diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/milvus.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/milvus.py
index 0eaae81b3..c659bdf6c 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/milvus.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/milvus/milvus.py
@@ -413,15 +413,6 @@ class MilvusVectorIOAdapter(OpenAIVectorStoreMixin, VectorIO, VectorDBsProtocolP
         index = await self._get_and_cache_vector_db_index(vector_db_id)
         if not index:
             raise VectorStoreNotFoundError(vector_db_id)
-
-        if params and params.get("mode") == "keyword":
-            # Check if this is inline Milvus (Milvus-Lite)
-            if hasattr(self.config, "db_path"):
-                raise NotImplementedError(
-                    "Keyword search is not supported in Milvus-Lite. "
-                    "Please use a remote Milvus server for keyword search functionality."
-                )
-
         return await index.query_chunks(query, params)
 
     async def delete_chunks(self, store_id: str, chunks_for_deletion: list[ChunkForDeletion]) -> None:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index db0ad1f00..000d87dcf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ unit = [
     "blobfile",
     "faiss-cpu",
     "pymilvus>=2.5.12",
+    "milvus-lite>=2.5.0",
     "litellm",
     "together",
     "coverage",
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ test = [
     "sqlalchemy[asyncio]>=2.0.41",
     "requests",
     "pymilvus>=2.5.12",
+    "milvus-lite>=2.5.0",
     "weaviate-client>=4.16.4",
 ]
 docs = [
diff --git a/tests/integration/vector_io/test_openai_vector_stores.py b/tests/integration/vector_io/test_openai_vector_stores.py
index 7ccca9077..bead95c26 100644
--- a/tests/integration/vector_io/test_openai_vector_stores.py
+++ b/tests/integration/vector_io/test_openai_vector_stores.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def skip_if_provider_doesnt_support_openai_vector_stores_search(client_with_mode
         "keyword": [
             "inline::sqlite-vec",
             "remote::milvus",
+            "inline::milvus",
         ],
         "hybrid": [
             "inline::sqlite-vec",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 4c56816ef..6f1b933f7 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 version = 1
-revision = 3
+revision = 2
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 resolution-markers = [
     "(python_full_version >= '3.13' and platform_machine != 'aarch64' and sys_platform == 'linux') or (python_full_version >= '3.13' and sys_platform != 'darwin' and sys_platform != 'linux')",
@@ -1809,6 +1809,7 @@ test = [
     { name = "chardet" },
     { name = "datasets" },
     { name = "mcp" },
+    { name = "milvus-lite" },
     { name = "openai" },
     { name = "pymilvus" },
     { name = "pypdf" },
@@ -1831,6 +1832,7 @@ unit = [
     { name = "faiss-cpu" },
     { name = "litellm" },
     { name = "mcp" },
+    { name = "milvus-lite" },
     { name = "ollama" },
     { name = "openai" },
     { name = "pymilvus" },
@@ -1925,6 +1927,7 @@ test = [
     { name = "chardet" },
     { name = "datasets" },
     { name = "mcp" },
+    { name = "milvus-lite", specifier = ">=2.5.0" },
     { name = "openai" },
     { name = "pymilvus", specifier = ">=2.5.12" },
     { name = "pypdf" },
@@ -1946,6 +1949,7 @@ unit = [
     { name = "faiss-cpu" },
     { name = "litellm" },
     { name = "mcp" },
+    { name = "milvus-lite", specifier = ">=2.5.0" },
     { name = "ollama" },
     { name = "openai" },
     { name = "pymilvus", specifier = ">=2.5.12" },