diff --git a/api/src/components/user/service.ts b/api/src/components/user/service.ts
index bf0aff8f1..6e0157d72 100644
--- a/api/src/components/user/service.ts
+++ b/api/src/components/user/service.ts
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export const getPublications = async (
                       some: {
                           isLatestLiveVersion: true,
                           title: {
-                              search: params.query + ':*'
+                              search: Helpers.sanitizeSearchQuery(params.query)
                           }
                       }
                   }