diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/2148-fix-recordspec-cli.md b/.changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/2148-fix-recordspec-cli.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a542e112d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/bug-fixes/2148-fix-recordspec-cli.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* Fix the query metadata recordspec command to use the RecordSpecification query when provided a recspec id [#2148](https://github.com/provenance-io/provenance/issues/2148).
diff --git a/x/metadata/client/cli/cli_test.go b/x/metadata/client/cli/cli_test.go
index 33b6bffcf..62db4fb42 100644
--- a/x/metadata/client/cli/cli_test.go
+++ b/x/metadata/client/cli/cli_test.go
@@ -1471,9 +1471,13 @@ func (s *IntegrationCLITestSuite) TestGetMetadataRecordSpecCmd() {
 			expOut: []string{indent(s.recordSpecAsText, 4)},
 		},
 		{
-			name:   "rec spec id does not exist",
-			args:   []string{"recspec1qh00d0q2e8w5say53afqdesxp2zw42dq2jdvmdazuwzcaddhh8gmuqhez44"},
-			expOut: []string{"record_specifications: []"},
+			name: "rec spec id does not exist",
+			args: []string{"recspec1qh00d0q2e8w5say53afqdesxp2zw42dq2jdvmdazuwzcaddhh8gmuqhez44"},
+			expOut: []string{
+				"      contract_spec_addr: contractspec1q000d0q2e8w5say53afqdesxp2zqzkr4fn",
+				"    record_spec_addr: recspec1qh00d0q2e8w5say53afqdesxp2zw42dq2jdvmdazuwzcaddhh8gmuqhez44",
+				"  specification: null",
+			},
 		},
 		{
 			name:   "record specs from contract spec id as json",
diff --git a/x/metadata/client/cli/query.go b/x/metadata/client/cli/query.go
index 5816eac6b..42cc6f965 100644
--- a/x/metadata/client/cli/query.go
+++ b/x/metadata/client/cli/query.go
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ func GetMetadataRecordSpecCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			if len(args) > 1 {
 				name = trimSpaceAndJoin(args[1:], " ")
 			}
-			if len(name) == 0 {
+			if len(name) == 0 && !strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(arg0), types.PrefixRecordSpecification) {
 				return outputRecordSpecsForContractSpec(cmd, arg0)
 			}
 			return outputRecordSpec(cmd, arg0, name)