diff --git a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/query/request/SearchRequestHandler.java b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/query/request/SearchRequestHandler.java
index bd2c1c62dcc1d..ba087223e680e 100644
--- a/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/query/request/SearchRequestHandler.java
+++ b/metadata-io/src/main/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/query/request/SearchRequestHandler.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public SearchRequest getSearchRequest(@Nonnull String input, @Nullable Filter fi
     BoolQueryBuilder filterQuery = ESUtils.buildFilterQuery(filter);
     // Filter out entities that are marked "removed"
     filterQuery.mustNot(QueryBuilders.matchQuery("removed", true));
-    searchSourceBuilder.postFilter(filterQuery);
+    searchSourceBuilder.query(QueryBuilders.boolQuery().must(getQuery(input)).must(filterQuery));
     getAggregations(filter).forEach(searchSourceBuilder::aggregation);
     searchSourceBuilder.highlighter(getHighlights());
     ESUtils.buildSortOrder(searchSourceBuilder, sortCriterion);
diff --git a/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchServiceTest.java b/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchServiceTest.java
index 18788c3957979..74eff01ef17fc 100644
--- a/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchServiceTest.java
+++ b/metadata-io/src/test/java/com/linkedin/metadata/search/elasticsearch/ElasticSearchServiceTest.java
@@ -107,9 +107,34 @@ public void testElasticSearchService() throws InterruptedException {
     browseResult = _elasticSearchService.browse(ENTITY_NAME, "", null, 0, 10);
     assertEquals(browseResult.getMetadata().getTotalNumEntities().longValue(), 1);
     assertEquals(browseResult.getGroups().get(0).getName(), "a");
+    browseResult = _elasticSearchService.browse(ENTITY_NAME, "/a", null, 0, 10);
+    assertEquals(browseResult.getMetadata().getTotalNumEntities().longValue(), 1);
+    assertEquals(browseResult.getGroups().get(0).getName(), "b");
     assertEquals(_elasticSearchService.docCount(ENTITY_NAME), 1);
 
+    Urn urn2 = new TestEntityUrn("test", "testUrn2", "VALUE_2");
+    ObjectNode document2 = JsonNodeFactory.instance.objectNode();
+    document2.set("urn", JsonNodeFactory.instance.textNode(urn2.toString()));
+    document2.set("keyPart1", JsonNodeFactory.instance.textNode("random"));
+    document2.set("textFieldOverride", JsonNodeFactory.instance.textNode("textFieldOverride2"));
+    document2.set("browsePaths", JsonNodeFactory.instance.textNode("/b/c"));
+    _elasticSearchService.upsertDocument(ENTITY_NAME, document2.toString(), urn2.toString());
+    TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(5);
+
+    searchResult = _elasticSearchService.search(ENTITY_NAME, "test", null, null, 0, 10);
+    assertEquals(searchResult.getNumEntities().intValue(), 1);
+    assertEquals(searchResult.getEntities().get(0), urn);
+    browseResult = _elasticSearchService.browse(ENTITY_NAME, "", null, 0, 10);
+    assertEquals(browseResult.getMetadata().getTotalNumEntities().longValue(), 2);
+    assertEquals(browseResult.getGroups().get(0).getName(), "a");
+    assertEquals(browseResult.getGroups().get(1).getName(), "b");
+    browseResult = _elasticSearchService.browse(ENTITY_NAME, "/a", null, 0, 10);
+    assertEquals(browseResult.getMetadata().getTotalNumEntities().longValue(), 1);
+    assertEquals(browseResult.getGroups().get(0).getName(), "b");
+    assertEquals(_elasticSearchService.docCount(ENTITY_NAME), 2);
+
     _elasticSearchService.deleteDocument(ENTITY_NAME, urn.toString());
+    _elasticSearchService.deleteDocument(ENTITY_NAME, urn2.toString());
     TimeUnit.SECONDS.sleep(5);
     searchResult = _elasticSearchService.search(ENTITY_NAME, "test", null, null, 0, 10);
     assertEquals(searchResult.getNumEntities().intValue(), 0);