diff --git a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-filter.service.spec.ts b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-filter.service.spec.ts
index df522efc9..b8de4a9f0 100644
--- a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-filter.service.spec.ts
+++ b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-filter.service.spec.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ describe('SearchFilterService', () => {
       expect(service.validateSearchTerm('+test')).toBe('SEARCH.INPUT.OPERATORS');
     });
 
+    it('should not return error for term starting with quotation marks', () => {
+      expect(service.validateSearchTerm('"test"')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
     it('should return error for single char in libraries mode', () => {
       service.searchInMode = 'libraries';
       expect(service.validateSearchTerm('a')).toBe('SEARCH.INPUT.MIN_LENGTH');
diff --git a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-filter.service.ts b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-filter.service.ts
index 87d2a74c4..127655458 100644
--- a/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-filter.service.ts
+++ b/projects/aca-content/src/lib/components/search/search-filter.service.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * from Hyland Software. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-import { Injectable, inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { inject, Injectable } from '@angular/core';
 import { SearchQueryBuilderService } from '@alfresco/adf-content-services';
 import { SearchOptionIds, SearchOptionModel } from '@alfresco/aca-shared/store';
 import { isOperator } from '../../utils/aca-search-utils';
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ export class SearchFilterService {
       return 'SEARCH.INPUT.OPERATORS';
     }
 
-    if (/^[+\-|!(){}[\]^"~*?:\\/]/.test(term) || /[+\-|!(){}[\]^"~*?:\\/]$/.test(term)) {
+    if (/^[+\-|!(){}[\]^~*?:\\/]/.test(term) || /[+\-|!(){}[\]^~*?:\\/]$/.test(term)) {
       return 'SEARCH.INPUT.OPERATORS';
     }
     if (this.searchInMode === SearchOptionIds.Libraries && term.length < 2) {