diff --git a/integrations/weaviate/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/weaviate/document_store.py b/integrations/weaviate/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/weaviate/document_store.py
index 9493d3fcf..5bacac010 100644
--- a/integrations/weaviate/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/weaviate/document_store.py
+++ b/integrations/weaviate/src/haystack_integrations/document_stores/weaviate/document_store.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from haystack.dataclasses.document import Document
 from haystack.document_stores.errors import DocumentStoreError, DuplicateDocumentError
 from haystack.document_stores.types.policy import DuplicatePolicy
+from haystack.utils.filters import convert
 
 import weaviate
 from weaviate.collections.classes.data import DataObject
@@ -374,6 +375,9 @@ def filter_documents(self, filters: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None) -> List[Doc
         :param filters: The filters to apply to the document list.
         :returns: A list of Documents that match the given filters.
         """
+        if filters and "operator" not in filters and "conditions" not in filters:
+            filters = convert(filters)
+
         result = []
         if filters:
             result = self._query_with_filters(filters)
diff --git a/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py b/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py
index e68d4d63d..a4d275a22 100644
--- a/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py
+++ b/integrations/weaviate/tests/test_document_store.py
@@ -655,6 +655,15 @@ def test_embedding_retrieval_with_distance_and_certainty(self, document_store):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             document_store._embedding_retrieval(query_embedding=[], distance=0.1, certainty=0.1)
 
+    def test_filter_documents_with_legacy_filters(self, document_store):
+        docs = []
+        for index in range(10):
+            docs.append(Document(content="This is some content", meta={"index": index}))
+        document_store.write_documents(docs)
+        result = document_store.filter_documents({"content": {"$eq": "This is some content"}})
+
+        assert len(result) == 10
+
     def test_filter_documents_below_default_limit(self, document_store):
         docs = []
         for index in range(9998):