diff --git a/framework/src/auxkernels/ProjectionAux.C b/framework/src/auxkernels/ProjectionAux.C
index 5494c1d82f9d..615c84e8906b 100644
--- a/framework/src/auxkernels/ProjectionAux.C
+++ b/framework/src/auxkernels/ProjectionAux.C
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ ProjectionAux::computeValue()
       const auto & elem = _mesh.elemPtr(id);
       const auto block_id = elem->subdomain_id();
       // Only use higher D elements
-      if (_source_variable.hasBlocks(block_id) && !_mesh.isLowerD(block_id) &&
+      if (_source_variable.hasBlocks(block_id) &&
+          (!_mesh.isLowerD(block_id) && elem->dim() == _mesh.dimension()) &&
           (!_use_block_restriction_for_source || hasBlocks(block_id)))
       {
         const auto elem_volume = elem->volume();
@@ -114,7 +115,8 @@ ProjectionAux::elemOnNodeVariableIsDefinedOn() const
   {
     const auto & elem = _mesh.elemPtr(elem_id);
     const auto block_id = elem->subdomain_id();
-    if (_source_variable.hasBlocks(block_id) && !_mesh.isLowerD(block_id) &&
+    if (_source_variable.hasBlocks(block_id) &&
+        (!_mesh.isLowerD(block_id) && elem->dim() == _mesh.dimension()) &&
         (!_use_block_restriction_for_source || hasBlocks(block_id)))
       return elem;
   }
diff --git a/test/tests/auxkernels/projection_aux/2d_and_lower_d.i b/test/tests/auxkernels/projection_aux/2d_and_lower_d.i
index 34908d066035..2d062bd4a213 100644
--- a/test/tests/auxkernels/projection_aux/2d_and_lower_d.i
+++ b/test/tests/auxkernels/projection_aux/2d_and_lower_d.i
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
     type = FileMeshGenerator
     file = 'mesh/cube.e'
   []
+  [remove_low_low_D]
+    type = BlockDeletionGenerator
+    input = cube
+    block = 2
+  []
   second_order = true
   allow_renumbering = false
 []
@@ -15,7 +20,6 @@
     []
     family = MONOMIAL
     order = CONSTANT
-    block = 0
   []
   [u_nodal]
     [InitialCondition]
@@ -27,6 +31,7 @@
     order = SECOND
   []
   [v_low]
+    block = 0
   []
 []
 
diff --git a/test/tests/auxkernels/projection_aux/gold/2d_and_lower_d_out.e b/test/tests/auxkernels/projection_aux/gold/2d_and_lower_d_out.e
index 017549d6e62a..ebb5b6c4ef58 100644
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diff --git a/test/tests/auxkernels/projection_aux/gold/2d_restrict_source.e b/test/tests/auxkernels/projection_aux/gold/2d_restrict_source.e
deleted file mode 100644
index 51725e37821c..000000000000
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diff --git a/test/tests/auxkernels/projection_aux/gold/2d_restrict_source.e b/test/tests/auxkernels/projection_aux/gold/2d_restrict_source.e
new file mode 120000
index 000000000000..e7528db1ecd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tests/auxkernels/projection_aux/gold/2d_restrict_source.e
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2d_and_lower_d_out.e
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