diff --git a/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/dialect/Dialect.java b/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/dialect/Dialect.java
index 6af636e91..52df32525 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/dialect/Dialect.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/networknt/schema/dialect/Dialect.java
@@ -414,10 +414,10 @@ public String readDynamicAnchor(JsonNode schemaNode) {
         return null;
     }
 
-    private static String readText(JsonNode node, String field) {
-        JsonNode fieldNode = node.get(field);
-        return fieldNode == null ? null : fieldNode.asString();
-    }
+    private static String readText(JsonNode node, String field) {
+        JsonNode fieldNode = node.get(field);
+        return fieldNode == null ? null : fieldNode.stringValue(null);
+    }
 
     public String getId() {
         return this.id;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/networknt/schema/Issue1246Test.java b/src/test/java/com/networknt/schema/Issue1246Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13615fa85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/networknt/schema/Issue1246Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.networknt.schema;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class Issue1246Test {
+    @Test
+    void draft4SchemaIdResolutionIgnoresNonTextIdPropertySchemas() {
+        String schemaData = "{\n"
+                + "  \"id\": \"https://www.example.org/schema#\",\n"
+                + "  \"$schema\": \"http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#\",\n"
+                + "  \"type\": \"object\",\n"
+                + "  \"properties\": {\n"
+                + "    \"title\": {\n"
+                + "      \"$ref\": \"http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#/properties/title\"\n"
+                + "    }\n"
+                + "  }\n"
+                + "}";
+        Schema schema = SchemaRegistry.withDefaultDialect(SpecificationVersion.DRAFT_4)
+                .getSchema(schemaData);
+
+        assertTrue(schema.validate("{\"title\":\"Sample API\"}", InputFormat.JSON).isEmpty());
+    }
+}