diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/InfluxDBConstants.java b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/InfluxDBConstants.java
index 06e95b2dcb827..64e86b1b7dff1 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/InfluxDBConstants.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/InfluxDBConstants.java
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ public class InfluxDBConstants {
     public static final String TAG_CATEGORY_NAME = "category";
     public static final String TAG_TYPE_NAME = "type";
     public static final String TAG_LABEL_NAME = "label";
+    public static final String FIELD_MEASUREMENT_NAME = "_measurement";
 }
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/influx2/Influx2FilterCriteriaQueryCreatorImpl.java b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/influx2/Influx2FilterCriteriaQueryCreatorImpl.java
index 5f1676d717ce3..bcd9ec96fb714 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/influx2/Influx2FilterCriteriaQueryCreatorImpl.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/main/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/influx2/Influx2FilterCriteriaQueryCreatorImpl.java
@@ -66,10 +66,18 @@ public String createQuery(FilterCriteria criteria, String retentionPolicy) {
         String itemName = criteria.getItemName();
         if (itemName != null) {
             String measurementName = calculateMeasurementName(itemName);
+            boolean needsToUseItemTagName = !measurementName.equals(itemName);
+
             flux = flux.filter(measurement().equal(measurementName));
-            if (!measurementName.equals(itemName)) {
-                flux = flux.filter(tag("item").equal(itemName));
+            if (needsToUseItemTagName) {
+                flux = flux.filter(tag(TAG_ITEM_NAME).equal(itemName));
             }
+
+            if (needsToUseItemTagName)
+                flux = flux.keep(new String[] { FIELD_MEASUREMENT_NAME, COLUMN_TIME_NAME_V2, COLUMN_VALUE_NAME_V2,
+                        TAG_ITEM_NAME });
+            else
+                flux = flux.keep(new String[] { FIELD_MEASUREMENT_NAME, COLUMN_TIME_NAME_V2, COLUMN_VALUE_NAME_V2 });
         }
 
         if (criteria.getState() != null && criteria.getOperator() != null) {
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/test/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/InfluxFilterCriteriaQueryCreatorImplTest.java b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/test/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/InfluxFilterCriteriaQueryCreatorImplTest.java
index 3b0ed51a0ab72..dd423798b0209 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/test/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/InfluxFilterCriteriaQueryCreatorImplTest.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.persistence.influxdb/src/test/java/org/openhab/persistence/influxdb/internal/InfluxFilterCriteriaQueryCreatorImplTest.java
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ public void testSimpleItemQueryWithoutParams() {
         assertThat(queryV1, equalTo("SELECT \"value\"::field,\"item\"::tag FROM origin.sampleItem;"));
 
         String queryV2 = instanceV2.createQuery(criteria, RETENTION_POLICY);
-        assertThat(queryV2, equalTo("from(bucket:\"origin\")\n\t" + "|> range(start:-100y)\n\t"
-                + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"sampleItem\")"));
+        assertThat(queryV2,
+                equalTo("from(bucket:\"origin\")\n\t" + "|> range(start:-100y)\n\t"
+                        + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"sampleItem\")\n\t"
+                        + "|> keep(columns:[\"_measurement\", \"_time\", \"_value\"])"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -112,7 +114,8 @@ public void testRangeCriteria() {
         String queryV2 = instanceV2.createQuery(criteria, RETENTION_POLICY);
         String expectedQueryV2 = String.format(
                 "from(bucket:\"origin\")\n\t" + "|> range(start:%s, stop:%s)\n\t"
-                        + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"sampleItem\")",
+                        + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"sampleItem\")\n\t"
+                        + "|> keep(columns:[\"_measurement\", \"_time\", \"_value\"])",
                 INFLUX2_DATE_FORMATTER.format(now.toInstant()), INFLUX2_DATE_FORMATTER.format(tomorrow.toInstant()));
         assertThat(queryV2, equalTo(expectedQueryV2));
     }
@@ -130,6 +133,7 @@ public void testValueOperator() {
         assertThat(queryV2,
                 equalTo("from(bucket:\"origin\")\n\t" + "|> range(start:-100y)\n\t"
                         + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"sampleItem\")\n\t"
+                        + "|> keep(columns:[\"_measurement\", \"_time\", \"_value\"])\n\t"
                         + "|> filter(fn: (r) => (r[\"_field\"] == \"value\" and r[\"_value\"] <= 90))"));
     }
 
@@ -144,7 +148,8 @@ public void testPagination() {
 
         String queryV2 = instanceV2.createQuery(criteria, RETENTION_POLICY);
         assertThat(queryV2, equalTo("from(bucket:\"origin\")\n\t" + "|> range(start:-100y)\n\t"
-                + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"sampleItem\")\n\t" + "|> limit(n:10, offset:20)"));
+                + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"sampleItem\")\n\t"
+                + "|> keep(columns:[\"_measurement\", \"_time\", \"_value\"])\n\t" + "|> limit(n:10, offset:20)"));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@ public void testOrdering() {
         assertThat(queryV2,
                 equalTo("from(bucket:\"origin\")\n\t" + "|> range(start:-100y)\n\t"
                         + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"sampleItem\")\n\t"
+                        + "|> keep(columns:[\"_measurement\", \"_time\", \"_value\"])\n\t"
                         + "|> sort(desc:false, columns:[\"_time\"])"));
     }
 
@@ -189,7 +195,8 @@ public void testMeasurementNameFromMetadata() {
         assertThat(queryV2,
                 equalTo("from(bucket:\"origin\")\n\t" + "|> range(start:-100y)\n\t"
                         + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"measurementName\")\n\t"
-                        + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"item\"] == \"sampleItem\")"));
+                        + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"item\"] == \"sampleItem\")\n\t"
+                        + "|> keep(columns:[\"_measurement\", \"_time\", \"_value\", \"item\"])"));
 
         when(metadataRegistry.get(metadataKey))
                 .thenReturn(new Metadata(metadataKey, "", Map.of("key1", "val1", "key2", "val2")));
@@ -198,7 +205,9 @@ public void testMeasurementNameFromMetadata() {
         assertThat(queryV1, equalTo("SELECT \"value\"::field,\"item\"::tag FROM origin.sampleItem;"));
 
         queryV2 = instanceV2.createQuery(criteria, RETENTION_POLICY);
-        assertThat(queryV2, equalTo("from(bucket:\"origin\")\n\t" + "|> range(start:-100y)\n\t"
-                + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"sampleItem\")"));
+        assertThat(queryV2,
+                equalTo("from(bucket:\"origin\")\n\t" + "|> range(start:-100y)\n\t"
+                        + "|> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"sampleItem\")\n\t"
+                        + "|> keep(columns:[\"_measurement\", \"_time\", \"_value\"])"));
     }
 }