diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/CalciteRelNodeVisitor.java b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/CalciteRelNodeVisitor.java
index f5d7532f9c6..4e6182163f3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/CalciteRelNodeVisitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/CalciteRelNodeVisitor.java
@@ -656,6 +656,10 @@ public RelNode visitRename(Rename node, CalcitePlanContext context) {
       }
 
       List<String> matchingFields = WildcardRenameUtils.matchFieldNames(sourcePattern, newNames);
+      // Exclude metadata fields from wildcard rename (issue #5099)
+      if (WildcardRenameUtils.isWildcardPattern(sourcePattern)) {
+        matchingFields.removeIf(this::isMetadataField);
+      }
 
       for (String fieldName : matchingFields) {
         String newName =
diff --git a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/remote/CalcitePPLRenameIT.java b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/remote/CalcitePPLRenameIT.java
index 6cd0674a2dc..24401444457 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/remote/CalcitePPLRenameIT.java
+++ b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/calcite/remote/CalcitePPLRenameIT.java
@@ -199,6 +199,41 @@ public void testRenameFullWildcard() throws IOException {
     verifyDataRows(result, rows("Jake", 70), rows("Hello", 30), rows("John", 25), rows("Jane", 20));
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testRenameFullWildcardExcludesMetadataFields() throws IOException {
+    JSONObject result =
+        executeQuery(String.format("source = %s | rename * as old_*", TEST_INDEX_STATE_COUNTRY));
+    verifySchema(
+        result,
+        schema("old_name", "string"),
+        schema("old_age", "int"),
+        schema("old_state", "string"),
+        schema("old_country", "string"),
+        schema("old_year", "int"),
+        schema("old_month", "int"));
+    verifyDataRows(
+        result,
+        rows("Jake", "USA", "California", 4, 2023, 70),
+        rows("Hello", "USA", "New York", 4, 2023, 30),
+        rows("John", "Canada", "Ontario", 4, 2023, 25),
+        rows("Jane", "Canada", "Quebec", 4, 2023, 20));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testRenamePartialWildcardExcludesMetadataFields() throws IOException {
+    JSONObject result =
+        executeQuery(String.format("source = %s | rename _* as meta_*", TEST_INDEX_STATE_COUNTRY));
+    verifySchema(
+        result,
+        schema("name", "string"),
+        schema("age", "int"),
+        schema("state", "string"),
+        schema("country", "string"),
+        schema("year", "int"),
+        schema("month", "int"));
+    verifyStandardDataRows(result);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testRenameMultipleWildcards() throws IOException {
     JSONObject result =
diff --git a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/security/CalciteCrossClusterSearchIT.java b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/security/CalciteCrossClusterSearchIT.java
index e55e406de7b..b7e62a271bf 100644
--- a/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/security/CalciteCrossClusterSearchIT.java
+++ b/integ-test/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sql/security/CalciteCrossClusterSearchIT.java
@@ -262,27 +262,12 @@ public void testCrossClusterRenameFullWildcard() throws IOException {
     JSONObject result =
         executeQuery(String.format("search source=%s | rename * as old_*", TEST_INDEX_DOG_REMOTE));
     verifyColumn(
-        result,
-        columnName("old_dog_name"),
-        columnName("old_holdersName"),
-        columnName("old_age"),
-        columnName("old__id"),
-        columnName("old__index"),
-        columnName("old__score"),
-        columnName("old__maxscore"),
-        columnName("old__sort"),
-        columnName("old__routing"));
+        result, columnName("old_dog_name"), columnName("old_holdersName"), columnName("old_age"));
     verifySchema(
         result,
         schema("old_dog_name", "string"),
         schema("old_holdersName", "string"),
-        schema("old_age", "bigint"),
-        schema("old__id", "string"),
-        schema("old__index", "string"),
-        schema("old__score", "float"),
-        schema("old__maxscore", "float"),
-        schema("old__sort", "bigint"),
-        schema("old__routing", "string"));
+        schema("old_age", "bigint"));
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/integ-test/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/issues/5099.yml b/integ-test/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/issues/5099.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a30381ecf50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integ-test/src/yamlRestTest/resources/rest-api-spec/test/issues/5099.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+setup:
+  - do:
+      query.settings:
+        body:
+          transient:
+            plugins.calcite.enabled: true
+  - do:
+      indices.create:
+        index: issue5099
+        body:
+          settings:
+            number_of_shards: 1
+            number_of_replicas: 0
+          mappings:
+            properties:
+              name:
+                type: keyword
+              age:
+                type: integer
+  - do:
+      bulk:
+        refresh: true
+        body:
+          - '{"index": {"_index": "issue5099", "_id": "1"}}'
+          - '{"name": "Alice", "age": 30}'
+          - '{"index": {"_index": "issue5099", "_id": "2"}}'
+          - '{"name": "Bob", "age": 25}'
+
+---
+teardown:
+  - do:
+      indices.delete:
+        index: issue5099
+        ignore_unavailable: true
+  - do:
+      query.settings:
+        body:
+          transient:
+            plugins.calcite.enabled: false
+
+---
+"Issue 5099: rename with wildcard should not apply on hidden fields":
+  - skip:
+      features:
+        - headers
+        - allowed_warnings
+  - do:
+      allowed_warnings:
+        - 'Loading the fielddata on the _id field is deprecated and will be removed in future versions. If you require sorting or aggregating on this field you should also include the id in the body of your documents, and map this field as a keyword field that has [doc_values] enabled'
+      headers:
+        Content-Type: 'application/json'
+      ppl:
+        body:
+          query: source=issue5099 | rename * as old_*
+
+  - match: { total: 2 }
+  - length: { schema: 2 }
+  - match: { schema: [ { name: "old_name", type: "string" }, { name: "old_age", type: "int" } ] }
+  - length: { datarows: 2 }