diff --git a/static/app/views/metrics/metricSearchBar.tsx b/static/app/views/metrics/metricSearchBar.tsx
index 6357b617b582d1..caa1959dc01732 100644
--- a/static/app/views/metrics/metricSearchBar.tsx
+++ b/static/app/views/metrics/metricSearchBar.tsx
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ export function MetricSearchBar({
       placeholder={t('Filter by tags')}
       query={query}
       savedSearchType={SavedSearchType.METRIC}
+      disallowWildcard
       {...searchConfig}
       {...props}
     />