ public function apply(QueryBuilder $queryBuilder, QueryNameGeneratorInterface $q
     {
         $parameter = $context['parameter'];
         $value = $parameter->getValue();
+
+        if (null === $parameter->getProperty()) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(\sprintf('The filter parameter with key "%s" must specify a property. Please provide the property explicitly.', $parameter->getKey()));
+        }
+
         $property = $parameter->getProperty();
         $alias = $queryBuilder->getRootAliases()[0];
         $parameterName = $queryNameGenerator->generateParameterName($property);
diff --git a/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/PartialSearchFilter.php b/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/PartialSearchFilter.php
index 90cde75c3f..b96ed8bcc1 100644
--- a/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/PartialSearchFilter.php
+++ b/src/Doctrine/Orm/Filter/PartialSearchFilter.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use ApiPlatform\Doctrine\Common\Filter\OpenApiFilterTrait;
 use ApiPlatform\Doctrine\Orm\Util\QueryNameGeneratorInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\BackwardCompatibleFilterDescriptionTrait;
+use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\OpenApiParameterFilterInterface;
 use ApiPlatform\Metadata\Operation;
 use Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder;
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ final class PartialSearchFilter implements FilterInterface, OpenApiParameterFilt
     public function apply(QueryBuilder $queryBuilder, QueryNameGeneratorInterface $queryNameGenerator, string $resourceClass, ?Operation $operation = null, array $context = []): void
     {
         $parameter = $context['parameter'];
+
+        if (null === $parameter->getProperty()) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(\sprintf('The filter parameter with key "%s" must specify a property. Please provide the property explicitly.', $parameter->getKey()));
+        }
+
         $property = $parameter->getProperty();
         $alias = $queryBuilder->getRootAliases()[0];
         $field = $alias.'.'.$property;