diff --git a/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/fields/parent.ts b/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/fields/parent.ts
index 92212cb451d..32048ab32ec 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/fields/parent.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/fields/parent.ts
@@ -9,23 +9,15 @@ export const createParentField = (
   >,
 ): SingleRelationshipField => ({
   name: 'parent',
-  relationTo,
-  type: 'relationship',
-  maxDepth: 1,
-  filterOptions: ({ id }) => {
-    if (id) {
-      return {
-        id: { not_equals: id },
-        'breadcrumbs.doc': { not_in: [id] },
-      }
-    }
-
-    return null
-  },
   admin: {
     position: 'sidebar',
     ...(overrides?.admin || {}),
   },
+  // filterOptions are assigned dynamically based on the pluginConfig
+  // filterOptions: parentFilterOptions(),
+  maxDepth: 1,
+  relationTo,
+  type: 'relationship',
   ...(overrides || {}),
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/fields/parentFilterOptions.ts b/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/fields/parentFilterOptions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc408820f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/fields/parentFilterOptions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import type { FilterOptions } from 'payload/dist/fields/config/types'
+
+export const parentFilterOptions: (breadcrumbsFieldSlug?: string) => FilterOptions =
+  (breadcrumbsFieldSlug = 'breadcrumbs') =>
+  ({ id }) => {
+    if (id) {
+      return {
+        id: { not_equals: id },
+        [`${breadcrumbsFieldSlug}.doc`]: { not_in: [id] },
+      }
+    }
+
+    return null
+  }
+
+export default parentFilterOptions
diff --git a/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/index.ts
index b792c7a42c7..2ae37e5e98c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-nested-docs/src/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import type { Plugin } from 'payload/config'
+import type { SingleRelationshipField } from 'payload/dist/fields/config/types'
 
 import type { PluginConfig } from './types'
 
 import createBreadcrumbsField from './fields/breadcrumbs'
 import createParentField from './fields/parent'
+import parentFilterOptions from './fields/parentFilterOptions'
 import resaveChildren from './hooks/resaveChildren'
 import resaveSelfAfterCreate from './hooks/resaveSelfAfterCreate'
 import populateBreadcrumbs from './utilities/populateBreadcrumbs'
@@ -23,10 +25,20 @@ const nestedDocs =
 
         const existingParentField = collection.fields.find(
           (field) => 'name' in field && field.name === (pluginConfig?.parentFieldSlug || 'parent'),
-        )
+        ) as SingleRelationshipField
+
+        const defaultFilterOptions = parentFilterOptions(pluginConfig?.breadcrumbsFieldSlug)
+
+        if (existingParentField) {
+          if (!existingParentField.filterOptions) {
+            existingParentField.filterOptions = defaultFilterOptions
+          }
+        }
 
         if (!existingParentField && !pluginConfig.parentFieldSlug) {
-          fields.push(createParentField(collection.slug))
+          const defaultParentField = createParentField(collection.slug)
+          defaultParentField.filterOptions = defaultFilterOptions
+          fields.push(defaultParentField)
         }
 
         if (!existingBreadcrumbField && !pluginConfig.breadcrumbsFieldSlug) {
diff --git a/test/plugin-nested-docs/int.spec.ts b/test/plugin-nested-docs/int.spec.ts
index d574784e4bb..ace3e0b1af4 100644
--- a/test/plugin-nested-docs/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/plugin-nested-docs/int.spec.ts
@@ -68,5 +68,34 @@ describe('Nested Docs', () => {
 
       expect(parentField.admin.description).toStrictEqual('custom')
     })
+
+    it('should allow custom breadcrumb slugs', async () => {
+      const parent = await payload.create({
+        collection: 'categories',
+        data: {
+          name: 'parent',
+        },
+      })
+      const child = await payload.create({
+        collection: 'categories',
+        data: {
+          name: 'child',
+          parent: parent.id,
+        },
+      })
+      const grandchild = await payload.create({
+        collection: 'categories',
+        data: {
+          name: 'grandchild',
+          parent: child.id,
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(grandchild.categorization[0].doc).toStrictEqual(parent.id)
+      expect(grandchild.categorization[0].label).toStrictEqual('parent')
+      expect(grandchild.categorization[1].doc).toStrictEqual(child.id)
+      expect(grandchild.categorization[1].label).toStrictEqual('child')
+      expect(grandchild.categorization[2].label).toStrictEqual('grandchild')
+    })
   })
 })