diff --git a/docs/reference/migration/migrate_8_0.asciidoc b/docs/reference/migration/migrate_8_0.asciidoc
index 4478b678a11f3..bf363ea30f858 100644
--- a/docs/reference/migration/migrate_8_0.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/migration/migrate_8_0.asciidoc
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ See also <<release-highlights>> and <<es-release-notes>>.
 
 coming[8.0.0]
 
+* <<breaking_80_aggregations_changes>>
 * <<breaking_80_analysis_changes>>
 * <<breaking_80_allocation_changes>>
 * <<breaking_80_breaker_changes>>
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ is replaced with a new endpoint that does not contain `_xpack`. As an example,
 
 // end::notable-breaking-changes[]
 
+include::migrate_8_0/aggregations.asciidoc[]
 include::migrate_8_0/analysis.asciidoc[]
 include::migrate_8_0/allocation.asciidoc[]
 include::migrate_8_0/breaker.asciidoc[]
diff --git a/docs/reference/migration/migrate_8_0/aggregations.asciidoc b/docs/reference/migration/migrate_8_0/aggregations.asciidoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fd7c3affb15b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/reference/migration/migrate_8_0/aggregations.asciidoc
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[float]
+[[breaking_80_aggregations_changes]]
+=== Aggregations changes
+
+//NOTE: The notable-breaking-changes tagged regions are re-used in the
+//Installation and Upgrade Guide
+
+//tag::notable-breaking-changes[]
+[discrete]
+[[percentile-duplication]]
+==== Duplicate values no longer supported in percentiles aggregation
+
+If you specify the `percents` parameter with the
+<<search-aggregations-metrics-percentile-aggregation,percentiles aggregation>>,
+its values must be unique. Otherwise, an exception occurs.
+
+// end::notable-breaking-changes[]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/reference/release-notes/8.0.0-alpha1.asciidoc b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.0.0-alpha1.asciidoc
index 4693221f629cf..239ffb0e3f94f 100644
--- a/docs/reference/release-notes/8.0.0-alpha1.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/reference/release-notes/8.0.0-alpha1.asciidoc
@@ -4,5 +4,11 @@
 The changes listed below have been released for the first time in {es}
 8.0.0-alpha1.
 
-coming[8.0.0]
+[[breaking-8.0.0-alpha1]]
+[float]
+=== Breaking changes
+
+Aggregations::
+* Disallow specifying the same percentile multiple times in percentiles aggregation {pull}52257[#52257]
 
+coming[8.0.0]
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/PercentilesAggregationBuilder.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/PercentilesAggregationBuilder.java
index 851304a4c63ce..ca6b13ac5a421 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/PercentilesAggregationBuilder.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/PercentilesAggregationBuilder.java
@@ -99,11 +99,17 @@ private static double[] validatePercentiles(double[] percents, String aggName) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("[percents] must not be empty: [" + aggName + "]");
         }
         double[] sortedPercents = Arrays.copyOf(percents, percents.length);
+        double previousPercent = -1.0;
         Arrays.sort(sortedPercents);
         for (double percent : sortedPercents) {
             if (percent < 0.0 || percent > 100.0) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("percent must be in [0,100], got [" + percent + "]: [" + aggName + "]");
             }
+
+            if (percent == previousPercent) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("percent [" + percent + "] has been specified twice: [" + aggName + "]");
+            }
+            previousPercent = percent;
         }
         return sortedPercents;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/PercentilesTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/PercentilesTests.java
index c18fa664ffd99..5d1d9f1353d32 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/PercentilesTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/metrics/PercentilesTests.java
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ public void testOutOfRangePercentilesThrows() throws IOException {
         assertEquals("percent must be in [0,100], got [104.0]: [testAgg]", ex.getMessage());
     }
 
+    public void testDuplicatePercentilesThrows() throws IOException {
+        PercentilesAggregationBuilder builder = new PercentilesAggregationBuilder("testAgg");
+        IllegalArgumentException ex = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> builder.percentiles(5, 42, 10, 99, 42, 87));
+        assertEquals("percent [42.0] has been specified twice: [testAgg]", ex.getMessage());
+    }
+
     public void testExceptionMultipleMethods() throws IOException {
         final String illegalAgg = "{\n" +
             "       \"percentiles\": {\n" +