diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
index aa2c92ffecca..74ba3572c4f1 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/index/IndexWriter.java
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@ public long updateBinaryDocValue(Term term, String field, BytesRef value) throws
     if (value == null) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("cannot update a field to a null value: " + field);
     }
-    globalFieldNumberMap.verifyOrCreateDvOnlyField(field, DocValuesType.BINARY, true);
+    globalFieldNumberMap.verifyOrCreateDvOnlyField(field, DocValuesType.BINARY, false);
     try {
       return maybeProcessEvents(
           docWriter.updateDocValues(new BinaryDocValuesUpdate(term, field, value)));
diff --git a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestBinaryDocValuesUpdates.java b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestBinaryDocValuesUpdates.java
index e014f69275ab..692ac1ce89ad 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestBinaryDocValuesUpdates.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestBinaryDocValuesUpdates.java
@@ -149,6 +149,41 @@ public void testSimple() throws Exception {
     dir.close();
   }
 
+  public void testSimpleAddBDVFieldViaUpdate() throws Exception {
+    Directory dir = newDirectory();
+    IndexWriterConfig conf = newIndexWriterConfig(new MockAnalyzer(random()));
+    // make sure random config doesn't flush on us
+    conf.setMaxBufferedDocs(10);
+    conf.setRAMBufferSizeMB(IndexWriterConfig.DISABLE_AUTO_FLUSH);
+    IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, conf);
+    writer.addDocument(doc(0)); // val=1
+    writer.addDocument(doc(1)); // val=2
+    if (random().nextBoolean()) { // randomly commit before the update is sent
+      writer.commit();
+    }
+    writer.updateBinaryDocValue(new Term("id", "doc-0"), "new", toBytes(2)); // doc=0, exp=2
+
+    final DirectoryReader reader;
+    if (random().nextBoolean()) { // not NRT
+      writer.close();
+      reader = DirectoryReader.open(dir);
+    } else { // NRT
+      reader = DirectoryReader.open(writer);
+      writer.close();
+    }
+
+    assertEquals(1, reader.leaves().size());
+    LeafReader r = reader.leaves().get(0).reader();
+    BinaryDocValues bdv = r.getBinaryDocValues("new");
+    assertEquals(0, bdv.nextDoc());
+    assertEquals(2, getValue(bdv));
+    assertEquals(NO_MORE_DOCS, bdv.nextDoc());
+    // assertEquals(2, getValue(bdv));
+    reader.close();
+
+    dir.close();
+  }
+
   public void testUpdateFewSegments() throws Exception {
     Directory dir = newDirectory();
     IndexWriterConfig conf = newIndexWriterConfig(new MockAnalyzer(random()));
@@ -463,11 +498,12 @@ public void testUpdateNonBinaryDocValuesField() throws Exception {
     writer.commit();
     writer.addDocument(doc); // in-memory document
 
-    expectThrows(
-        IllegalArgumentException.class,
-        () -> {
-          writer.updateBinaryDocValue(new Term("key", "doc"), "bdv", toBytes(17L));
-        });
+    // expectThrows(
+    //    IllegalArgumentException.class,
+    //    () -> {
+    // now we accept adding bdv field
+    writer.updateBinaryDocValue(new Term("key", "doc"), "bdv", toBytes(17L));
+    //    });
 
     expectThrows(
         IllegalArgumentException.class,