diff --git a/services/search/pkg/engine/bleve.go b/services/search/pkg/engine/bleve.go
index 828ddd240b..7e2e2d7037 100644
--- a/services/search/pkg/engine/bleve.go
+++ b/services/search/pkg/engine/bleve.go
@@ -383,5 +383,6 @@ func formatQuery(q string) string {
 	}
 
 	// this is a basic filename search
+	cq = strings.ReplaceAll(cq, ":", `\:`)
 	return "Name:*" + strings.ReplaceAll(strings.ToLower(cq), " ", `\ `) + "*"
 }